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Created by T T on May 18, 2005, 10:56 am



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 Please sign & then CLICK THE PICTURE TO WATCH THE VIDEO! WARNING: THIS VIDEO IS SICKNING! PLEASE HELP STOP CONVANCE!

PETAs investigator was hired by Covance as a technician and worked inside the companys primate testing lab in Vienna, Virginia, from April 26, 2004, to March 11, 2005. The investigator's video documentation inside the lab started on July 30, 2004, and what she documented-the terror, sadness, sickness, injuries, suffering, and deaths of monkeys from the wild and Covance's own breeding facilities—will leave even the staunchest supporter of animal testing ashamed and all good people clamoring for justice. It will also make it perfectly clear that government oversight of labs such as Covance is a farce.

At Covance, animal technicians called the head veterinarian "Mr. Let's Wait and See." The primate staff—even those who were, themselves, often cruel to the monkeys—complained repeatedly about a young monkey with a broken arm being left untreated in his cage for four days. Apparently, "Mr. Let's Wait and See," the head vet at Covance, didn't know what to do about the bone break, and so he waited for a junior veterinarian to return from her time off. The junior vet immediately ordered the animal euthanized as the break was too severe to repair. She discovered and disclosed that the head veterinarian had given the baby monkey a drug that had little more effect than that of an aspirin for his unimaginable pain.


Other Documented Horrors for Animals at Covance
Striking and choking "uncooperative" monkeys
Screaming curses at frightened, sick monkeys
Slamming monkeys into their cages after they've had dosing tubes rammed down their throats
Hosing down cages with monkeys still inside, soaking the animals
A loose monkey terrorized by a technician who slams cages into walls to scare the animal out of hiding
Monkeys with chronic rectal prolapses-painful protrusions of the intestines through the rectum-resulting from constant stress and diarrhea
Monkeys who died horribly in tests for a drug company-the veterinarian was forbidden to examine them or provide any treatment, including euthanasia
Small monkeys dosed with large tubes forced up their nostrils and down into their stomachs, causing choking, gagging, and daily bloody noses
Monkey self-mutilation resulting from Covance's failure to provide psychological enrichment and socialization
Injuries left untreated until they became necrotic
Nonstop blaring rock music



