Envigo, a research animal breeder, pleaded guilty to animal welfare and environmental crimes, admitting the mistreatment of over 4,000 beagles at its breeding facility. The company was fined a record-setting $35 million, with $22 million in fines and $13.5 million for animal welfare, environmental projects, and facility improvements. The DOJ and EPA announced the largest ever fine under the Animal Welfare Act, totaling more than $35 million, to be paid by the company. The company surrendered 4,000 beagles from its Virginia dog breeding facility in 2022, leading to the fine. The Humane Society worked to place the rescued beagles in homes across the US. Inotiv, a related entity, also pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $22 million in fines for violations of the Animal Welfare Act and Clean Water Act.
Envigo pleaded guilty to criminally violating U.S. law by neglecting thousands of beagles at its Virginia breeding facility. Overcrowding, filth, untreated disease, and unexplained puppy deaths generated national headlines and a rescue operation. https://t.co/MibZTKNQxv
Envigo, a leading supplier of research animals, has pleaded guilty to criminally violating the U.S. Animal Welfare Act by neglecting thousands of beagles at its Cumberland, Virginia, breeding facility. https://t.co/eFShfX1BD9
You may remember this story from 2022 – thousands of neglected beagles were rescued from a medical breeding facility in Virginia. The company responsible just got the largest ever animal-welfare fine. https://t.co/tulGB5SL06
The parent company of a research and breeding facility based in Virginia was fined more than $35 million in relation to the mistreatment of thousands of dogs. https://t.co/N2QTPQ2HtF
Dog breeder to pay record $35M fine after surrendering thousands of beagles https://t.co/tYRhqYjNML https://t.co/dK033l2Nei
A clinical research company has agreed to pay a record $35 million fine for violations of the Animal Welfare Act as part of a deal to resolve criminal charges stemming from the abuse of beagles that it bred for medical research. https://t.co/uQq1kSuJGL
In 2022, I wrote about Envigo, a research beagle center that had racked up dozens of animal welfare violations. This week, the DOJ announced that Envigo’s parent company will pay $35 million—the largest fine in the history of the Animal Welfare Act. https://t.co/cm1UzphLHU
Company that bred beagles for medical research agrees to pay record $35 million fine. https://t.co/Scb11iKQlZ
Research animal breeder Envigo pleaded guilty to animal welfare and environmental crimes, resolving a two-year DOJ probe into its mistreatment of thousands of beagles. Subscribe to The Daily Docket: https://t.co/s1z0JFiNQe https://t.co/YaYvTeSyFW
US dog breeder fined $35m for neglecting thousands of beagles used for medical research https://t.co/HKCu1Wzn6l
US dog breeder fined $35m after 4,000 beagles rescued from facility https://t.co/QoIToJmtDg
US dog breeder fined $35m after 4,000 beagles rescued https://t.co/k2CuaM8FiM
A leading contract research organization has agreed to pay $35 million as part of a criminal plea for badly neglecting hundreds of beagles in a breeding facility. https://t.co/gNSCfQdpOd
A medical research company that bred dogs was ordered to pay $35 million as part of a plea agreement for the mistreatment of more than 4,000 beagles that had to be rescued from its breeding facility in 2022 in Virginia, federal prosecutors said. https://t.co/j3azo0kPZO
"All totaled, Inotiv pleaded guilty to 2 felonies & to pay $22 million in fines — $11 million for violating the Animal Welfare Act & another $11 million for violating the Clean Water Act. The second felony was traced to Envigo Global Services, a related entity that had failed… https://t.co/UTjKJUFa77
"For its part, the Humane Society, which worked with shelters to place the beagles in homes around the US, urged the company to seek alternatives to animal experimentation & argued for passage of the Better CARE for Animals Act, which would give the US Department of Justice… https://t.co/UTjKJUFa77
A large contract research organization/CRO has agreed to pay $35M — including the largest-ever fine for violating the Animal Welfare Act — "as part of a criminal plea for badly neglecting hundreds of beagles in a breeding facility." Story by @pharmalot https://t.co/SrYQ0Yx1uw https://t.co/wjflnYEmNo
The company later agreed to relinquish all 4,000 beagles at the facility, which were sent around the country for adoption. https://t.co/xs31X06ffO
Company that bred beagles for research pleads guilty to neglect, ordered to pay record $35M fine https://t.co/t73JWedzBB https://t.co/YM4JmFGh3o
A company that bred beagles for medical research agreed Monday to pay a record $35 million as part of a criminal plea admitting it neglected thousands of dogs at its breeding facility in rural Virginia. https://t.co/In2yxeQgTJ
A company that bred beagles for medical research to pay $35 million as part of a criminal plea admitting it neglected thousands of dogs at its breeding facility https://t.co/xN4BXENNVQ
Research animal breeder Envigo pleaded guilty to animal welfare and environmental crimes on Monday following a two-year investigation into its mistreatment of at least 4,000 beagles, prosecutors with the U.S. Justice Department announced. https://t.co/rDpiDCSWLv
US breeder Envigo pleads guilty for mistreating beagles, gets $22 million fine https://t.co/yrKrfzpE4D
Research animal breeder Envigo pleaded guilty for mistreating beagles. It will pay $22 million in fines, plus an additional $13.5 million to support animal welfare and environmental projects, cover law enforcement expenses and improve its own facilities https://t.co/nfBigEUpuY https://t.co/AT0XJSIjhL
Leading CRO to pay record fine for badly neglecting hundreds of beagles in breeding facility.. https://t.co/HXH3a6b1jJ #pharma #animals #dogs #beagle #cro #monkey $NOTV
After surrendering 4,000 beagles in 2022, the parent company of a Virginia dog breeding facility will pay more than $35 million in fines, the largest ever for animal welfare and clean water violations. https://t.co/vg7hOmXr97
The DOJ and EPA have announced the largest ever fine under the Animal Welfare Act — totaling more than $35 million in criminal fines, donations and costs — to be paid by a company that surrendered 4,000 beagles from a dog breeding facility in Virginia. https://t.co/xmCr6Fu9kI https://t.co/mGy78yU4HI
In 2022, the DOJ secured the surrender of more than 4,000 dogs from a facility that bred and sold animals for research, saying the operators failed to meet minimum standards for humane treatment of the animals. https://t.co/t2nqvsmtw2
Envigo Pleads Guilty to Animal Welfare Violations, Fined Record-Setting $35 Million https://t.co/s0m4fQjlvF