Angelo State Denies Mouse Torture Allegations

SAN ANGELO, TX — Angelo State University spokeswoman Brittany Miller tersely denied the university is needlessly killing dozens of mice in specious science experiments.

“We can confirm a complaint was filed. We can also confirm appropriate research protocols were followed,” Miller said in a one-sentence response to allegations lodged at the school by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

The PCRM alleged in a press release Thursday that Angelo State animal scientists were needlessly torturing then killing mice to weigh their brains after conducting creepy socialization experiments.

For example, in one experiment, PCRM alleged, newborn mice were stripped away from their birth mothers and placed with a foster mom. In some cases, the foster mom actually ate the newborn.

“Among the 81 mice killed for this study, 15 died from cannibalism and seven died from ‘neglect or infanticide.’” The PCRM states. “If this study model is deemed scientifically valid, it is only fitting that we follow the results to the conclusion that children who are repeatedly moved to new foster homes are far more likely to be eaten by their foster mothers.”

The PCRM is a leftist group aligned with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, and among many organizations, “influencing public opinion with misinformation and writing, funding and marketing legislation and regulations to suit their agenda,” claimed Indiana-based Protect The Harvest, a non-profit organization that opposes PETA-led or inspired activism.

Protect The Harvest claimed that the PCRM, despite having ‘physicians’ in its name, only has 7% of its members who are doctors. What is more, Protect the Harvest claimed, “The American Medical Association (AMA), once referred to PCRM as a ‘fringe organization’ that employs ‘unethical tactics’ and is ‘interested in perverting medical science.’”

No one at Angelo State would point to these hot takes about the PCRM, however.