USDA Scientists Announce End to ‘Kitten Slaughterhouse’

USDA Scientists Announce End to ‘Kitten Slaughterhouse’
A street kitten looks out from behind a panel of lights along the Old City of the Cypriot capital Nicosia on Aug. 4, 2018. Hasan Jamali/AFP/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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Scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have announced they are putting a stop to a controversial research program critics have dubbed a “kitten slaughterhouse.”

Since 1982, researchers at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Services lab have been infecting cats with toxoplasmosis—a potentially deadly parasitic illness.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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