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Richard Luscombe

US scientists who used scissors to kill lab rats must be fired, activists say

Tulane University, in New Orleans, received a letter demanding a full inquiry into the animal deaths.
Tulane University, in New Orleans, received a letter demanding a full inquiry into the animal deaths. Photograph: Jeff Hitchcock/Wikimedia Commons

An animal rights group is demanding the firing of researchers at a Louisiana university who killed laboratory rats with scissors and a blunt blade – and used out-of-date anesthetics for pain relief.

The episodes are detailed in separate, self-reported notices of violation to the federal Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (Olaw), which were sent by Tulane University in New Orleans and obtained by the Stop Animal Exploitation Now advocacy group.

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