Incomplaints filed today with the National Eye Institute and Johns Hopkins University, PETA points to a recent audio recording in which Shreesh Mysore acknowledges that experimenting on owls whose heads are surgically fixed in place could change the way the brain is solving problems and we might misinterpret whats happening, or misunderstand, if we do this in head-fixed animals.Yet in his experiments, he attaches bolts to owls skulls in order to hold their heads in a fixed position in addition to locking the animals in restraining devices for up to 12 hours at a time, clamping their eyes open, and bombarding them with noises and lights. 6. Dr. Roe: That rigorous review evidently does not include that the experiments are apparently illegal or that Mysore doubts the validity of his own results. The owls endure two to three invasive surgeries before Mysore uses them in experiments. Mysore may have successfully measured how certain neurons in captive-bred, restrained, and immobile barn owls respond to a barrage of computer images and sounds. U.S. only. Courtesy PETA The Real Housewives of New York star went naked for the PETA anti-fur ad in 2009 and revealed that it was PETA's strong messaging that changed her mind about wearing fur. A man, Tim Mclean, was publicly murdered and cannibalised in an extremely horrifying way and PETA tried to run a newspaper ad comparing that to animal consumption, very soon after his death. NIH must immediately cut funding for JHUs experiments on owls or risk being complicit in the blatant corruption of science and the law. PETA neuroscientist Dr. Katherine Roe issued the following statement: Johns Hopkins University (JHU) is skirting Maryland law, with the complicity of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD DNR), to continue invasive and deadly brain experiments on owls. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. Get with the times, man. PETA Leads the Charge: Inside the Global Effort to Take Down Exotic Skins, Challenge of Monterey Zoos Alleged Violation of Californias Bullhook Ban to Proceed, Step Away From the Birkin Bag! Joel McHale exploited a real cougar, who should never be in close contact with humans, to cruelly promote his out-of-touch TV show, Animal Control. So NIH, which has confirmed its currently investigating our complaint, needs to yank its support for these experiments, which have so far wasted more than $1.9 million in taxpayer funds. PETA sent a letter to States Attorney for Baltimore City Marilyn Mosby, urging her office to investigate experimenter Shreesh Mysores invasive experiments on barn owls at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) for apparent violations of Marylands cruelty-to-animals law. https://t.co/vhwgXF21J8 pic.twitter.com/4DV3YimZcM. In the suit, we argue that excluding the barn owls imprisoned at Johns Hopkins Universityalong with other birds, mice, and rats bred in labsfrom the meager protections of the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) is an unconstitutional death sentence. A PETA owl wearing a Santa hat had an important delivery for Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels this holiday season. They frequently use naked women on billboards or young girls in bikinis to promote themselves. 02:55. PETA notes that changing the book's. I suffer from nightmares, night terrors, and audio & visual hallucinations. Pandora Pound, independent research scientist. We also counter the governments argument that nonhuman animals dont enjoy these generally applicable legal rights, citing the fact that even corporations currently enjoy freedom from the exact type of constitutional harm at issue here. Funded by millions of dollars from JHU and unwitting taxpayers, experimenter Mysorecuts into the skulls of barn owls,inserts electrodes into their brains, forces them to look at screens for hours a day, and bombards them with noises and lights in tests that are irrelevant for human health. The letter details how JHU experimenter Shreesh Mysore doesnt give tuppence (a British expression meaning couldnt care less) when it comes to the birds he mutilates and locks in a laboratory or the $1.9 million in public funds that his tests have squandered. After hearing . However, it appears that MD DNR has now colluded with or bowed to pressure from JHU to circumvent the law by issuing the school a separate new permit that allows for business as usual. The fact is that 90% of highly promising basic science, much of it involving animal testing, fails to produce human treatments within 20 years. Update (June 9, 2022): Victory! JHU: The research thus far has already resulted in the discovery of a very important set of neurons that guide the process of focusing and attention-setting.. Text UGLY to 73822 to tell UGGs to choose vegan materials and stop supporting the mutilation and violent killing of sheep! JHU: We invest significant amounts of time, energy, and oversight to ensuring that our laboratory animals are well cared for and properly housed. Mysorewho from 2015 to 2018 failed to obtain mandatory permits to possess barn owls legally for use in his experiments and who admitted in his federal funding application his plan to kill the owls, even though doing so would void his legally required Scientific Collecting permitshas received more than $1.9 million in taxpayer money from NIH to mutilate owls brains. Apparently, neither Mysore nor anyone else in his lab had bothered to apply for or obtain them. Happy Monday y'all! Graduating senior Lana Weidgenant wore a cap