March 3, 2004

By The Daily Press/ Associated Press

In a Feb. 27 story about the University of Virginia's decision to stop using dogs in medical school classes, The Associated Press erroneously quoted a representative of the animal rights group PETA using the term euthanasia. Peter Wood said he did not use that word in an interview praising the move. "We think it's great that for now, animal suffering and death is no longer a part of medical education at U.Va," according to a statement from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.