A company that breeds animals for medical testing has been fined a record $35m (£27m) after 4,000 beagles were rescued from its facility in Virginia in 2022.
The fine against Envigo RMS LLC for animal cruelty is the largest fine ever issued under the Animal Welfare Act, according to the US Department of Justice (DoJ).
“Envigo promoted a business culture that prioritized profit and convenience over following the law,” Christopher Kavanaugh, the US attorney for the Western District of Virginia, said in a statement.
“This callous approach led to dire consequences: the inhumane treatment of animals and the contamination of our waterway,” he said.
Envigo’s parent company, Inotiv, has agreed to pay the record eight-figure settlement. It has also agreed to not breed dogs for the next five years.
Let me check article - Yep, the East Coast where puppy mills run rampant.
Envigo promoted a business culture that prioritized profit and convenience over following the law
Yeah that’s called capitalism
In other words, the cost of doing business
Capitalism doesn’t have a monopoly on market economies, no matter how much it pretends to
I don’t know what you mean by that but there is a concept called law as price which is very prevalent in the US. Basically means that fines for laws are not punishment. It is the price to commit that crime. For example companies make billions and pay fines and write it off as operations cost. Planet Money on TikTok has a great video about it.
I don’t know what you mean by that
Yeah, clearly.
Jesus, the education on the TikTok generation. Yes, that’s called capitalism.
Profit above all else leads to to shitty societies, but we have a choice.
How do consumers have a choice that Envigo RMS LLC decided to use illegal business practice to breed dogs for medical testing? Please enlighten me.
As if it was Envigos choice.
Don’t pretend everyone isn’t doing it under capitalism.
Basically what youre saying is that it’s only their fault and that’s only because they got caught.
Capitalism
I’ll keep enjoying my objectively better, socialist nation
pretty rich of you to call others dumb then post idiotic shit like this.
Disgusting. Commercial breeding should be illegal. There are enough dogs in the world as it is and they encourage inbreeding to boot.
When you see products that say “not tested on animals”, these are the animals that things DO get tested on, and their bodies are disposed of immediately afterwards.
These dogs are tortured and killed, they are bred to be tortured and killed.
What on earth would a dog breeder need with 4,000 bagels?
It’s always jolly holiday with lesdyxia.
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Bagels.
Mixed thoughts on the outcome of this lawsuit. “Envigo’s parent company, Inotiv, has agreed to pay the record eight-figure settlement. It has also agreed to not breed dogs for the next five years.” Like, how about a permanent ban? Five years, are you kidding me? Better than nothing, but cummon.
I’m glad that a portion of the money fined will go towards the activists actually rehabilitating/rehoming these beagles. “The agreement calls for the company to pay $22m to the US government, as well as pay approximately $1.1m to the Virginia Animal Fighting Task Force and approximately $1.9m to the Humane Society of the United States for their help rescuing the beagles.”
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Each one of those beagles is worth ten of that slimeball.
Is there an animal offenders list we can add these monsters to so that they’re not even allowed to pet someone else’s dog for the rest of their life?
Fuck that company for so many reasons. Chief among them, breeding a dog that barks and howls incessantly.
Beagles are the primary breed for any sort of medical/drug testing. I have no idea why they use beagles specifically, but it’s the industry standard.
They’re well mannered and don’t take up much space is the answer in seeing in all the search results.
