ANIMAL KINGDOM : Kennel Fined for 75 Dog Deaths
A magistrate today fined a British kennel $22,100 for the deaths of 79 beagles it was shipping to a Swedish pharmaceutical firm.
The dogs suffocated in a truck trailer aboard the ferry Tor Britannia in the North Sea on Sept. 5.
Perrycroft Farm Kennels, which breeds animals for scientific research, had pleaded guilty to two charges of causing unnecessary suffering to 100 beagles during the 24-hour ferry trip from Harwich, England, to Goteborg, Sweden.
The 8-month-old beagles were being shipped to the Astra pharmaceutical company in Sodertalje, south of Stockholm, for use in testing drugs.
Five hours after the vessel left Harwich the truck driver found that only 21 beagles were alive, and 10 of them were unconscious. The temperature in the container was 95 degrees.
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