One wonders indeed how these cats are shipped - probaby not in the comfy type of cat carriers we take our pets to vet in...then these companies say, well, these are not pets, they are animals bred for research. So how does that make them any different from our pets, whether they are are cats or beagles, other than being poorly socialized and starved for affection?
Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gloria B. Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, October 17, 2004 7:00 am Subject: Re: Fwd: FW: Need to verify story I just read that Fedex is shipping cats in confined crates without food or water from Liberty Research in NY to Tokyo to be killed. > Wonder if they supply cats to foreign labs...and of course > how... Gloria > > > >I wrote to Liberty Research twice, and have not yet received a reply. > >I looked at their website - they do indeed supply cats to labs. > > > >Locally, we have a lab animal supplier named Harlan, or a subsidiary > >of Harlan nationwide. They also supply cats for labs. They ran an ad > >in the help wanted column a while ago advertising for caretaker for > >their "Feline Production Unit". > > > >Bonnie > > > > >From: Michael Hardesty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: FW: Need to verify story I just read that Fedex is > shipping > >cats in > > confined crates without food or water from Liberty Research in > > NY to Tokyo to > > be killed. > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Reply from Fedex, the PETA story might > >be false, it would not be the first time. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Sandra Munoz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:11 PM > >To: Michael Hardesty > >Subject: RE: Need to verify story I just read that Fedex is shipping > >cats in confined crates without food or water from Liberty > Research in > >NY to Tokyo to be killed. > > > > > >FedEx policy prohibits the shipping of any animal on our regularly > >scheduled flights and the shipment of any domestic animals such > as cats. > >We have provided charter services for Giant Pandas from China, white > >polar bears who desparately needed to be transported to various > zoos in > >the U.S. from Puerto Rico (this was a humanitarian effort), > horses for > >the Olympics and, just today, we transported orphaned cougars to the > >Memphis Zoo. > > > >We have reiterated our policy regarding the shipment of domestic > animals>with customers and employees to ensure that our policy is > adhered to. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Michael Hardesty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 5:22 PM > >To: Sandra Munoz > >Subject: Need to verify story I just read that Fedex is shipping > cats in > >confined crates without food or water from Liberty Research in NY to > >Tokyo to be killed. > > > >I hope this story is not true but if it is true people need to take > >action against both Liberty Research and Fedex. > > >
