Over 300 beagle puppies have allegedly died during the last seven months on the Envigo facility.
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A federal decide has issued an emergency order imposing a sequence of restrictions on a Virginia dog-breeding facility after regulators mentioned the positioning was answerable for the deaths of a whole bunch of beagle puppies.
The restraining order issued Saturday comes after federal officers accused the Envigo RMS facility in Cumberland County of a sequence of animal-welfare violations in a criticism filed Thursday. Officers seized almost 150 beagles from the positioning.
Envigo, headquartered in Indianapolis, breeds beagles for medical analysis on the Cumberland facility. It has housed as much as 5,000 beagles within the final yr.
US District Choose Norman Moon mentioned the proof from federal inspections exhibits greater than 300 beagle puppies have died there during the last seven months of unknown causes. He additionally mentioned in his order that nursing beagles have been denied ample meals, and puppies have been euthanized with out anesthesia.
The corporate issued a press release Saturday denying the allegations and saying “animal welfare is a core worth of our firm.”
Envigo was additionally the topic of an undercover investigation final yr by the Norfolk-based animal-rights group PETA that discovered comparable mistreatment.
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