Princeton University Slammed with Animal Welfare Violations
A routine inspection carried out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture resulted in Princeton University being cited with over a dozen violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act. The violations specifically focused on the treatment of 15 rhesus monkeys and 10 marmosets who are confined in Princeton labs.
The June 23, 2010 inspection of Princeton’s animal labs revealed that experimenters have deviated from procedures that were approved by animal oversight committees, that they failed to demonstrate that experiments being performed were not redundant, and that visible signs of pain in animals were not being adequately documented.
