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Dogs are left to die with their wounds open and in terrible health conditions in a Brazilian university

Help to stop cruel experiments on dogs in a university in Brazil!

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On June 14th 2008 some Brazilian animal rights activists managed to enter in the dog pound of the Medicine department of the UFG University (Federal University of Goiás), Brazil, and they took some pictures of the animals and the conditions they were kept.  As it can be seen by the attached photographs, the dogs were found eating each other, ill with mange and in agony, after having undergone vivisection.

The dogs have been used for experients of vivisection several times, and then have been put back into the pound with their wounds still open.  This practice goes against the Federal Brazilian Law, according to which the rights of animals are protected by the Law 9.605/98, code 32, which says: 'To cause any sort of abuse, mistreatment, wounds or mutilation to wild animals or pets may be punished with jailing from 3 months to 1 year. The same penalty is valid for whoever makes painful or cruel experiments on live animals, even for learning or scientific purposes, when there are alternative methods.'

There have been many reports to the Public Ministry of the city of Goiânia (capital city of Goiás, Brazil) but all of them have been ignored.
The Rector of the university has denied any sort of mistreatments on dogs, but the pictures prove the contrary.  The dogs come from the city dog pound: this proves the sad destiny which awaits the stray dogs of the city.

Please sign the petition and send a copy of the letter to the Brazilian Authorities, asking politely:

  •  to pay attention to the reports of those who defend the rights of the animals of Goiânia, so that the culprits of such despicable mistreatments may be identified,
  •  to urge the immediate replacement of the dogs in the University, since there are valid alternatives, as shown by some of the best universities in the world which have abandoned vivisection since a long time.

PS. Please if you write a letter remember to be polite and avoid insults.
Here are the email addresses to which the letter is to be addressed:

156@goiania.go.gov.br
cme@educacao.goiania.go.gov.br
gabinete@mp.go.gov.br
16promotoria@mp.go.gov.br
4camara@pgr.mpf.gov.br
carlosvilhena@prr1.mpf.gov.br


You can find both an English and a Brazilian version of the letter in the letter section of the petition.
Thanks to all those who will care.
forced to cannibalismwaiting to die
the number of innocent victims 

On June 14th 2008 some Brazilian animal rights activists managed to enter in the dog pound of the Medicine department of the UFG University (Federal University of Goiás), Brazil, and they took some pictures of the animals and the conditions they were kept.  As it can be seen by the attached photographs, the dogs were found eating each other, ill with mange and in agony, after having undergone vivisection.

The dogs have been used for experients of vivisection several times, and then have been put back into the pound with their wounds still open.  This practice goes against the Federal Brazilian Law, according to which the rights of animals are protected by the Law 9.605/98, code 32, which says: 'To cause any sort of abuse, mistreatment, wounds or mutilation to wild animals or pets may be punished with jailing from 3 months to 1 year. The same penalty is valid for whoever makes painful or cruel experiments on live animals, even for learning or scientific purposes, when there are alternative methods.'

There have been many reports to the Public Ministry of the city of Goiânia (capital city of Goiás, Brazil) but all of them have been ignored.
The Rector of the university has denied any sort of mistreatments on dogs, but the pictures prove the contrary.  The dogs come from the city dog pound: this proves the sad destiny which awaits the stray dogs of the city.

Please sign the petition and send a copy of the letter to the Brazilian Authorities, asking politely:

  •  to pay attention to the reports of those who defend the rights of the animals of Goiânia, so that the culprits of such despicable mistreatments may be identified,
  •  to urge the immediate replacement of the dogs in the University, since there are valid alternatives, as shown by some of the best universities in the world which have abandoned vivisection since a long time.

PS. Please if you write a letter remember to be polite and avoid insults.
Here are the email addresses to which the letter is to be addressed:

156@goiania.go.gov.br
cme@educacao.goiania.go.gov.br
gabinete@mp.go.gov.br
16promotoria@mp.go.gov.br
4camara@pgr.mpf.gov.br
carlosvilhena@prr1.mpf.gov.br


You can find both an English and a Brazilian version of the letter in the letter section of the petition.
Thanks to all those who will care.
forced to cannibalismwaiting to die
the number of innocent victims 



