Controversy
The company has been the target of animal rights activists in the UK. It owned Shamrock Farm in England's West Sussex which closed during 2000 following a 15-month campaign by animal rights activists. It also has a large site at Manston Road, Margate, Kent, where it breeds mice and rats, and a similar but smaller facility in the USA, in New York state's Ulster County.
On 29 June 2008 in Saint Germain sur l'Arbresle (France, Rhone district) an alleged case of arson may have occurred, although the perpetrators have not been identified nor has any group claimed credit.
During May 2008, 32 Cynomolgus primates, also known as crab-eating Macaques, died of overheating at the Charles Rivers Laboratory in Sparks, Nevada after a climate system failure. Based on a "whistleblower" complaint, animal rights group PETA filed a complaint with the USDA who are investigating the incident.
During August 2008, the Associated Press reported, "A former scientist at an animal testing facility in Nevada where 32 research monkeys were accidentally killed in May claims in a federal lawsuit he was fired partly because he opposed 'cruel and inhumane mistreatment' of animals there."
Read more about this topic: Charles River Laboratories
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