A nationwide uproar against the kidnapping of animals at veterinary universities in Pakistan and the subsequent barbaric and gruesome live experiments on them gained international traction and culminated in historic new reforms for animal welfare last month. Among the many organizations that had reached out to the authorities in Pakistan was the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) – a world-renowned American animal rights nonprofit organization.
PETA, whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to experiment on” champions the crucial global shift toward animal-free training methods and research. It had contacted the authorities in Pakistan in mid-June, urging a ban on the controversial veterinary training procedures on animals, and shared recommendations for humane and modern alternatives, such as the realistic simulation models used in the US.
PETA Vice President, International Laboratory Methods, Shalin Gala, told ProPakistani that it had sent urgent letters to the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, the Ministry of Law and Justice, the Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (which oversees the Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council), and the three institutions (Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Riphah College of Veterinary Sciences, Lahore campus; and COMSATS University, Lahore campus).
“We urged them to embrace humane simulation models and ban training methods on animals that are medically...
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