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Life before death... Several undercover investigations - both inside Harlan and B&K Universal - have revealed the heart-breaking reality of life inside breeding units.
B&K's Green Hill unit in the Italian city of Montichiari was visited by OIPA inspectors and, so shocking were the conditions inside, OIPA called for its immediate closure. 2500 beagles (served by only one veterinarian) were found in cramped, stimulus-free boxes (5 dogs per 5 square feet box) and had ZERO access to natural light or fresh air. Emotional and social interaction - which this breed thrives on - was non-existent. 35 dead beagles were discovered; no veterinary death certificates could be found or their deaths explained.
The unit's license was temporarily revoked and there was (and continues to be) a countrywide outpouring of opposition to B&K.
Read more about OIPA's inspection.
EXPOSED! Harlan Hillcrest exposed in The Sunday Times (July 2011)
A former Harlan employer tells The Sunday Times that he witnessed a trainer punching and kicking a beagle at the company's Wyton site. He too reveals that other members of staff shaved obscenities into dogs’ fur and daubed their faces using marker pens.
The full-page story states that beagles incarcerated at Wyton are only allowed outside for 20 MINUTES PER WEEK.
The rest of the time, Harlan beagles are imprisoned in bare-floored, wire-mesh pens a few square metres in size; no daylight, no blankets, no toys for newborns.
Harlan UK is the country’s last remaining breeder of beagles for use in vivisection.
EXPOSED! BUAV undercover investigation at Harlan-Hillcrest (1999)
The images featured on this page were taken during a 10-month BUAV undercover investigation into the practices of beagle breeder Harlan-Hillcrest.
BUAV found shocking breaches of government animal welfare legislation including beagles living, sleeping AND nursing puppies on bare, bedding-free floors. Bored, stressed beagles were prone to fighting which often resulted in injury or even death. Some female beagles were forced to produce up to 10 litters during their pitiful lifetime.
Surplus stock (beagles who were too large, too old) or those with deformities (known as "non-conforming products") were routinely slaughtered; "Once dead, the dogs were put into rubbish sacks and dumped in a skip".
Read more about this investigation.
Once sold and transported to laboratories, beagles will have chemicals dripped into their eyes, be force fed capsules and have liquids pumped directly into their stomachs via plastic tubes.
Side effects of such experiments include vomiting, internal bleeding, seizures, paralysis and finally, death. Most B&K-born beagles will be experimented on several times before dying.
According to the Home Office, 86% of dogs involved in vivisection are used to test the toxicity of products such as paint, pesticides, food dyes and weed killers.
Images courtesy of BUAV.
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