decorated with the slogan Free the JHU Owls to show her support for PETAs demands to shut the owl lab down. 3h ago. Current subscribers: You will continue to receive e-mail unless you explicitly opt out by clicking, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. This petition is a wakeup call that the public will not stand by as owls are tormented for junk science. The evidence is stacked against it: Owls are not miniature humans and are poor surrogates. @johnshopkins animal labs need to be shut down IMMEDIATELY before others die. to States Attorney for Baltimore City Marilyn Mosby, urging her office to investigate experimenter Shreesh Mysores invasive experiments on barn owls at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) for apparent violations of Marylands cruelty-to-animals law. The owls are. She succinctly concludes, Hopkins should shut the owl lab down immediately.. If experimenters cant even bother to file simple paperwork with the state, they shouldnt be allowed to conduct complex brain surgeries on live animals. Also receiving kudos from PETA is Amazons ad encouraging families to adopt lovable mutts to help offset the loneliness and anxiety that pandemic pups are facing now that their guardians are returning to work and school. Avocados From Mexico showed a charming computer-generated prairie dog who shared the screen with Anna Faris. PETA scientists have joined the International Collaboration on Cosmetics Safety, a group championing the use of non-animal testing methods.The post PETA Scientists Join International Coalition Working to End Cosmetics Tests on Animals appeared first on PETA. Lapangan Terbang Miri (IATA: MYY, ICAO: WBGR) adalah sebuah lapangan terbang yang terletak di bandar Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia.. Lapangan Terbang Miri terletak pada kedudukan Latitud N04* 19.5023', Longitud E113* 59.1184' pada ketinggian 17.98 meter dari aras laut.. Lapangan Terbang Miri dipakai bagi kegunaan domestik terutama mengangkut pekerja pelantar minyak di laut dengan menggunakan helikopter. PETA Leads the Charge: Inside the Global Effort to Take Down Exotic Skins, Challenge of Monterey Zoos Alleged Violation of Californias Bullhook Ban to Proceed, Step Away From the Birkin Bag! Santa & his helpers are giving the @JohnsHopkins University president exactly what he deserves for letting owls suffer in brain-mangling experiments this year pic.twitter.com/ZrClNoTklu. They were bound by restraints and had electrodes and wires protruding from their heads to depict the horrific plight of owls in Mysores laboratory. After PETA wrote to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources inquiring how Shreesh Mysore has been allowed to kill owls in his Johns Hopkins University laboratorygiven that state law prohibits permit holders like him from killing wildlifethe agency has revoked Mysore's current permit and issued a new one that forbids him from killing birds Really, Joel? PETA demonstrated outside JHUs graduation ceremony to pressure the university to end these cruel experiments, which dont advance human health. As students prepare to leave Johns Hopkins University (JHU) with diplomas in hand, Shreesh Mysore locks barn owls away to endure agonizing brain experiments before being killed. Take action to help animals who are taken advantage of by the entertainment industry. As an activist non-profit, PETA doesn't have to worry much about making people angry, and they often thrive on. The animal-rights organization PETA is known for its shockingly eye-catching ads. PETA has just obtained new documents from the state of Maryland that should end the torment of barn owls at Johns Hopkins University (JHU).. Watch popular content from the following creators: Ness(@nesema_hrsate), wren(@nihillux), melinda(@moonfigure4), PETA(@officialpeta), PETA(@officialpeta) . It took several minutes to free the owl with the homeowner's help. PETA has filed a brief of more than 13,000 words in response to the federal governments motion to dismiss our historic lawsuit to protect owls in laboratories. PETA asserts that Mysores experiments should not be exempt from this statute since he failed to obtain valid state permits to possess the owls during the course of the experimentswhich renders as invalid the approval for his owl experiments given by JHUs Animal Care and Use Committee. Weve also written to JHUs president with the same message. I prefer to donate to local animal shelters.What might make you feel better is to make a donation to a local wildlife center. The owl screeches, flaps and digs its talons into the elbow-length leather glove that Mysore wears for protection. No owl, tiger, monkey, or any other animal dreams of being on TV or in magazines, but Gucci has repeatedly demonstrated human-supremacist values (aka "speciesism") by using animals as props in its ads. Text STOP to end, HELP for more info. Your Crocodile Purse and Snakeskin Boots Have a Disturbing Past, Ugandas First Vegan School Wins PETA Kindness Award, Diane Warren Is Standing With PETA to Help End the Iditarod, And the Winners of PETAs Sixth Annual Oscat Awards Are. The National Institutes of Healths (NIH) own analysis tool (Translation tab) indicates that JHUs owl experiments have a shockingly dismal 5% approximate potential to translate to human health, and PETA caught experimenter Shreesh Mysore admitting that attaching bolts to animals skulls in order to hold their heads in an unnaturally fixed position might cause him to misinterpret whats happening or misunderstand the results.