Seismic Shift as PETA India Prompts First-Ever Police Probe of Indian Dog Laboratory

In a historic first, police in India have opened a criminal investigation into Palamur Biosciences, whose horrific experimentation on animals was first exposed in a groundbreaking PETA India exposé.

That exposé of this major contract laboratory is the first of its kind in that country to rip open the veil of secrecy surrounding this lab, where bloodied beagles lie on the floor, mini pigs are poisoned, and rhesus macaques are killed.

The evidence of widespread violence and cruelty was so damning that PETA India filed a formal complaint that led police to launch an investigation into apparent violations of animal welfare laws—including by causing severe injuries to dogs and for illegally capturing monkeys from their forest homes.

Like PETA’s historic 1981 Silver Springs monkey case in Maryland, this first-ever criminal investigation into a laboratory in India is a watershed moment for animals and for the animal liberation movement. This is not merely a fork in the road; it’s a tectonic shift certain to send shockwaves through the animal experimentation industry in India, which until now conducted its bloody business with impunity. History will look kindly on this moment.

Police are looking into charges for possible illegal killing and maiming of animals in Palamur’s custody, killing animals against established protocols, negligence, and failing to protect against the spread of disease to humans. Police are also investigating whether Palamur violated India’s Wild Life Protection Act by illegally hunting and capturing protected rhesus macaques.

Palamur, which touts itself as “one of the largest preclinical service providers” in India, breeds animals and tests drugs, pesticides, and medical devices on them for the highest bidder, including U.S. companies.

Among the myriad reported horrors exposed by PETA India:

• Dogs, some lying in pools of blood, with untreated and open, painful wounds, or ulcers in their mouths or intestines.
• Severe overcrowding of animals in cages.
• Monkeys abducted from the wild and infected with dangerous diseases who, despite the health risks, were killed to keep the matter quiet.
• Infant minipigs killed without sedation by a painful injection straight into the heart.

What You Can Do

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