Dogs abandoned in pools of blood and with painful and unrelated wounds, freshly born dwarf pigs painfully suppressed without anesthesia and sick monkeys carriers of zonotic viruses killed: Peta India has just revealed the results of a dramatic investigation that documents the barbaric treatment of animals in an important laboratory for experiments in India.
Starting from the complaint of an informant, the investigation brought to light shocking images of abandoned dogs in pools of blood, sick monkeys carriers of dangerous viruses and babies newborns suppressed cruelly without anesthesia.
The laboratory in question, the Palamur Biosciencesis one of the major providers of preclinical services in India e It advertises itself as specialized in the registration of chemicals and pesticides in the European Union.
The investigations
The material documented by Peta India includes photographs and films that show the inhuman treatment of animals. The images testify dog lying in puddles of blood and serious injuries never treated, while the monkeys captured in nature, they are infected with dangerous pathogens such as the smallpox of the monkeys, without the laboratory taking adequate measures to protect public health.
Among the denunciation practices, some animals have been physically abused, as demonstrated by a witness who reported employees who kicked the animals or close the cages on their legs, causing fractures.
The laboratory also had irresponsible behavior with babies: one of the pigs was killed with a painful injection directly into the heart, without anesthesia, after the piglet proved to be pregnant. The Palamur Biosciences, which has gained thanks to the use of Beagle and other animals for experiments, has conducted a series of tests in inhuman conditions, leaving hundreds of overcrowding dogs, with three to four animals per cage, a number that has triggered conflicts and wounds.
This survey brings out the horrors to which the animals are subjected to the Indian laboratories. The authorities must intervene immediately to stop the mistreatment and close Palamur Biosciences, says Dr. Julia Baines, head of Peta’s scientific policy.
Peta India has already forwarded a complaint to the competent authorities, asking for the immediate revocation of the laboratory registration license for the use of animals in the tests, the start of legal proceedings and the rehabilitation of the surviving animals.
