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- To: ar-news@envirolink.org
- Subject: More Coulston Chimps Die
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- In Defense of Animals
- 131 Camino Alto, Suite E
- Mill Valley, CA 94941
- 415/388-9641
- idausa@ix.necom.com
-
- PRESS RELEASE
-
- Date: May 27, 1997 Contact: Eric Kleiman, 717-939-3231
-
- TWO MORE COULSTON CHIMPANZEES DEAD
- 4 Deaths in 4 Months Prompt Calls for Stepped-Up Federal Action
-
- Alamogordo, NM -- Two more chimpanzees have died at the New Mexico-based
- Coulston Foundation (TCF), In Defense of Animals (IDA) announced today. In
- complaints filed with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National
- Institutes of Health, IDA requested investigations of these latest
- chimpanzee deaths -- the third and fourth to die at TCF in the last four
- months. IDA also called upon the federal government to act "quickly,
- decisively, and punitively" against TCF for its continued animal welfare
- violations.
-
- "Clearly, there are fundamental problems with TCF's animal care program,"
- stated IDA Program Director Suzanne Roy. "How many more chimpanzees and
- monkeys must die before TCF is forced into compliance with federal law?"
-
- According to whistleblowers, one of the two latest chimpanzees died from an
- infectious disease, possibly bacterial meningitis. If confirmed, that would
- be the same cause that had previously killed four young, healthy chimpanzees
- at TCF in less than two years. After these July 1994 and February 1996
- deaths, TCF claimed that three of the four chimpanzees displayed no clinical
- signs of the illness. However, primate veterinary experts consulted by IDA
- stated that bacterial meningitis normally exhibits easily-observed clinical
- symptoms.
-
- The USDA is currently investigating the January 1997 death of a young,
- healthy, 11-year-old male chimpanzee named Jello, and the March 1997 death
- of a young, healthy female named Echo. TCF settled formal USDA charges in
- June 1996 by agreeing to pay a $40,000 fine -- the second-largest in USDA
- history -- and promising to cease and desist from violating the Animal
- Welfare Act. According to IDA, the negligent circumstances surrounding the
- deaths of both Echo and Jello, indicate that TCF has violated the terms of
- the cease and desist order.
-
- Since 1993, 27 chimpanzees and other non-human primates have died
- "unexpectedly" at TCF. The departure of seven veterinarians from TCF in
- three years has contributed to deteriorating animal care conditions at the
- facility, IDA said.
-
- "These latest tragedies make it four deaths in four months at TCF,"
- concluded Roy. "We urge the USDA to act swiftly in filing formal charges
- against TCF. The more the federal government delays, the more the
- chimpanzees at TCF will pay for it with their lives."
-
- In Defense of Animals is a national animal advocacy organization based in
- Mill Valley, Calif.
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- Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 15:40:55 -0400
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