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![handle is hein.animal/exresfc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE P.O. Box 3650 Washington, D.C. 20007
Examples of Registered Research
Facilities Classed as Category I
(major deficiencies and repeated major or minor deficiencies
in minimum standards under the Animal Welfare Act)
Inspection reports made by United States Department of
Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Veterinary inspectors were requested under the Freedom of
Information Act for a random sample of 186 registered
research institutions. Of those 186 institutions, 44 were
found to have major and repeated major or minor deficiencies
constituting apparent violations of the Federal Animal
Welfare Act. The following 10 summaries are based on
excerpts from those inspection reports.
Since 1979 (if not before) Washington University in St.
Louis has been admittedly out of compliance with Animal
Welfare Act regulations, according to Statements of Assurance
submitted to NIH, OPRR, and yet the amount of grant money
given to the University as a whole has increased by nearly a
million dollars every year. In 1983 alone the University
received $42,895,879 from NIH. According to USDA required
annual reports, 1,335 dogs, 581 cats, 1,560 guinea pigs, 739
hamsters, 5,107 rabbits, 159 primates were used in 1983,
constituting an overall increase since 1982 in the number of
animals covered by the Animal Welfare Act and used at the
University.
Some deficiencies noted by USDA inspectors during the last
three years involve sanitation and cleanliness. Examples of
these deficiencies include: 1/6/82 excessive accumulation
of excreta in litter boxes, 3/10/82, Food receptacles
in primate rooms were empty and dirty. Also on 3/10/82 it
was noted that several water receptacles in the cat colonies
rooms were visibly dirty and felt slimy to the touch..'
On 4/22/82, A sick kitten was observed which was not under
the care of a veterinarian [a deficiency in itself]. Blood
from rectum and paresis of rear limb. No pain or distress
report on file as prescribed by Section 2.28(4) of this
regulation.
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