Animal Rights Group Files Complaint Against Sanford Health Scientist

(Sioux Falls, SD) — An animal rights group wants an investigation into a Sanford Research scientist. Stop Animal Exploitation Now filed a complaint yesterday against Shanta Messerli, citing documents saying she’s had her privileges to perform experiments on animals revoked twice. Sanford Health responded to the complaint yesterday afternoon saying in a statement that the organization complies with “the highest level of animal care” as laid out by the Animal Welfare Act. Messerli’s research was focused on molecule inhibitors in breast and brain cancers.