EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — A national watchdog group is raising concerns about animal research at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso after learning that three animal-research protocols were terminated earlier this year.
Stop Animal Exploitation Now!, or SAEN, said the case stood out because the protocols were shut down rather than temporarily suspended, which the group said raises questions about what happened inside the research program and whether additional action is needed.
Michael Budkie, SAEN’s executive director, said, “The violations were so serious that the research administration at Texas Tech thought the only choice was to permanently terminate them.”…