Beagle Breeder to Pay $35 Million for Animal Welfare, Clean Water Act Violations

Published on June 4, 2024

A company that supplied beagles for laboratory experiments has been ordered to pay a record $35 million in fines related to its operation of a facility in Virginia. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Envigo RMS LLC and Envigo Global Services pleaded guilty to violating the Animal Welfare Act and Clean Water Act, respectively. The two entities are subsidiaries of Inotiv, a scientific research supply firm. The pleas are connected to Envigo’s dog breeding facility in Cumberland County, Virginia, where the Department of Justice ordered it to surrender nearly 4,000 beagles in 2022. The Humane Society of the United States took over the care of the dogs and arranged adoptions for them....

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