The Ontario Prime Minister, Doug Ford, has reiterated that he plans to introduce legislation that prohibits medical tests in cats and dogs, expanding that Monday by adding that he would focus on the experimentation on animals that he considers “pets.”
Ford mentioned for the first time the prohibition of scientific research on dogs and cats two weeks ago, when he promised to start “hunting” anyone who does that job after learning about a report citing canine research at the Lawson Research Institute in London and St. Joseph’s Health Care London.
The report of the Office of Research Journalism (IJB) at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health of the University of Toronto revealed that researchers induced three -hour heart attacks in dogs before sacrificing them.
On Monday, Ford was at a press conference in London to make a housing announcement when CBC London asked him about his plans to take energetic measures against the use of dogs and cats in medical tests.
He said that the criteria around the new legislation will be short and simple.
“You are not going to wear pets, cats or dogs, to experiment more. Simple as that. We simply do not do that. It is cruel and is not acceptable.”
“They are part of our families … Go with mice, go with rats, no problem, but these are pets,” Ford said, added that he is a “animal lover.”
CBC communicated with the prime minister’s office to ask if there is a timeline for the new legislation, but they told him that the office is still “looking at what are the options.”
Days after the IJB report came to light, St. Joseph’s said he would immediately end the investigation involving dogs “after consultations with the province.”
Ford did not answer CBC’s question on Monday about whether he ordered the tests directly, but said “he discouraged him.”
“I can’t believe they have come out with their own.”
St. Joseph’s has not responded to several CBC requests requesting a clarification about why cardiac tests ended.
The prime minister also reiterated that he plans to hunt any other scientist who investigates animals in the future.
“If there is someone else out there to do this to animals, come clean because we’ll catch it,” Ford said.
Complainant outside a job, says Premier
Two complainants who work in St. Joseph’s appeared in the IJB report on canine tests.
The prime minister said he has been sending text messages to a complainant, who sent him photos of the animals, and since then he learned that he lost his job.
“That person is a champion. Unfortunately, he has lost his job and not because [St. Joseph’s] He knows who he is, “said Ford, without giving more details.” It is frustrating. We have to find a job. “
It is not clear if this is the same complainant who spoke with the IJB.
CBC contacted the hospital to clarify, but did not receive a time response for publication. This story will be updated with any answer.
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Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford says that he will take energetic measures in laboratories with cats and dogs in experiments after the revelations that Beagles was subjected to heart attack studies in St. Joseph’s Health Care in London, Ontario. The case has lit the debate on the role of animals in science. We listen to the Bioethics Animal Andrew Fenton, the researcher at Western Arthur Brown University and the executive director of the Canadian Center for Alternatives to Animal Methods, Charu Chandrasekera, who advocates replacing animal tests with new technologies.
