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Spanish biotechnology laboratory faces animal testing cruelty claims
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The warning is clear even before the video begins, "GRAPHIC IMAGES - video may be inappropriate for some users." Scenes of alleged cruelty and suffering inflicted on dogs, pigs, monkeys, rabbits and mice by Vivotecnia, a company based in Madrid, ... of gratuitous cruelty are carried out against animals - in many cases without anaesthesia and with obvious signs of suffering - including hitting, shaking, and verbal abuse." "It's unimaginable that this could be happening in Europe today," says Dr. ... Katy Taylor, CFI's Chief Scientific Officer. “The case shows the dark side of the regulation of animal experimentation. We have uncovered a horrendous mix of suffering and cruelty in the way these animals are being kept, handled and abused in toxicity