Booker, Whitehouse Lead Colleagues In Urging HHS And NIH To Extend Humane Care Handling Standards To Cephalopods
November 18, 2022
November 18, 2022
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter:
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ensure that cephalopods, such as octopuses and squids, are afforded basic humane handling and care standards when they are used in NIH laboratory experiments.
"Cephalopods are incre . . .
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ensure that cephalopods, such as octopuses and squids, are afforded basic humane handling and care standards when they are used in NIH laboratory experiments.
"Cephalopods are incre . . .