Watchdog group names 'Lethal Labs List'
Press Release
From Stop Animal Exploitation NOW!
S. A. E. N.
"Exposing the truth to wipe out animal experimentation"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Contact: Michael Budkie, SAEN www.saenonline.org, [email protected], (513)
575-5517
Attn: Assignment Desk
Watchdog group names 'Lethal Labs List'
WASHINGTON, DC – Labs across the U.S. that have been accused of fatal animal
abuse by either whistleblowers or federal regulatory agencies have been named to
the first ‘Lethal Labs List’ for 2011.
Overall, the number of animals killed through negligence/callousness in
specific labs ranges from 303 to 3. Labs have been named to the list from
New Mexico, Florida, Iowa, Alaska, Massachusetts, Texas, Washington,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Tennessee and Louisiana.
The list includes two Ivy League schools, several private Contract labs, and
universities. The notorious labs named to this disgraceful list combined
to kill 468 animals including 364 primates, 40 pigs, 26 dogs, 16 cats, 12 musk
oxen, 3 rabbits, 3 gerbils, 2 goats, 1 sheep and 1 bat.
The animals have been killed simply because they were no longer needed (300
primates), or died of starvation, suffocation, exsanguination, disease, and/or
negligence.
The top five Most Lethal Labs of 2011 include:
1. The Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (LRRI) has earned the number
one spot for killing 303 animals through either callousness or negligence.
According to inside information from a whistleblower LRRI staff killed 300
monkeys when a research contract was lost. LRRI was also fined $21,750 for
allowing a monkey to choke to death and is under investigation by USDA for two
additional dog deaths.
2. Primate Products (Miami, FL), according to inside information from a
whistleblower, a disease epidemic killed over 50 primates, and at one point over
500 sick.
3. Exemplar Genetics (Sioux Center, IA), according to a USDA report,
killed 39 pigs in a transport truck.
4 Sharp Veterinary Research (Vernon, TX), according to USDA reports, killed
32 dogs and cats through lack of veterinary care.
5. The University of Alaska (Fairbanks, AK), according to USDA reports,
starved 12 musk oxen to death.
“These labs have killed hundreds of animals through either negligence or
simple callousness,” said Michael A. Budkie, A.H.T., Executive Director, SAEN.
“The people of this nation should be ashamed to know that these facilities exist
in the U.S.”
The full list is available upon request from SAEN.
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See also: Most Lethal Labs of 2011
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