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Media Coverage:
- Animal Rights Group Alleges Medical School Caused Primate Death, Violated Animal Welfare Act - 10 Dec 2019
- Animal Rights Group Accuses Harvard Medical School of Violating the Animal Welfare Act - 5 Dec 2019
- Animal Rights Group Files Complaint Against Harvard - 3 Dec 2019
- Animal rights group files complaint against Harvard Medical School claiming violations of federal law - 3 Dec 2019
- Animal rights group accuses Harvard Medical School of violating Animal Welfare Act - 3 Dec 2019
- Southborough Primate Center cited for improper animal handling 3 Apr 2014
- Animal rights group: Harvard deserves more fines 9 Jan 2014
- Documents reveal additional monkey care incidents at Harvard 8 Jan 2014
- Harvard Fined $24,036 by U.S. After Laboratory Primate Deaths 18 Dec 2013
- Harvard fined $24,000 for monkey deaths, animal care issues 18 Dec 2013
- Harvard fined after primate deaths at Southborough research center 18 Dec 2013
- Animal rights group to protest at Harvard Saturday 27 Apr 2013
- Primate center slated to close - Activists cite negative press 24 Apr 2013
- New England Primate Research Center, Troubled Harvard Lab, To Close 24 Apr 2013
- Harvard to close troubled primate research centre 24 Apr 2013
- Harvard closing primate center in Southborough 24 Apr 2013
- Harvard Med School Cited for Being Generally Neglectful of Its Lab Animals 4 Sep 2012
- Animal Cruelty Found at Harvard Labs: Monkeys, Mice Die, Thanks to Inhumane, Careless Treatment 4 Sep 2012
- Harvard Medical School is cited for mistreatment of lab animals 3 Sep 2012
- Harvard Dead Monkeys Make Top 10 List for Lab Violations 30 Aug 2012
- USDA Cites Harvard Center for Violating Federal Law 4 Apr 2012
- Research monkey deaths spark protests 26 Mar 2012
- Monkey deaths ignite protest at Harvard center in Southboro 26 Mar 2012
- Animal activist group files complaint against Primate Center 21 Mar 2012
- Animal activist alleges another incident at primate center 21 Mar 2012
- Fifth monkey death at Southboro research center to be investigated 21 Mar 2012
- Head of troubled Harvard primate center steps down 2 Mar 2012
- New research halted after another monkey death at primate center in Southboro 1 Mar 2012
- Harvard vows changes after 4th monkey death 29 Feb 2012
- Southborough primate research center may face fines 28 Feb 2012
- Third monkey dies at Harvard research center 27 Feb 2012
- Confronting Cruelty: Harvard should not tolerate unnecessary cruelty in its labs 26 Jan 2012
- Activists protest near Southborough primate research center 24 Jan 2012
- Spell out ethical standards 23 Jan 2012
- Nine Animals Died in Harvard-Affiliated Laboratories 23 Jan 2012
- Third Monkey Death at Harvard Sparks Federal Probe of Lab Work 22 Jan 2012
- Harvard Medical School under fire for animal testing death 11 Jan 2012
- Southborough primate facility cited again for animal's death 11 Jan 2012
- USDA cites Harvard med school primate center in Southboro 11 Jan 2012
- Harvard's New England Primate Research Center cited for animal death 10 Jan 2012
- Yale’s Burned Baboons, Harvard’s Dead Goat Make Ivy League Lab Abuse List - 6 Dec 2011
- U.S. Investigation Faults HMS Animal Research Facility - 31 Aug 2011
- USDA cites Harvard research facility - 17 Aug 2011
- Southborough primate center under investigation for unapproved procedures - 18 Aug 2011
- USDA cites primate center - 16 Aug 2011
- Group files complaint vs. Southborough animal research lab - 20 Oct 2010
- Dead monkey raises alarms Primate lab gets USDA citation - 4 Aug 2010
- Feds may probe Southborough primate center after animal's death - 3 Aug 2010
- Anti-Vivisection Activists Had A Busy Month - 2 May 2005
