Elite uni denies claims of lab tests on stray cats

Peking University went into damage control mode on Monday when its Health Science Center denied allegations that students had conducted experiments on stray cats in laboratory classes.

The university was responding to an undercover investigation by a Beijing News reporter who claimed 20 students in two groups under the guidance of a teacher had dissected two cats.

The reporter claimed to have witnessed experiments on the cats connected to blood pressure and the workings of the eye, and quoted the teacher in the story.