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Peru: Dog rescued from experiments by her owner recovering satisfactorily

LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra

“Tomás,” the little dog that was rescued by her owner from being used in experiments conducted by medicine students (from San Marcos University), is now recovering satisfactorily at home.

Carmen Valverde, the owner, who was arrested for entering illegally into the Loayza Hospital to rescue Tomás, was eventually set free and got the little dog back

However, the pet still shows signs of stress and fear after the experience he's been through.

“Look at him. He has these marks, he was shaved because the medicine students were going use him for surgery experiments,” Valverde said while being interviewed by local TV.

Several pet owners rushed to San Marcos University with hopes of finding their lost pets, but they were told that the animals were no longer there.

According to CPN Radio, the Loayza Hospital and San Marcos University decided to suspend these experiments with animals, due to the demonstrations that pet owners are still having at these institutions' doors.

In addition, the Prosecutor's Office has started an investigation to determine under which circumstances Tomás and many other dogs were taken to these facilities.

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# Ludwig says :
18 August, 2009 [ 17:24 ]

This is partially their own fault, for they don't care for letting their dogs run loose in the streets. This incident could have been prevented.

# mericorps says :
18 August, 2009 [ 22:33 ]

Ludwig,

Her pet was stolen, not running loose.

# Mark says :
19 August, 2009 [ 10:46 ]

Ludwig, it's sad that you have no idea what you're talking about and apparently didn't read the article.  This woman's dog was stolen and was going to be most likely vivisected for 'science.' 

Read about Class-B animal dealers.

# Fabiola says :
20 August, 2009 [ 19:32 ]

It is not relevant if the dog was running loose or not, fact is these people are acting shamelessly, trapping dogs in the street without even caring if they have an owner or not, and even if they didnt have one, this method of "learning" is not used anymore. You don't kill people just because you need a dead body for vivisection. A person's life, a dog's life, bottom line is: LIFE has to be respected.

# Veggie Sandra says :
21 August, 2009 [ 01:46 ]

Yeah and the lives of chickens, cows, pigs, etc. are REAL.
ALL LIFE should be respected. Grow up and stop being hypocrites
and become Vegetarian.

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