PETA Slams Dr. Conrad Murray For Testing Harmful Drug Propofol On Beagle Dogs
Posted on Oct 13, 2011 @ 07:00PM
By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Senior Reporter
Dr. Conrad Murray’s defense team has earned another enemy – the animal right’s group PETA - for their testing of the powerful anesthetic Propofol on beagles.
PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, President Ingrid Newkirk exclusively talked to RadarOnline.com and slammed the doctor, who is accused of killing Michael Jackson.
“Dr. Conrad Murray and his defense team should do time for this act alone. Poisoning and killing dogs will not change what is already known about propofol—its hazards are well documented,” she said.
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As RadarOnline.com exclusively reported, as source close to Dr. Murray revealed that Beagle dogs had been used to test the drug as attorneys tried to build their defense of the beleaguered physician.
“A study was done on Beagle dogs to determine how much Propofol would have to be orally consumed to cause death. The only other study that had been done on the oral ingestion of Propofol was on pigs rectums. The study definitely involved more than two dogs. It's unknown if the dogs died, or suffered any harm," the source said.
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PETA said this action would have horrified the former King of Pop, who tragically passed away from a propofol overdose in 2009.
“This would have greatly upset Michael, who was known to be a huge animal lover,” the organization told RadarOnline.com. “This was obviously a cruel attempt to drag out this trial and confuse the jurors, adding more victims to the death toll in this sad case.”
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Dr. Conrad Murray is being tried for the involuntary manslaughter death of Michael Jackson in Los Angeles and faces four years in federal prison if convicted.
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Oct 27, 2011 @ 17:30
If you don't donate money to PETA or have a rescue animal or volunteer in a shelter you should not be bashing PETA.
Posted Fri, 10/14/2011 - 11:21am
Propofol burns when administered, and they gave it to those poor dogs? OMG! Someone needs to pour 4 gallons of Propofol down Murray's throat AND his lawyers - what monsters, good gawd. Can't wait til Murray goes to prison.
Posted Fri, 10/14/2011 - 12:43am
This is outrageous. if those Beagles had been turned in to PETA's own "shelter" in 2010, they would of stood a 94% chance of being unceremoniously gassed to death and tossed into a walk-in freezer. WTF are they to judge. Hypocrites is what they are.
Posted Thu, 10/13/2011 - 11:48pm
You must be one of Murray's women. Or Murray himself, lmao!
Posted Fri, 10/14/2011 - 12:46am
At least Dr. Murray did what he did to gain experience with Propofol before using it on humans, unlike PETA who simply execute pets brought to their shelter to save money. Money they'd rather spend on hypocritical ads featuring celebrities.
Posted Thu, 10/13/2011 - 11:56pm
You are so ignorant it's unbelievable! Even if what you said was true, which it isn't, getting euthanized is MUCH, MUCH, MUCH more humane than being tortured by "testing." This "man" is one big sicko.
Posted Fri, 10/14/2011 - 8:17am
Martosko continued: "What's next? Will Greenpeace start harpooning whales? Alec Baldwin, Pam Anderson, Alicia Silverstone, and the rest of them should think twice before throwing their support behind a compromised, hypocritical group like PETA."
Posted Thu, 10/13/2011 - 11:36pm
"Ingrid Newkirk runs the most disingenuous animal group on the planet," said David Martosko. "PETA takes pet lovers' donations with one hand while administering lethal injections with the other." That's not "ethical." It's hypocritical.
Posted Thu, 10/13/2011 - 11:34pm
Did You Know? From 1998 through 2010, PETA has killed more than 25,000 "companion animals." That's more than five defenseless creatures every day. PETA has a walk-in freezer to store the dead bodies, and contracts with a company to cremate them.
Posted Thu, 10/13/2011 - 11:33pm
As if we give a fvck what PETA thinks. PETA KILLS ANIMALS, THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS Of CUTE FURRY HOUSE PETS. Their Virginia "shelter" is in fact a slaughterhouse for unwanted pets. Wake up and read PETAKILLSANIMALS dot COM
Posted Thu, 10/13/2011 - 11:16pm