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The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to University of Miami President Julio Frenk on Feb. 18, 2021, urging him to stop the university’s use of chinchillas for medical research. PETA representatives say that a 2020-21 undercover investigation discovered that Moulton Chinchilla Ranch, UM’s former chinchilla supplier, has been abusing animals. “Will you please immediately reconsider your relationship with MCR and stop obtaining chinchillas altogether?” stated PETA’s letter sent to the University of Miami. Photos and documents which PETA says were taken by an undercover worker show animals at the ranch in Chatfield, Minnesota, with serious conditions in need of veterinary care. Some conditions include swollen, pus-filled eyes, mutilated feet with exposed bones, overgrown teeth and exposed mammary tissue. Chinchillas are shown cramped inside of unkempt cages.

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