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Dr. Robert Gibbens
Director, Western Region, USDA
(970) 494-7478
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Please levy the MAXIMUM FINE against University of Louisiana, Lafayette, for their blatant disregard of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) when their negligence allowed "major trauma" to at least six monkeys one of whom had to be euthanized. Their behavior should NOT be tolerated and MUST be punished to the fullest extent of the law for this repeat violator of the AWA!
Group Asks Investigation of Louisiana
University Primate Lab
By
USNews.com, May 18, 2017
An animal rights group wants a federal investigation of a Louisiana
university's primate lab, saying six reports of major trauma to monkeys
indicate problems at the New Iberia Research Center.
NEW IBERIA, La. (AP) — An animal rights group wants a federal investigation
of a Louisiana university's primate lab, saying six reports of major trauma
to monkeys indicate problems at the New Iberia Research Center.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette did not immediately respond
Thursday to a request for comment about the statement from Michael Budkie of
Stop Animal Exploitation Now.
He asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate six monthly
health reports from 2016 and 2017 for a colony of about 540 monkeys. The
reports are signed by a research center veterinarian and were obtained from
the National Institutes of Health.
Each notes one case of "major trauma." The November report states that a
monkey was euthanized because of that. Budkie says trauma is "often
connected to violations of the Animal Welfare Act."
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