Participation with the CCAC cannot be compelled, but failure to comply with its standards can result in the denial of research funds from federal granting agencies. McGill has been awarded the certificate. The most impassioned speakers of the night were Gloria Grow, who co-founded the Fauna Foundation, and Arryn Ketter, a Foundation volunteer and master's candidate at the McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law. Grow and her husband have established a 103-acre sanctuary for abused animals and those who had been exploited for laboratory experiments, but have outlived their usefulness. It is immoral and unethical to warehouse animals, to compound their lives of pain, loneliness, fear and misery.
Every individual deserves a chance at a life without suffering once their service in labs is over.
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