More than 100 people attended a peaceful vigil outside St. Joseph’s Health Care on Saturday for dogs and other animals killed in medical experiments at the hospital near downtown London.

The vigil was held after a story published in the National Post and other Postmedia papers, including The London Free Press, detailed how Lawson Research Institute – the research arm of St. Joe’s – is secretly testing heart attack recovery in humans using dogs and puppies on its sixth floor.

“We’re here to honour the lives of the animals that were killed at St. Joseph’s hospital but it’s not just about that – we’re here for a call to change,” said Nives Ilic of Animal Justice, an advocacy group for animals. “We would like St. Joseph’s to partner with Animal Justice and the Beagle Alliance and re-home a

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