{"id":367486,"date":"2011-04-04T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/04\/iggy-pop-iggy-pop-urges-university-of-michigan-to-stop-experimenting-on-animals\/"},"modified":"2011-04-04T22:01:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T22:01:00","slug":"iggy-pop-iggy-pop-urges-university-of-michigan-to-stop-experimenting-on-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/04\/iggy-pop-iggy-pop-urges-university-of-michigan-to-stop-experimenting-on-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"IGGY POP &#8211; IGGY POP URGES UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TO STOP EXPERIMENTING ON ANIMALS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"22\"><!--INFOLINKS_ON--><\/p>\n<p>Punk icon Iggy Pop has fired off a letter to officials at the University of Michigan urging them to stop using laboratory animals in its Survival Flight course.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Lust For Life singer, who attended the college in his youth, has joined forces with animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to stamp out the &#8220;cruel and crude&#8221; laboratories at the university.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n He writes, &#8220;It&#8217;s common sense that cutting apart pigs and maiming cats isn&#8217;t the best way to train people to treat humans&#8230; UM (University of Michigan) should not be harming animals when better alternatives are available and already in use on campus.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n Pop and Peta officials are calling on the university&#8217;s science boffins to shut down the animal laboratories and replace them with sophisticated simulators.<\/p>\n<p><!--INFOLINKS_OFF--><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/224f048eetURLCookie.asp_195.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.contactmusic.com\/news.nsf\/story\/iggy-pop-urges-university-of-michigan-to-stop-experimenting-on-animals_1211061\" title=\"IGGY POP - IGGY POP URGES UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TO STOP EXPERIMENTING ON ANIMALS\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IGGY POP &#8211; IGGY POP URGES UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TO STOP EXPERIMENTING ON ANIMALS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Punk icon Iggy Pop has fired off a letter to officials at the University of Michigan urging them to stop using laboratory animals in its Survival Flight course. 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