PETA takes credit for ending sheep experiments, but UW-Madison cites funding lapse
KIMBERLY WETHAL
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UW-Madison and the U.S. Navy are ending a research study that involved using decompression therapy on sheep, which have complex respiratory systems like humans, to determine the urgency with which Navy personnel need to be rescued from inoperable submarines.
UW-Madison and the U.S. Navy have ended a controversial study involving sheep and oxygen decompression because they allowed the funding to lapse, despite activists taking credit for taking down the project.
Wisconsin Alumni Association Executive Director Sarah Schutt explains UW-Madison's connection with flamingos during its annual "Fill the Hill" fundraiser.
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In the weeks before I joined the Wisconsin State Journal in September, I was told this: Remember that a higher education institution is like their own city. It has its own character and struggles, defined by the students who learn there and the faculty who teach them.
I have seen this over and over again, and it was particularly clear when I visited UW-Platteville at Richland a week after the University of Wisconsin System ordered degree-fulfilling classes to cease because of low enrollment. During my visit, I found many of the devastated students to be emotionally invested in their campus community — and committed to saving it.
UW-Madison and the U.S. Navy are ending a research study that involved using decompression therapy on sheep, which have complex respiratory systems like humans, to determine the urgency with which Navy personnel need to be rescued from inoperable submarines.
