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National watchdog files 2nd federal complaint against Chimp Haven
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Dr. Robert Gibbens
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Please levy the MAXIMUM FINE against Chimp Haven for their blatant disregard
of the Animal Welfare Act when their negligence allowed several chimps to
die. Their behavior should NOT be tolerated and MUST be punished to the
fullest extent of the law.
National watchdog files 2nd federal complaint against Chimp Haven
From Brittney Hazelton, KSLA.com, July 28, 2022
KEITHVILLE, La. (KSLA) - Recently, Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN)
mentions an undisclosed report about a recent escape at the federally-funded
Chimp Haven sanctuary, claiming that a federal law was broken.
SAEN, is a non-profit, non-government, Ohio-based watchdog organization that
monitors U.S. research facilities and sanctuaries that house former research
animals. SAEN recently filed one federal complaint against Chimp Haven in
June and now in July, they are filing a second complaint.
“Chimp Haven is failing to keep both the chimps and their staff safe,” said
Michael A. Budkie, co-founder of SAEN. “Anytime a chimp escapes everyone is
at risk.”
SAEN said that one chimp escaped and it is attributed to staff negligence as
the reason they filed the complaint with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture,
alleging improper animal handling, which potentially endangered both staff
and the chimp escapee.
What the March 21, 2022 report said:
“Chimp Haven is writing to report an adverse event - the temporary escape of
a 26-year-old female chimpanzee from her primary enclosure.” During cage
cleaning chimps were shifted to another area of the sanctuary. Even though
staff checked the enclosure, which was to be cleaned, they missed a chimp
who was “lying in a hammock unseen, above their heads. With the door open,
the chimpanzee was able to exit the bedroom and gain access to the interior
hall.
The complaint calls for a full investigation and the maximum penalty of
$10,000 per infraction/per animal.
SAEN’s previous complaint against the sanctuary in June related to a
multi-chimp escape. That event led to the death of two chimps. The complaint
said the death of one chimp was due to “exsanguination secondary to
traumatic injury.” The second chimp died from “hepatic laceration likely due
to blunt force trauma.”
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