É com grande consternação que escrevo para solicitar que acatem e investiguem as denúncias de maus-tratos feitas por defensores de animais de Goiânia cometidos pela Universidade Federal de Goiás, cujos cães utilizados nas aulas do curso de Medicina são utilizados para a vivissecção, prática essa que fere Lei 9.605/98 em seu artigo 32, que considera crime realizar "experiências dolorosas e cruéis, ainda que para fins didáticos ou científicos, quando existirem recursos alternativos". É dever das autoridades fazer respeitar o espírito da lei e responsabilizar os culpados criminalmente pelo seu descumprimento.
É inaceitável que em pleno século 21 e com o avanço da tecnologia se permita utilizar animais no ensino, sendo que tal prática anti-científica, anti-ética , degradante e imoral já não faz mais parte da realidade de inúmeras universidades no mundo inteiro, assim como é inaceitável a existência de Centros de Controles de Zoonozes que encaminham cães abandonados para universidades para que estes sejam vivissecionados.
Uma vez que os animais são tutelados pelo Estado, espera-se que as denúncias sejam apuradas e os culpados punidos.

Cordiais saudações.

Name
Surname
City and Nation

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English Translation:


Dear Sir,

I'm writing to you in deep sadness, to urge to pay attention to the reports of mistreatments coming fromt the animal rights supporters of Goiânia in regard of the abuses perpetrated in the Federal University of Goiás, where the dogs used during the lessons of the Medicine course have been vivisectioned, a practice which is forbidden by the Law 9.605/98 in its code number 32, where "using live animals for painful or cruel experiments, even for learning or scientific purposes, when there are alternative methods" is defined as a crime.
It is the duty of the Authorities to take care that the laws are respected, and find the culprits who break them.  It is unacceptable that still in the 21st century there are animals which have to endure such experiments, since this anti-scientific, immoral and degrading practice isn't a part of the reality of a great number of universities worldwide anymore.  It is also unacceptable that there are dog pounds which give stray dogs to universities to be vivisectioned.  Animals are protected by the State and as such the reports should be looked into and the culprits should be punished.

Kind regards.

