NEWS RELEASE
Dec. 15, 2000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Will Potter
Representative, Students Against Cruelty to Animals
(512) 477-1286, willis@mail.utexas.edu

UT OFFICIALS AGREE TO STUDENTS’ DEMANDS:

Beagle released from research facility.

AUSTIN- Student activists have successfully negotiated the release and adoption of Stampy, a Beagle housed at the UT Animal Resources Center.

Cedra, an Austin corporation, has paid the UT center to house and kill the Beagles for their organs. Stampy, the last of the Beagles, was scheduled to die by the new year.

But because of the work of Students Against Cruelty to Animals, Cedra will release Stampy at a loss of profit, and UT officials have agreed.

“This is a major victory for the animals and for UT students,” said Will Potter, a UT junior and SACA representative. “Not only have we saved Stampy’s life, but we showed the University that we will not accept killing in our name.”

Members of SACA have visited the Beagles regularly throughout the semester, developing a personal relationship with the dogs.

Because of SACA’s campaign, Student Government overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on UT administrators to save Stampy, and encourage alternatives to animal research.

The UT Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee will vote this month on SACA’s proposal to ban the use of dogs for all research purposes at the University.