A lawyer for a national animal rights organization says it was shocked to learn from “brave whistleblowers” about the conditions animals undergoing experiments at London’s St. Joseph’s Hospital are experiencing.

“We been working hard to find loving homes for the dogs and pigs at St. Joseph’s,” said Alanna Devine, director of campaigns for Animal Justice. “We have been in communication with the hospital asking they release the dogs and pigs for rehoming since whistleblowers reached out to us a couple of months ago.

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“To date we have not gotten any confirmation they are willing to work with us.”

A story published Wednesday in the National Post and other Postmedia papers, including the London Free Press, detailed how Lawson Research Institute – the research arm of St.

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