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Poisoning for profit

This monkey, restrained by his neck and with his hands and feet tied, is immobilised while a test compound is infused directly into his blood stream.BUAV’s investigation revealed the appalling plight of monkeys used in toxicity testing.This infant clings to the bars of his metal prison.A female clings to her newly born infant.Some monkeys showed signs of disturbed behaviour such as rocking and repetitive cage pacing.Once their bodies had been dissected, the monkeys were dumped into skips.This infant was born into a life of misery and suffering.Monkeys were kept in isolation in small, single, barren, metal cages.At the end of the experiments, the monkeys were given an anaesthetic and then killed by being bled out (exsanguinated).These highly intelligent and sensitive animals lived a life of deprivation, fear, torment and toxic poisoning.Many monkeys, like this one, were denied social interaction, environmental enrichment, space to exercise or access to natural light.Primates at Covance also endured physical and verbal abuse from certain staff.

Location: Germany

Exposed: This shocking investigation reveals the full in depth horror of life in the monkey labs at contract testers Covance, Germany.

Covance poisoning for profit

In December 2003, the BUAV launched the findings of a five month undercover investigation at contract testing company Covance in Münster, Germany. This Covance facility specialises almost exclusively in primate toxicology for the international pharmaceutical and chemical industry. Our groundbreaking investigation exposed the horrific suffering of thousands of monkeys subjected to a life of deprivation, fear, torment and toxic poisoning in what was the first ever undercover operation inside a German laboratory.

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