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watchdog group FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Attention: News Desk New Charges leveled by 4 MPI Whistleblowers Additional Charges
Filed by watchdog group KALAMAZOO, MI -- The safety of drugs sold to consumers is being
questioned here after 4 whistleblowers at the MPI Research Laboratory in
Mattawan confirmed that the lab has manipulated testing results to allow
drugs and other products to reach the market, according to a national
research watchdog organization. SAEN, an Ohio-based non-profit group that investigates research
laboratory abuse, has released a 2-page statement from an anonymous
whistleblower last fall. In the wake of this disclosure 4 new
whistleblowers have stepped forward, and a new complaint has been filed
with the USDA. "MPI Research is endangering the safety of the American public as
well as torturing animals needlessly," said Michael Budkie, A.H.T.,
SAEN's Executive Director. "These new revelations disclose more threats
to public safety and further potential violations of the Animal Welfare
Act." Some of the statements regarding MPI include: �On a daily basis, it was a literal Holocaust on animals, and
I couldn�t leave MPI soon enough. I was never so depressed in my
life, and my personal guilt for having any association with such
cruel practices in the name of research was and is nearly
unbearable.� �Falsification of data happens all the time . . . and I have
seen people let sick animals go on sick when they should have taken
out vet consults but I think the truth is there isn't enough staff.�
Charges leveled by the new whistleblowers include: MPI researchers refuse to euthanize animals in drug studies
virtually no matter what condition they are in. Dogs and even young
puppies with severely prolapsed rectums are left to suffer in
blood-smeared cages. Rats live with teeth so severely overgrown that they have pierced
the roofs of their mouths, in many instances the rats are bleeding
from their noses and eyes. Budkie said SAEN has filed a new official complaint against MPI with
the United States Department of Agriculture/Animal & Plant Inspection
Service. -30-
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