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Other "Pet Food" Companies: Contracting With KillersBecton DickinsonBecton Dickinson hired the facility in question to conduct experiments
on pigs. Laboratory employee #1: I just want to euthanize her.On Thursday, January 16, 2003, the same veterinary technician reported that the pig was still alive and in distress and that she had received permission to kill the pig at the end of the day “if she wasn’t any better.” According to an e-mail message written by the president of the laboratory on this date, BD researcher Fred Harvey (who was at the facility on January 15 and reportedly saw the condition that the pig was in) agreed with this course of action. Needless to say, the pig’s condition did not improve, and as a result, she was finally put out of her misery on the night of January 16, 2003. Section 2.31(d)(v) of the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) states, “Animals that would otherwise experience severe or chronic pain or distress that cannot be relieved will be painlessly euthanized at the end of the procedure, or if appropriate, during the procedure.” The pig, as seen in the videotaped footage, was clearly in “severe or chronic pain or distress,” yet the director of the laboratory and BD’s Mr. Harvey apparently allowed her to suffer for more than 24 hours, in violation of the AWA and the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, which states, “Euthanasia might be necessary at the end of a protocol or as a means to relieve pain or distress that cannot be alleviated by analgesics, sedatives, or other treatments.” Not only was the pig not immediately euthanized as she should have been, she wasn’t even afforded the benefit of “analgesics, sedatives, or [any] other treatments.” On May 16, 2003, BD asked the contract laboratory for an explanation, but although one of BD’s own employees was apparently involved in making the decision that allowed this pig to suffer, this was the last that we heard from BD. Please demand that BD provide an explanation as to why this pig was allowed to suffer: Edward J. Ludwig<< Return to complete list. Click here for a list of dog and cat food companies that don’t test on animals. Click here to help dogs in Menu Foods labs and the other ‘Met’ dogs by making a life-saving donation today! |
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