Undercover workers in a laboratory have recently released footage of screaming monkeys revealing brutal methods of torture used on animals. It's all being done in the guise of experiments by the German Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology. The ways that are applied are reminiscent of methods used by the infamous Nazi doctor Dr. Josef Mengele that performed inhuman experiments on concentration camp inmates. Now the inmates at the camp are innocent animals.
The clips were captured by activists of Cruelty Free International as well as Soko Tierschutz, a German animal rights organization that managed to gain access to the labs. It depicts screaming monkeys being kept in tiny containers and strapped to metal harnesses in the laboratory in Mienenbuttel in Neu Wulmstorf in Lower Saxony. There were cats and dogs too suffering different forms of torture in the name of research.
A covert worker did manage to gain employment at LPT after the lab advertised for fresh employees in 2018. "In 2013, we also tried to get a job there but we were not successful. From December 2018 to March 2019, an undercover investigator worked in the lab." Friedrich Mülln of Soko Tierschutz said. The activist managed to get in finally and worked there between December 2018 and March 2019.
The undercover employee witnessed toxicology tests being conducted on various animals that included cats, beagles, monkeys, and rabbits. The experiments were conducted for companies across the world, including Germany. The animals were kept in a dreadful environment and often subjected to brutal methods of torture.
Pipes were visibly forced down the throat of beagles, while capsules were thrust into their stomachs. Some even bled to death.
The cats are given 13 injections daily by unqualified personnel and subjected to really painful deaths. The untrained personnel also subjected those animals to needless torture.
The testing laboratory, LPT, is family-owned and carries out tests for numerous companies in the agrochemical, pharmaceutical, and industrial sectors from across the globe to meet standards set by regulatory authorities and the governments, according to Cruelty-Free International.
We're calling for the Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology (LPT) to be closed. We're also calling for a comprehensive review of the use of animals in regulatory toxicity testing in Europe, including the United Kingdom.
Every investigation shows a similar tale of misery and disregard of the law.
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