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The investigation is related to the AnimalWelfareAct and Clemson's research activities, but no details are available at this time. Tags: universities animal experimentation animalresearch USDA medicalresearch.
In December, the United States Department of Agriculture issued a warning letter to the primate center for violations of the AnimalWelfareAct, which regulates treatment of many commercial animals from pet kittens to laboratory guinea pigs. Tags: medicalresearch PETA animalwelfare us.
Department of Agriculture, which regulates the care of researchanimals, will look into the complaint, said agency spokesman David Sacks. It’s too early to say whether any of the incidents violate the AnimalWelfareAct, the yardstick for triggering enforcement action, he added.
But there is a significant contingent who is not as enamored with the Laboratory AnimalWelfareAct as he is. To this day, 95 percent of the animals used in research labs receive no federal protection whatsoever under the AnimalWelfareAct." It "guarantees humane treatment?" Maybe on paper.
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