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September 21, 2023
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Wilmington, Mass. – Please see the next remark from PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo referring to Charles River Laboratories executives’ assurances these days that the corporate is dedicated to making improvements to the welfare of animals:
Right through these days’s investor webinar, Charles River Laboratories executives stated they’re dedicated to doing the fitting factor via animals, so why then hasn’t the corporate launched any of the 1,269 monkeys it allegedly imported illegally into the U.S. to a prepared, ready, and respected sanctuary?
It was once a yr in the past these days that 360 endangered long-tailed macaques have been imported via Charles River from Cambodia and in the end denied clearance via federal officers after the corporate couldn’t turn out all of the monkeys have been captive-bred. Then, 909 extra have been additionally denied clearance. The animals stay in criminal limbo whilst Charles River spars with the feds over their destiny.
Right through an investor webinar on September 13, 2023, corporate CEO James Foster, answered to a query concerning the provide of monkeys to be had for analysis, stated, “The irony is that there’s if truth be told a surplus, which is insane, proper? There may be various NHPs [nonhuman primates].”
Charles River says something however does any other and presentations it’s not by any means main with integrity and accountability, as its officials inform pleasant audiences, or it will straight away decide to hanging the 1,269 macaques in sanctuaries and paying for his or her lifetime care.
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