{"id":753174,"date":"2018-05-10T08:31:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T12:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=753174"},"modified":"2018-05-11T07:35:01","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T11:35:01","slug":"us-government-killed-thousands-of-kittens-as-part-of-secretive-decades-long-experiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=753174","title":{"rendered":"US government killing thousands of kittens as part of secretive decades-long experiments"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>The kittens are fed raw meat infected with Toxoplasma and their faeces is collected to harvest the parasite. The cats are then killed and incinerated.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>TOM EMBURY-DENIS:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Documents provided by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) showed that scientists from a research laboratory in Maryland have been breeding them killing up to 100 kittens a year. The figures were obtained by animal rights watchdog White Coat Waste Project (WCWP), who filed a freedom of information request.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The two-month-old kittens are fed raw meat infected with Toxoplasma \u2013 a parasite that causes the disease toxoplasmosis \u2013 for two to three weeks. Their faeces is then collected to harvest the parasite for use in other experiments designed to combat food-borne illnesses. The cats are then killed and incinerated, it is alleged.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Justin Goodman, vice president of public policy for WCWP, said: &#8220;I think most tax payers would be alarmed and disgusted to learn that for decades they have essentially been funding a USDA kitten slaughter house here in Beltsville right outside the Beltway.&#8221; According to WCWP, documents showed nearly all the infected kittens were healthy&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Is a statement, the USDA defended its research, saying the parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, was one of the most widespread in the world&#8230; It said the laboratory made \u201cevery effort to minimise the number of cats used\u201d in the research&#8230; Our goal is to reduce the spread of toxoplasmosis&#8221;.&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/usda-kittens-killed-research-experiments-department-of-agriculture-maryland-us-government-a8343216.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P2AjswlhMwk?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOM EMBURY-DENIS: &#8216;Documents provided by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) showed that scientists from a research laboratory in Maryland have been breeding them killing up to 100 kittens a year. The figures were obtained by animal rights watchdog White Coat Waste Project (WCWP), who filed a freedom of information request. 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