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Newsletters Torturing Animals in Connecticut -- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
During most of our history, SAEN has focused primarily on the
experimentation performed by colleges and universities. Never before
have we examined the projects performed at a pharmaceutical company.
However, our investigations have uncovered horrendous abuses at the
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutical Company in Ridgefield, CT. During
the first nine months of 2005, this laboratory accumulated 19 violations
of the Animal Welfare Act including infractions in areas of veterinary
care, environmental enhancement for primates, unqualified personnel,
Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee, and housing/facilities.
On 4/5/04 a beagle died of asphyxiation at Boehringer after becoming
trapped between the bars of a cage. No one at this laboratory even
noticed that a beagle was dying. No one cared. Another
dog at this same facility suffered terribly during 2005. On May 4 a USDA
inspector found this dog to be:
Despite this animal’s severe pain and suffering, the research facility
had reported this study as one where the dog did not feel any pain or
distress. On 5/4/05 dog #1374 “exhibited substantial
circling behavior.” However, this animal had not even been identified as
needing veterinary care. Boehringer also had multiple
incidents that tortured primates. Cynomolgous monkey #497 was used in an
experiment on September 2, 2004. Two days later all of the skin had
sloughed off of both of this primate’s hands due to a thermal injury,
resulting in the amputation of two fingers. Rhesus monkey #831 died
after being run through a cage washer despite the fact that three
different employees had checked the cage. A similar incident had killed
another primate at this facility in 2001, and a rat was killed this same
way on 8/30/04. Rhesus monkey #688 was found dead in his cage on
10/30/04 after having been “squeezed” in his cage on the previous day.
“A post mortem examination attributed the cause of death to be
hemothorax (accumulation of blood in the chest) related to
self-inflicted trauma or due to difficulties associated with the
handling of the animal.” Primates #779 and #916 are
listed as severely stressed, because they are removing their own hair.
This lab has illustrated some of the most severe instances of abuse and
neglect that we have ever seen. The USDA has responded to these
instances of abuse by levying a fine of $20,060 which is one of the
largest fines we have seen in recent years. Please
contact this criminal corporation to express your outrage at their
treatment of animals: Boehringer Ingelheim
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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