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Complaint filed on UL Lafayette for improper animal handling leading to monkey death
ACTION ALERT:
Contact:
Dr. Robert Gibbens
Director, Animal Welfare Operations, USDA-APHIS
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Please levy the MAXIMUM FINE against University of Louisiana, Lafayette, for
their blatant disregard of the Animal Welfare Act when their negligence
caused a monkeys to be paralyzed, leading to euthanasia. Their behavior
should NOT be tolerated and MUST be punished to the fullest extent of the
law.
Complaint filed on UL Lafayette for improper animal handling leading to monkey death
From Seth Linscombe, KLFY.com, February 6, 2023
UL Lafayette could face fines after a complaint of improper animal
handling led to a monkey’s death.
According to federal documents released Monday, a complaint has been filed
against the University of Louisiana-Lafayette claiming it broke federal law
when improper animal handling during transport injured a monkey, leading to
paralysis and the monkey’s death.
The complaint comes from Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN), a national
watchdog nonprofit that investigates animal abuse and illegal activities at
U.S. research facilities.
The complaint also addresses the dehydration deaths of five infant monkeys
recounted in an Aug. 26, 2021 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture inspection.
According to the inspection, five infant monkeys died or were euthanized
because of dehydration. Federal fines are $12,722 per infraction/per animal
and the complaint calls for fines on both incidents.
“The carelessness required to cause paralysis in a monkey is simply
incomprehensible,” said Michael A. Budkie, SAEN co-founder. “I am appalled
that ULL negligence has unnecessarily killed yet another monkey.”
UL Lafayette was previously fined $100,000 in 2017, one of the largest fines
ever levied by the USDA, over complaints at the primate lab at the New
Iberia Research Center.
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