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131 1 Jul 2008 - 2:12    Linda OKeefe : I support this petition.
130 13 Jun 2008 - 23:10    IRENa kozak : ALL ANIMALS TORTURE AND CRUELTY HAVE TO STOP NOW ,WE LIVE IN 21 C. NOT IN STONE AGE !!!!!!
129 11 Jun 2008 - 9:45    Emily :
128 21 May 2008 - 13:47    Joycey Berry : You ugly and disgusting evil non-humans need this done to you. I hope all of you have nothing but misfortune from this day on for what you do. I hope this house of horrors closes soon. If not, I pray the building collapses with all you evil scumbags in it.
127 21 May 2008 - 11:05    Kylee M. : I don't have to watch the poor monkey, I've alretty made my decision.D: Poor monkeys...
126 21 May 2008 - 9:52    Bronwyn Hughes : The people responsible for this horrendous cruelty and all those who condone it have lost their humanity and are a danger to society. Absolute shame on them for inflicting such pain, suffering and deprivation to defenseless animals.
125 21 May 2008 - 8:05    Pam Fioretti : This is just sickening - I could not continue watching,and what I did see will haunt me.It must be stopped!!!
124 20 May 2008 - 6:40    jedidiah dawson :
123 16 May 2008 - 20:52    Robert Redmon : Stop this torture,I fully support this petition.
122 15 May 2008 - 19:52    Brandon Duncan :
121 15 May 2008 - 19:51    Aubrey Venable :
120 15 May 2008 - 2:00    Darlene Davis :
119 12 May 2008 - 20:46    Cristina Seiça :
118 12 May 2008 - 19:14    Terrie Williams :
117 12 May 2008 - 15:36    BiLL Fowlie :
116 12 May 2008 - 13:35    kim szabo : there just has to be a better way. this is just sick. couldn't even think about watching the video.
115 12 May 2008 - 13:04    Stephanie Vitt : Totally disgusting. This practice must stop!
114 11 May 2008 - 20:58    Sheila Gredzinski : This is so cruel, I can't watch, how can anyone be so hateful?!
113 11 May 2008 - 16:06    Gail Costic : I am so horrified and so angry over the torture of these precious innocent monkeys that I find it impossible not to feel that the suitable punishment for these monsters is to do to them wha they have done to these helpless victims.
112 11 May 2008 - 11:16    Jan E. Johnson : What purpose does such cruelty serve?
111 11 May 2008 - 10:29    Elaine Secondo :
110 11 May 2008 - 10:09    claire stokoe :
109 11 May 2008 - 7:09    Dannielle Philipson :
108 11 May 2008 - 6:08    gail dair :
107 11 May 2008 - 4:45    Jocelyn Koopmann : No need to do this torture these days. No need to test on animals. Cruelty to the tops.
106 11 May 2008 - 2:43    Lamargo Petersen : Test on animals are useless to judge any products to be used for humans. Get a clue!!!
105 11 May 2008 - 1:44    Natalie A. Carter :
104 11 May 2008 - 1:17    Joy Bergstrom : Would like to totoure them for they can speak, this animal can't!!!
103 11 May 2008 - 0:43    tia hilkert :
102 10 May 2008 - 23:57    Stephanie : Dont do this to our poor monkies it is Soooooooo cruel
101 10 May 2008 - 23:03    Dalia E. Hettfield :
100 10 May 2008 - 21:24    leah : PETA got their proof,thanks to PETAs investigator who investagated the cruel place, mistreatment of the monkeys.
99 10 May 2008 - 20:45    Laura Horning : Animal abuse and cruelty must NEVER be tolerated!!!! STOP ANIMAL TESTING NOW!!!!!!!! Animals have emotions and feel PAIN!!!!!
98 31 Mar 2008 - 1:04    Shannon : This is so sad...
97 6 Dec 2007 - 0:12    Iparraguirre : I'm agaisnt animal testing it's so cruel I'm a veggie
96 4 Apr 2007 - 6:52    lou :
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93 3 Mar 2007 - 4:34    McCaela Domingo : we can make a diffrence
92 19 Feb 2007 - 13:22    Jess : I think you should stop if they can be tutored then i say all of us gang up and tutre them
91 19 Feb 2007 - 7:27    Maggie Clarke : This is Discusting
90 30 Jan 2007 - 19:04    Daniel Carville : I cried for very long at that video... its horrible, it must stop NOW
89 21 Jan 2007 - 2:30    kt bateman : i support peta anyway and i have a monkey calander and poster
88 15 Dec 2006 - 9:21    Elizabeth : I hate people who do things like this. What is the matter with them?
87 4 Dec 2006 - 1:44    karikuj : it is sick !!!!! kill the scientists ! not the monkeys !!!!
86 3 Dec 2006 - 4:13    Boris :
85 11 Nov 2006 - 13:54    Madhu Ahuja : Cruelty towards anybody for what ever reasons is inhumane for we humans.
84 29 Oct 2006 - 7:34    michelle grosss : I couldnt even bring myself to watch 1 second of these atrocities.This is so inhumane,so utterly evil.
83 27 Oct 2006 - 9:02    Laura Lea : "OH My GOD" I just watched this video and it brought tears to my eyes. This is a DAMN shame as to what our Government is allowing to take place within the testing labs and others involving animals all over the US. I fully feel that this is down right curl and the sons of *****es should be charged for their crimes to the fullest. This makes me feel that these people have great underlining issues that need to be looked into as well and soon. For these people roam our streets and maybe our neighbors. I sure the hell wouldn't want these kinds of people around my grandchildren or any one else's children either. Just what else are they capable of doing that hasn't been seen on viteo. hummmmmmmm This is frightening and it saddens me greatly to know that these poor animals of Gods are being treated in this manner. It's one thing to hear of this, but another to view it first hand. We have laws to protect animals (check out animal channel on TV).
82 13 Oct 2006 - 12:03    mpv : can't even bring myself to watch it-how does this still go on in this day and age? god help us
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