University of Gothenburg faces backlash over plans to euthanize six Labradors used in dental implant trial
A petition by an animal rights body has already obtained over 84,000 signatures, though it appears the university will be going ahead with the euthanization .
Six labradors at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden are set to be euthanized at the end of a medical trial which is currently using them to test the efficacy of dental implants.
According to The Local, the study is being conducted at the university's laboratory for experimental medicine and is aiming to investigate how the implants might cause inflammation and the degradation of bones, and how well the dental implant integrates into human tissue.
