The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is reportedly investigating 18 primate deaths at the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center — the same South Carolina facility that saw than 40 monkeys escape into the wild through an unsecured door earlier this month.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sounded the alarm in the latest complaint against Alpha Genesis earlier this week, saying they received an anonymous tips whistleblowers that 18 or more monkeys died after a problem with heating equipment in one of the facility’s buildings.
“Alpha Genesis has blood on its hands again,” PETA wrote in a statement, saying that they believe a diesel heater may have malfunctioned in the facility and lead to the deaths of multiple long-tailed macaques.
Whistleblowers report that 18 monkeys just cooked to death at @AlphaGenesisInc because of a faulty heating system. This is the same place that allowed 43 other monkeys to escape. How many disasters must happen before @NIH stops pouring $ into it?? pic.twitter.com/lB0GuTDruE
— PETA (@peta) November 26, 2024
“There were no alarms, no alerts, as 18 long-tailed macaques likely endured agonizing deaths — either slowly roasted alive or suffocated by deadly carbon dioxide fumes,” the statement continued, calling the alleged incident, “no accident — it’s a deadly pattern.”
Global News has reached out to Alpha Genesis for comment on the complaint but has not yet received a response.
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