- Group says Bay State lab cruel to primate subjects - 29 Oct 2003
- From Worcester Telegram & Gazette - 27 Oct 2003
- From The Harvard Crimson - 6 Nov 2003
- From Associated Press - Boston - 30 August 2001
- From The Boston Phoenix - 27 Apr 2000
Press Releases:
- 4 Apr 2014 USDA Cites Primate Center for Marmoset Injury after Watchdog Complaint; Harvard 4th lab prosecuted following SAEN Investigation
- 8 Jan 2014 Negligence Continues at
Harvard's Primate Center; Watchdog group Files complaint regarding primate
escape, injuries,and Botched experiments -- Insists on Second Federal Fine
- 26 Apr 2013 National Research Watchdog Delivers Letter to Harvard President Demanding Release of Primates to Sanctuaries; with Harvard Footing All Costs; Big Protest Set on Saturday
- 23 Apr 2013 Harvard Announces Closure
of Primate Research Center; Watchdog Group Applauds Move; Calls for
Retirement of Primates
- 18 Apr 2013 Most U.S. Animal Laboratories Break Federal Law; Hundreds of Animals Dead, Thousands at Risk; Watchdog Group Charges Animals 'Die Horribly,' Calls for Federal Action
- 21 Mar 2013 $320 Million U.S. Tax Dollars
Annually at Risk; Research Negligence Kills Dozens, May Invalidate
Hundreds of Projects
- 12 Sep 2012 USDA REPORT: Harvard Exploits 'Loophole' in Federal Animal Welfare Act to Abuse More than 70 Percent of Primate
Research Subjects
- 11 Sep 2012 WATCHDOG REPORT:
Dozens of Primates Killed by Negligence in 18 U.S. Research
Laboratories; Epidemic Results in Federal Fines, Ongoing Federal
investigations
- 15 Aug 2012 Watchdog Group Names U.S.
'10 Most Criminal' Research Facilities; Animal Labs Break Federal Law 16
Times Every Week
- 29 Mar 2012 Insider Reveals Fifth
Death at Harvard's Primate Research Center; Watchdog Group Files Official
Complaint, Demands USDA Fine
- 26 Feb 2012 USDA cites Harvard's
Primate Center for Another Negligent Death; Watchdog Group Again Calls for
Federal Fine as Harvard Death Toll reaches 5
- 19 Jan 2012 USDA cites Harvard'
Primate Center for Another Negligent Death; Watchdog Group Again Calls for
Federal Fine as Death Toll reaches 9
- 15 Aug 20 11 USDA Cites Harvard for
second negligent Primate Death in 13 months; Watchdog Group Demands Federal
Fine and Grant Recall
- 19 Oct 2010 - Federal Complaint filed
Against Harvard for Electric Shock Experiment; Group Names Charles River,
Harvard, MIT, McLean to ’Worst Labs’ List
- 2 Aug 2010 - USDA Cites Harvard as
Primate Found Dead in Cagewasher; Watchdog Group Demands Inspection Tour of
Primate Center
- 5 Jun 2007 - Research Watchdog Demands
Probation for Harvard and Vanderbilt
- 15 Oct 2006 - 5 Boston research labs
targeted Monday as part of national protests; Dozens of federal law
violations, strangulation of primate are cited
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Government Grants Promoting Cruelty to Animals
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USDA Letters of Complaint from SAEN
USDA Violations
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Rats, mice, birds, amphibians and other animals have
been excluded from coverage by the Animal Welfare Act. Therefore research
facility reports do not include these animals. As a result of this
situation, a blank report, or one with few animals listed, does not mean
that a facility has not performed experiments on non-reportable animals. A
blank form does mean that the facility in question has not used covered
animals (primates, dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, pigs,
sheep, goats, etc.). Rats and mice alone are believed to comprise over 90%
of the animals used in experimentation. Therefore the majority of animals
used at research facilities are not even counted.