Claim: "Live cats have holes drilled into their skulls," posts put into their heads and coils put into their eyes, and some have had their ears cut off or are intentionally deafened or starved at UW-Madison labs that do research to improve hearing in humans.
Fact-check: Cats have holes drilled into their heads, undergo other procedures in UW-Madison experiments, PETA says
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Kertscher
Date published: 2013-10-18T00:00:00