Authorities in Colombia have suspended studies at a U.S. National Institutes of Health–supported malaria research facility, weeks after seizing more than 100 owl monkeys there that had been mistreated.
In addition, authorities earlier this month seized 180 mice, the last animals at the facility. Deprived of water and crammed 30 to a box, they sometimes resorted to cannibalism, PETA alleges.
NIH told Retraction Watch it has opened an investigation into PETA’s allegations. The case is likely to intensify concerns that the agency may not be adequately monitoring animal care at overseas facilities that receive its funding. NIH spent $2.2 billion on foreign research involving animals in 44 countries during the decade that ended in 2021, the U.S. Government Accountability Office documentedlast month. GAO noted that NIH essentially relies on a facility’s word that it is meeting U.S.
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