Harvard Medical School Fined over Death of Monkeys

TEMPO.CO, Massachusetts- After a long investigation through research practice, the United States Department of Agriculture has fined Harvard Medical School US$24,036. The prestigious university has been proved to have repeatedly violated the animal welfare law.

TEMPO.CO, Massachusetts - After a long investigation through research practice, the United States Department of Agriculture has fined Harvard Medical School US$24,036. The prestigious university has been proved to have repeatedly violated the animal welfare law.

As reported by Reuters, in a case in February 2011, a laboratory staff overdosed a monkey that led to its death due to heart failure. In other two cases, monkeys died of dehydration and another monkey died after a chain attached to a toy strangled its neck.

All deaths happened in Harvard's laboratory in Southborough Massachusetts, which soon closed for financial reason. The use of animals in laboratories has long been protested by animal's welfare organizations.

REUTERS | TRIP B

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