Dear Pia,

When a hound dog arrived at a Massachusetts laboratory, experimenters described her as “shy but friendly.” She hoped for kindness. Instead, they tortured her—cutting into her arteries, implanting a device, and subjecting her to procedures that left her bruised, swollen, and bleeding.

She grew painfully thin. When she swallowed a misplaced catheter, no one helped her. They didn’t even give her a name—just a number: “F474.”

A whistleblower alerted PETA to these horrors and more at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, a place where pain and suffering are routine for thousands of animals. We must help them.

Experimenters at UMass Chan induce strokes and heart attacks in animals, deprive them of oxygen, and re-route their veins. Cruelty and extreme neglect run rampant:

• Rabbit #2202 suffered a devastating foot injury that left muscle exposed. Her toe turned black and had to be partially amputated, and her neck was rubbed raw from a misplaced collar. She was later killed. Stop the torture >>

• Ferret #700561 developed a painful intestinal blockage after eating bedding material and languished for days. When workers euthanized her, they botched the procedure—it took her eight agonizing minutes to die. Stop the pain >>

• Pig #726 endured multiple cardiac procedures for days, even after he became lethargic and his body temperature plummeted. He was later found dead in a cage. End the nightmare >>

UMass Chan had just two veterinarians to care for up to 24,000 animals, and they reportedly helped experimenters bypass basic care standards—falsifying records to cover up mistakes and ignoring repeated reports of animal suffering.

Thanks to PETA’s exposé, state and federal agencies are investigating UMass Chan, and we’re pushing the state veterinary licensing board to take action against those complicit in the cruelty.

We must keep the pressure on for the dogs, rabbits, pigs, ferrets, and other animals imprisoned in this hellhole. Your gift today can help shut down the abusive laboratories and hold the university’s experimenters, veterinarians, and leadership accountable.

Thank you for your compassion for animals.