Exotic Incident #1523
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Lafayette, LA - USA
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23/06/2011
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University of Louisianna Lafayette’s New Iberia Research Center violated a Federal regulation in connection with the deaths of three Rhesus monkeys, a May 31 report by the U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service alleges.
The Rhesus monkeys, all one to two year old yearlings, died after tye were “accidentally blocked” in a chute connecting two outdoor cages. The USDA report states that the 3 monkeys’ bodies had begun to decompose inside the enclosed metal chute, “…therefore they ahd been trapped for some time and not properly monitored…” indicating that the NIRC did not follow Animal Welfare Act regulations.