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Charges have been lodged with a state prosecutor after the release of undercover video brought attention to the conditions under which animals are kept at the Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology near Hamburg, The Guardian reported yesterday (October 15).
As first reported by Süddeutsche Zeitung last month, an employee at LPT took photos and video showing treatment of lab animals there. Among other incidents, the footage, released by the organization Cruelty Free International, shows monkeys restrained by their necks and spinning in small cages in apparent distress and dogs on floors smeared with blood.
LPT is one of the largest private laboratories in Germany, according to The Guardian, with 175 employees. The lab states on its website that “With more than 50 years of experience, LPT performs studies of prime quality covering all aspects of in vivo and in vitro toxicology, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics at fair ...
