PETA Protests Children’s Hospital over Kitty Poking

Everyone’s favorite animal rights group PETA was in full force in St. Louis today protesting the St. Louis Children’s Hospital for something. Someone probably put the wrong color lipstick on a test monkey or something…

The animal rights organization PETA held a protest today against St. Louis Children’s Hospital for its use of live cats in a pediatric emergency training course.

The hospital’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sessions Cole, says the cats are a critical part of the training. “Even the most sophisticated manikin can’t really duplicate the anatomy and the reflexes and the movements that are provided by a live animal like a cat.”

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