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School ends practice surgeries on live dogs

Animal lovers are cheering one university's decision to stop using live animals in their practice surgeries.

Michigan State University had a long practice of using the dogs in its veterinary program and then euthanizing the animals. But according to this report, that's over as of this fall.

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The school joins most of the nation's vet programs in banning the procedures.

The school will now use cadavers and models.

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About 140 dogs dies in the program last year, the school told the Detroit Free-Press. 

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