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In early October, Jezebel reported that medical research led by Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz resulted in the deaths of 31 pigs, 661 rabbits and rodents, and 329 dogs, including an entire litter of puppiesas well as horrific torture before their deaths. Ozs team at Columbia University published 75 studies between 1989 and 2010 that relied on data from experiments on 1,027 live animal subjects. Oz was the principal investigator on those studies, meaning he was in charge of them.
According to new reporting from the Washington Post, Oz called his former supervisorColumbias chief of cardiac surgery, Eric Roseabout three weeks ago and asked him to publicly state that Oz wasnt responsible for the alleged mistreatment of animals. Rose declined to do so, telling the Post it felt like the candidate was asking for a political favor.
Rose disclosed to the Post that his relationship with Oz soured about three years ago and that he opposes Ozs political views and has contributed $165 to the campaign of the Democratic nominee, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman.
Oz campaign spokesperson Brittany Yanick confirmed that Oz made the call. Oz reached out to Dr. Rose along with several other doctors to ask for their assistance in setting the record straight. She added, Doctors from his time at Columbia offered words of support, and some put their support in writing.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dr-ozs-research-supervisor-declined-153000650.html
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)Put a big grey streak in his hair and have him wearing a Dalmatian print suit.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,558 posts)Dr. Oz is a puppy killer
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Oz, the New Jersey resident whos currently running for U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania, was a principal investigator at the Columbia University Institute of Comparative Medicine labs for years and assumed full scientific, administrative, and fiscal responsibility for the conduct of his studies. Over the course of 75 studies published in academic journals reviewed by Jezebel, Ozs team conducted experiments on at least 1,027 live animal subjects that included dogs, pigs, calves, rabbits, and small rodents. Thirty-four of these experiments resulted in the deaths of at least 329 dogs, while two of his experiments killed 31 pigs, and 38 experiments killed 661 rabbits and rodents.
In the early 2000s, testimony from a whistleblower and veterinarian named Catherine DellOrto about Ozs research detailed extensive suffering inflicted on his teams canine test subjects, including multiple violations of the Animal Welfare Act, which sets minimum standards of care for dogs, cats, primates, rabbits, and other animals in the possession of animal dealers and laboratories. The law specifically requires researchers and breeders to use pain-relieving drugs or euthanasia on the animals, and not use paralytics without anesthesia, or experiment multiple times on the same animal.
DellOrto testified that a dog experimented on by Ozs team experienced lethargy, vomiting, paralysis, and kidney failure, but wasnt euthanized for a full two days. She alleged other truly horrifying examples of gratuitously cruel treatment of dogs, including at least one dog who was kept alive for a month for continued experimentation despite her unstable, painful condition, despite how data from her continued experimentation was deemed unusable. According to DellOrto, one Oz-led study resulted in a litter of puppies being killed by intracardiac injection with syringes of expired drugs inserted in their hearts without any sedation. Upon being killed, the puppies were allegedly left in a garbage bag with living puppies who were their littermates. DellOrtos allegations, made in 2003 and 2004, are detailed in letters from PETA to the university and USDA. In an interview with Billy Penn last month, she acknowledged PETA is not a reliable source of information, but said the organizations letters honestly reflected what she told the organization and provided documentation for.
In May 2004, Columbia University was ordered by the USDA to pay a $2,000 penalty for violations of the Animal Welfare Act. The fine paid by Columbia was the result of a settlement between the university and the USDA, based on the findings of Columbias internal investigation of Ozs research. The USDA accepted these findings, but according to DellOrto, the review was faulty, and had investigators on the committee that were also complicit in this type of poorly designed, cruel animal experimentation. DellOrto also noted that while Oz wasnt the one who euthanized the dogs and puppies himself, When your name is on the experiment, and the way the experiment is designed inflicts such cruelty to these animals, by design, theres a problem.