PETA has just received tapes from Texas A&M University stating that a German Shorthaired Pointer named Ned– who was bred in the laboratory to suffer from painful canine muscular dystrophy (MD) – recently died. All his life the experimenters tormented him with meaningless pursuits. At the time of his death, he was only five months old when he turned 10 years old.th birthday.
Who was Ned? A Story of One Dog’s Suffering at Texas A&M
Ned never had a real home. He never lived anywhere but in a kennel, and when the canine MD attacked his body, he lost the little control he had over his life.
Dogs with MD struggle to walk, swallow, and even breathe, and records show that Ned began to lose weight when he was still a puppy. Over the years, he lost flexibility and mobility – all the time he was subjected to repeated experiments and muscle biopsies.
In June 2020, Ned found it difficult to move, and by October he had a cold and needed help while standing. In January 2021, he was in such intense pain that he was put to sleep.
Until it’s too late for Ned 20 other dogs from Texas, A&M M.D. research remains in the school’s labs. Texas A&M has completed its PETA pressure breeding program but is refusing to send these dogs to safe, loving homes for now. We urge the university and its Board of Trustees to close the lab and release the remaining dogs for adoption.