JIPMER under Scanner for alleged illegal experiments on animals, gets show cause notice

The animal rights organisation took up the matter after being alerted by a concerned student.

As per the student complaint received by PETA India, rats and mice were kept in miserable conditions - confined to severely crowded boxes and forced to eat food contaminated with fungus - in violation of CPCSEA regulations and guidelines. Furthermore, the animals were reportedly bred for overpopulation, and students were forced to perform experiments on them solely to reduce their numbers.

"Compassionate students across India have the power to hold their institutes accountable for breaking the law and tormenting animals in experiments," said PETA India Science Policy Advisor Dr Ankita Pandey.

CPCSEA's show-cause notice dated July 06 also directs JIPMER to furnish details on the animals housed in the animal facility, details of experiments conducted on animals during the past 10 years, and the minutes of meetings of the IAEC, which approved the experiments on animals.

"We applaud CPCSEA for taking action against JIPMER for conducting unauthorised animal experiments, and we appeal to all medical colleges in the country to replace the use of animals for dissection, training, and other experimentation with humane and superior, non-animal methods now," Dr Pandey stated. 

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