A new bill would make Virginia the first state able to punish research animal breeders for violations of the Animal Welfare Act, a federal law enforced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals , published last fall. “We’re doing this because of what these reports have revealed. We’re doing this because of the film and footage,” State Senator William Stanley said at a subcommittee hearing last month.
“For dogs, Virginia is now poised to become a leader in Animal Welfare Act enforcement and we urge other states to follow in its steps,” said Daphna Nachminovitch, senior vice president of cruelty investigations at PETA. The advocacy group said its investigation included footage of workers with no veterinary credentials injecting euthanasia drugs directly into puppies’ hearts without sedation, and soaking dogs to the skin with water from high pressure hoses.
The company also said yesterday that it “has made significant progress in hiring and inventory reduction to drop our ratio of dogs to staff members from 167 to 115,” in part by adopting out more than 400 dogs. Envigo has supplied beagles to research universities; government agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. National Institutes of Health ; medical centers such as the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; and major drug developers including AstraZeneca and Genentech.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Joe Maughan: Proposed anti-innovation bills will weaken the consumer welfare standardJoe Maughan, owner of 9th & 9th Jewelers in Salt Lake City, writes that Sen. Mike Lee is correct to worry that anti-monopoly proposals would hurt small businesses and customers.
Read more »
Analysis suggests China has passed US on one research measureAfter decades of dominance by the United States, a new measure suggests that China edged the U.S. in 2019 on one important measurement of national research success.
Read more »
What being a cat or dog person says about youWhat does being a cat or dog person have to do with personality traits? Here's what science studies say about the matter.
Read more »
Pa. House Republicans call for gas drilling on state lands to end reliance on foreign sourcesGOP lawmakers are calling for increasing production, capacity and transmission of the state's natural gas resources to help end the state and nation's reliance on foreign energy suppliers.
Read more »
What is the 'Don't Say Gay' bill? What supporters, critics say about Florida's House Bill 1557Florida House Bill 1557, a parental rights education bill dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by critics, has become a subject of contention in the state.
Read more »
Behind the Headlines - A shorter life-expectancy? How one reporter uncovered disturbing health data and how the story is making a difference.Hickory Daily Record reporter Virginia Annable talks with Teri Barr about discovering shocking numbers that revealed life-expectancy of residents in one area of the state were 20 years LESS than those living just a few miles away.
Read more »