For several months, Colorado State University leadership has been receiving emails from animal rights activists calling for the university to end the use of dogs and cats in laboratory research.
“Our mission is to protect animals from cruelty and exploitation by advocating for humane research, raising public awareness and holding institutions like CSU accountable for their treatment of animals,” said Cara Thorsen, a member of Fort Collins Animal Advocates. “We believe dogs and cats deserve love and compassion, not confinement and abuse in laboratories.”
Fort Collins Animal Advocates, an organization made up of residents and students, launched its campaign in May. The organization’s main goal is to pressure CSU to end the use of dogs and cats in animal experiments…