A beagle reaches out to a hand from his cage at a toxicology lab of pharmaceutical company Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc. in Vitry, France. | Location: Vitry, France.
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Lab Test Beagle Breeding Facility To Close Due To Complaints & Animal Welfare Violations

A medical Beagle breeding facility in Cumberland County, Virginia, will close after an undercover investigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) helped to expose the cruelty and federal animal welfare violations carried out there.

A company named Envigo runs the facility. Their profits, in part, come from breeding Beagles for animal testing laboratories.

Prior to the shutdown,…

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