Judge Issues Order Against Virginia Dog Breeding Facility

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — A federal choose has issued an emergency order imposing a collection of restrictions on a Virginia dog-breeding facility after regulators stated the location was accountable for the deaths of lots of of beagle puppies.

The restraining order issued Saturday comes after federal officers accused the Envigo RMS facility in Cumberland County of a collection of animal-welfare violations in a grievance filed Thursday. Officers seized practically 150 beagles from the location.

Envigo, headquartered in Indianapolis, breeds beagles for medical analysis on the Cumberland facility. It has housed as much as 5,000 beagles within the final yr.

U.S. District Choose Norman Moon stated the proof from federal inspections exhibits greater than 300 beagle puppies have died there during the last seven months of unknown causes. He additionally stated in his order that nursing beagles had been denied enough meals, and puppies had been euthanized with out anesthesia.

The corporate issued a press release Saturday denying the allegations and saying “animal welfare is a core worth of our firm.”

Envigo was additionally the topic of an undercover investigation final yr by the Norfolk-based animal-rights group PETA that discovered comparable mistreatment.

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