ACTION ALERT:
Contact:
Dr. Robert Gibbens
Director, Animal Welfare Operations, USDA-APHIS
[email protected]
[email protected]
SAMPLE MESSAGE:
Please LEVY the MAXIMUM FINE against Lampire Biological for their blatant
disregard of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) when their negligence resulted in
the death of a donkey. Their behavior must NOT be tolerated and MUST be
punished to the fullest extent of the law.
US regulators file complaint against Lampire Biological Laboratories for allegedly breaking federal law and causing animal death
From Carly O'Neill, Fox43.com, January 13, 2022
Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN) is urging the USDA to take severe action under the Animal Welfare Act and issue a maximum fine of $10,000.
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — National research watchdog, Stop Animal Exploitation
Now (SAEN) has filed an official complaint against Lampire Biological
Laboratories for allegedly breaking federal law due to the death of animals
during its research program, and are calling for a maximum fine of $10,000
per infraction/per animal.
According to a federal report obtained by SAEN, seven donkeys escaped from
the the laboratory in the middle of the night. One donkey walked out into
the middle of the road and was struck and killed by a vehicle.
An inspection conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture cited the
laboratory with a rare "critical" violation of animal handling requirements
under the Animal Welfare Act, due to an incident on March 3, 2020.
On this date, a goat was killed due to staff bleeding 900 milliliters of
blood from the wrong goat.
“The USDA has now issued two of the more serious citations against Lampire
Biological Laboratories for animal deaths,” SAEN Research Analyst Stacey
Ellison said. “The next step must be the maximum penalty for causing animals
to suffer and die.”