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Please LEVY a MAXIMUM FINE against Covance (TX) for their blatant disregard of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) when their negligence allowed 25 monkeys to starve for 6 days, leading to the deaths of two monkeys. Their behavior must NOT be tolerated and MUST be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
Group says Covance should face severe fines for monkey deaths
From
Pete Garcia, AlliceTX.com, July 8, 2019
An animal rights watchdog group is calling for harsh penalties against
the Covance facility near Alice after it says it was cited for allegedly
starving two monkeys to death.
A USDA Inspection report on June 3, 2019, stated that 25 macaques were not
fed for six days. According to the report, the starvation caused “poor body
condition” on the primates and led to the death of two.
Stop Animal Exploitation Now, a non-profit Ohio-based non-governmental group
that monitors U.S. research facilities for illegal behavior and animal
abuse, is now calling for the USDA to take action.
“Covance forgot to feed a group of 25 primates for six days, and as a
result, they all became severely debilitated, and two of them had to be
euthanized,” said Michael Budkie, SAEN executive director.
Budkie said that while the USDA cited Covance for failing to feed the
non-human primates, Covance should have also been cited for failure to
provide veterinary care because veterinary care required some level of daily
observation, and someone should have noticed that the monkeys hadn’t been
fed.
Known locally the “monkey farm,” the Covance facility located just southeast
of Alice is classified as an animal dealer. It houses and produces primates
for other facilities.
In 2016, Covance in Texas was fined $31,500 by federal regulators for a
series of primate deaths. The USDA stated the fines were for violations of
the Animal Welfare Act.
According to SAEN, five of the primate deaths in 2016 occurred when monkeys
were transported from the airport without being given water, despite the
fact that the monkeys were not given water during the flight into Texas.
Another federal report documents the hyperthermia deaths of 13 monkeys at
the Covance Research Products facility in Alice after repeated thermostat
malfunctions. A USDA inspection dated Nov. 20, 2014 details those 13 primate
hyperthermia deaths in two separate incidents.
Budkie said Covance should be fined per infraction, and that the fines for
the latest citations should total as much as $250,000.
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