Animal advocate group asks for firings at MUSC after alleged abuse

CHARLESTON, SC (WSAV) — An animal activist group is calling for employees at a Lowcountry hospital to be fired for their neglect, which apparently led to a series of animal deaths.

Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN), a national watchdog group, has internal reports from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) which detail the issues and animal deaths.

Research mice were allowed to die of thirst, cooked by a faulty heating system and one even woke up during the surgery being performed because of a lack of anesthesia…

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