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Michael Budkie, A.H.T., is the co-founder & Executive Director of Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! (SAEN), which works exclusively on the animal experimentation issue by successfully terminating research projects, forcing the USDA to take legal action against laboratories, & coordinating release of animals into sanctuaries. After witnessing the atrocities of animal experimentation during his education, he successfully ended a head injury experiment on cats at the Univ. of Cincinnati, which launched his career leading to positions with several national organizations before he co-founded SAEN in the mid-1990s. He has been published & travels extensively, appearing on TV & radio programs to expose the truth about animal experimentation.

An animal rights organization Tuesday filed a complaint with the United States Department of Agriculture asking for an investigation into a Sanford Research scientist.

The complaint from Stop Animal Exploitation Now was filed by the group after it obtained a document showing that privileges to perform experiments on animals by Shanta Messerli had been permanently revoked. 

A letter from Sanford Research to the USDA's Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare indicates that Messerli first had her privileges revoked in January of 2021. After an appeal to the Sanford Research Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), her privileges were restored to perform two specific experiments under direct supervision.

But the letter, signed by David Pearce, the president of innovation and research for Sanford's World Clinic, says Messerli received a subsequent report of noncompliance while conducting an experiment with funding from the Department of Defense.

"After a complete review of the reported noncompliance, the IACUC revoked Dr. Messereli's (sic) ability to continue to work under the oversight and management plan," the letter says. "The IACUC received an appeal of this decision and rejected th

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