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Kansas City Lab MRI Global Forced Animal to Lay in Waste (Photo Available) and Conducted Unapproved Cat Experiment; Watchdog Group Calls for Hefty Federal Fine
Press Release - From SAEN Stop Animal Exploitation Now
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Contact: Michael Budkie, SAEN, 513-575-5517 (cell)
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Kansas City Lab MRI Global Forced Animal to Lay in Waste (Photo
Available) and Conducted Unapproved Cat Experiment; Watchdog Group
Calls for Hefty Federal Fine
KANSAS CITY, MO – MRI Global of Kansas City (MO) is the latest target of a
research watchdog group for conducting an unapproved experiment on cats, and
also forcing a pig to stand/lay in his own waste.
SAEN, an Ohio-based nonprofit that monitors U.S. research facilities for
illegal activity and animal abuse, said today it has uncovered federal
records which document both incidents of animal abuse – and is calling for
the maximum federal fine of $10,000 per infraction/per animal.
According to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture report, and photos, obtained via
Freedom of Information Act by SAEN there are numerous severely unsanitary
conditions at the facility:
"The pig could not lay down without coming in contact with his own fecal
material. The light colored bedding shavings, which turn dark-gold when wet,
were completely saturated with liquid. There was a fecal-contaminated puddle
covering more than 1/4 of the enclosure floor space."
Another federal report obtained by SAEN reveals the performance of an
unapproved "safety test" on cats. The safety test immediately raised a
red flag because in 2016 MRI Global performed tests which involved
unrelieved pain on 83 animals (dogs, rabbits, and guinea pigs).
"If MRI Global is incapable of keeping cages clean and also has rogue staff
conducted unapproved experiments, then the facility deserves the maximum
federal penalty," said Michael A. Budkie, A.H.T., SAEN executive director of
SAEN.
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