PETA: Cincinnati Children ’s agrees to halt use of live cats to train doctors

Cincinnati Children ’s Hospital executives ordered that live cats no longer be used to teach human bronchoscopy and intubation techniques to doctors from around the world, apparently following a complaint from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Physicians who teach a pediatric flexible bronchoscopy post-gr aduate course will no longer use animals, according to a Feb. 8 letter sent to PETA by Dr. Margaret Hostetter, chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Cincinnati’s largest hospital. Hostetter…
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