Name
Surname
City and Nation
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# 764:
2:14 pm PDT, Oct 15, Sophie Szeferowicz, France
It is a real shame. Wake up please!
# 763:
1:46 pm PDT, Oct 15, Jessica Miller, Florida
# 762:
8:11 am PDT, Oct 13, Beatrice Barberis, Italy
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1:20 pm PDT, Oct 12, Pesce Antonia, Italy
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1:27 pm PDT, Oct 11, Carolyn M., California
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10:23 pm PDT, Oct 10, Murry Cohen, Virginia
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11:53 pm PDT, Oct 8, Mieke Bernaards, Belgium
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4:17 pm PDT, Oct 7, Pamylle Greinke, New York
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1:24 am PDT, Oct 7, Sigrid De Ruyck, Belgium
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7:33 am PDT, Oct 4, Nikoleta Tzenova, Italy
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10:29 pm PDT, Oct 3, Roos Baert, Belgium
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12:48 am PDT, Oct 2, Boey Inge, Belgium
# 749:
8:43 pm PDT, Oct 1, Applestar Happymeal, Singapore
# 748:
6:51 pm PDT, Oct 1, Richelle Rausch, Washington
A year in jail isn't nearly enough punishment for animal abuse!
# 747:
3:57 pm PDT, Oct 1, Rhonda Gangsta Chihuahua, South Carolina
# 746:
12:11 pm PDT, Oct 1, T Rawlings, United Kingdom
This is not science!! Calling this science is an insult to our intelligence. These people are not scientists they are sadists and fraudsters. Close down the animal lab and concentrate on REAL science.
# 745:
4:15 am PDT, Oct 1, Jennifer Manzi, Nevada
# 744:
11:52 pm PDT, Sep 30, Sandy Valencour, Washington
# 743:
9:57 pm PDT, Sep 30, Katrina Hart, Texas
# 742:
9:43 am PDT, Sep 30, Carson Rhodes, North Carolina
# 741:
9:30 am PDT, Sep 30, Gillian Miller, United Kingdom
# 740:
8:18 am PDT, Sep 30, Camille Marino, Florida
# 739:
7:30 am PDT, Sep 30, Cid Martins, Portugal
# 738:
6:36 am PDT, Sep 30, Shirley Hudleson, Florida
This is horrible - will go to great lengths to stop animal experimentation.
# 737:
3:55 am PDT, Sep 30, Rachel Sepp, Michigan
# 736:
4:26 pm PDT, Sep 29, Kristi Knotts, California
# 735:
12:53 pm PDT, Sep 29, Roxanne Acosta, Florida
# 734:
2:18 pm PDT, Sep 23, Lisa Mcinerney, Illinois
This is absurd and needs to be stopped!
# 733:
11:01 am PDT, Sep 23, Joanne McInerney, Illinois
# 732:
7:44 pm PDT, Sep 22, Rev. Robert E. Murchison, RPp, Oklahoma
This is an atrocity that needs an end. All animals have right given by Creator to live with the liberties that all creatures should have but humans have taken away. Humans think they own the planet and everything on it. The truth is we are no more than an equal to the rest of the life forms on our Earth Mother thus we must be the caretakers as we have developed the intelligence but have failed to use it. Those of us who think we are better than everyone and everything else are being nothing if not foolish.
# 731:
5:06 pm PDT, Sep 22, Yesibel Falcon, Puerto Rico
Por favor parem de fazer uma coisa tao cruel com bixinhos inocentes. O nome do Brasil fica feio na frente de situacoes como essa. Por favor achem melhores jeitos de experimentar, os animais tem direito a ser respeitados.
# 730:
11:14 am PDT, Sep 22, Filomena Pereira, United Kingdom
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1:02 pm PDT, Sep 21, M Schoenborn, Florida
# 728:
2:47 pm PDT, Sep 20, Bronya O'sullivan, United Kingdom
# 727:
11:14 am PDT, Sep 20, Danae Lupine, Ireland
# 726:
10:24 am PDT, Sep 20, Jennie Saucier, Florida
I send my love and heart to these abused creatures. it is such a disappointment in human intelligence.
# 725:
7:13 pm PDT, Sep 19, Janet Solomon, Canada
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1:56 pm PDT, Sep 19, Dimi Spasic, Serbia And Montenegro
# 723:
1:42 pm PDT, Sep 19, Hege Wolleng, Norway
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12:40 pm PDT, Sep 19, Deborah Cooper, United Kingdom
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5:15 am PDT, Sep 17, Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
# 720:
12:12 am PDT, Sep 17, Maria Nika, Greece
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# 719:
11:37 am PDT, Sep 16, Serge VANTALON, France
# 718:
3:52 am PDT, Sep 16, Mervi Rantala, Finland
Please stop this insanity right now!!!
# 717:
9:46 am PDT, Sep 15, Maria Gonzalez, Uruguay
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.
# 716:
9:32 pm PDT, Sep 14, Delliana Of the Sea, Colorado
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10:33 pm PDT, Sep 13, Bill Line, Canada
# 714:
8:23 am PDT, Sep 13, VIER Eva, France
QUAND DONC L'HUMAIN DEVIENDRA T IL ENFIN HUMAIN !!!! PROBABLEMENT IL DISPARAITRA AVANT !
# 713:
5:47 pm PDT, Sep 12, Brenda Tromans, Canada
Dogs are my passion and it really hurts me to hear and see how there are being treated. Thjis must be stopped no animal deserves to be treated this way.
# 712:
10:41 am PDT, Sep 12, Dawee Van, Michigan
# 711:
9:28 am PDT, Sep 12, Pablo Lee, California
Vivisection is horrible, these animals desserve better, they dont need to be treated this way. The people of brazil should put an end to this horrible torture!
# 710:
10:08 pm PDT, Sep 11, Marc Marroyen, Belgium
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10:08 pm PDT, Sep 11, Iryna Marroyen, Belgium
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6:35 pm PDT, Sep 11, Cristin Moore, Kentucky
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8:34 am PDT, Sep 11, Ingrid Peeters, Spain
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7:20 am PDT, Sep 11, Debbie Peterson, Pennsylvania
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3:36 pm PDT, Sep 10, Ramona Gehl, Canada
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12:35 pm PDT, Sep 10, Alice Grebu, France
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12:00 pm PDT, Sep 10, Poison Ivy Kitten, Nevada
# 702:
11:43 am PDT, Sep 10, Jerry Wawrejko, United Kingdom
# 701:
11:22 pm PDT, Sep 9, Melissa MacDonald, California
I am in a state of shock and disbelief! This saddens me to the core! I cannot believe that this is happening. What a tragedy! Please, I urge you to stop this practice immediately! These dogs are sentient creatures meaning that they feel and perceive stress and pain just as we do. Life is a gift, and it ought to be viewed as such. These dogs have the same life breath in them that we do. Please show compassion and stop this immediately! On behalf of the animals. Melissa MacDonald
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