Operation: Revenge of the murdered monkeys and beagles of Lovelace

BACKGROUND

On July 19, 2011, SAEN & WAR Launched a Joint Campaign
Operation: Agitate to Liberate 2011 to save the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute Lab Animals

Last summer, “…a whistleblower contacted SAEN revealing that Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (LRRI), as a result of financial reverses, had plans to exterminate 300 monkeys and a colony of beagles whose size we do not yet know. The whistleblower has told us that the monkey slaughter began on Monday, July 11th. 30 monkeys are being killed every day. When they have all been wiped out, the beagles are next.”…Michael Budkie, Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN)

On August 1, 2011, SAEN & WAR announced that 300 monkeys and an unknown number of beagles were murdered by Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute. Lovelace denied this emphatically.

Now, SAEN reported that USDA documentation confirms that Lovelace did, in fact, slaughter 300 monkeys and 100 beagles.

Why did they do this? Lovelace did not want to feed and care for them.

Why not allow them to go to sanctuaries? Lovelace is managed by callous murdering scum.

Not only that, we have recently learned that Lovelace is appealing to their local government officials to exempt the animals at Lovelace from rudimentary and basic animal welfare requirements. More on that later this week.

On Tuesday, February 7, 2012, local New Mexico activists will be holding a protest at LRRI. Although we cannot be with them on the picket line, we can act in solidarity with them to avenge the killing of 300 monkeys and 100 beagles. Start making calls and sending e-mail and letters immediately and keep on eye on this event page as we will release new targets and new contact information. This campaign will continue indefinitely.

Welcome to the launch of Operation: Revenge of the murdered monkeys of Lovelace

Contact the Management Team of Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (LRRI) to ask them why they lied about the mass murder of 300 monkeys and 100 beagles.


WHOM TO CONTACT

Email block

rwrubin@lrri.org, rmcgivney@lrri.org, cdevaul@lrri.org, rblea@lrri.org, rleclaire@lrri.org, jmcdonal@lrri.org, rsherwood@lrri.org, sstemkowski@lrri.org, wbechtol@lrri.org, mreed@lrri.org, cdicarlo@lrri.org, cmerriam-leith@lrri.org, pholeman@lrri.org, bhendzel@lrri.org, jtaylor@lrri.org, dfox@lrri.org, dgriego@lrri.org, rmorrow@lrri.org, info@lrri.org


Individual

Robert W. Rubin, PhD
President and CEO
(505) 348-9365
rwrubin@lrri.org

Richard C. McGivney, MS, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
(505) 348-9430
rmcgivney@lrri.org

Cheryl N. DeVaul, BEd, MBA
Chief Human Resources Officer
(505) 348-9191
cdevaul@lrri.org

Rachel M. Blea, MBA
Director of Information Services
(505) 348-9597
rblea@lrri.org

Ross D. LeClaire, DVM, PhD, MSS, DABT, Fellow ATS
Director of Federal Programs
(505) 348-1795/9113
rleclaire@lrri.org

Jacob D. McDonald, PhD
Director, Chemistry and Inhalation Exposure Program
Director, Environmental Respiratory Health Program
(505) 348-9455
jmcdonal@lrri.org

Robert L. Sherwood, PhD
Director of Applied Life Sciences and Toxicology
(505) 348-9459
rsherwood@lrri.org

Stephen A. Stemkowski, PhD
Director of Center for Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research
(704) 775-3515
sstemkowski@lrri.org

William E. Bechtold, PhD
Director of Technology Transfer
(505) 348-9456
wbechtol@lrri.org

Matthew D. Reed, PhD, DABT
Director of Preclinical Drug Development
(505) 348-4980
mreed@lrri.org

Cheryl D. DiCarlo, DVM, PhD, DACLAM
Director Comparative Medicine/Attending Vet
(505) 348-1935
cdicarlo@lrri.org

Chris Merriam-Leith, MS, PMP
Director of Business Affairs
(505) 348-9650
cmerriam-leith@lrri.org

Penny H. Holeman, MS, MPH
Director of Biosafety, Training & Biosecurity Solutions
(505) 348-9415
pholeman@lrri.org

Bret Hendzel, BA, MBA
Senior Director of Operations
(505) 348-9450
bhendzel@lrri.org

James Taylor
Federal Capture Manager
(505) 348-9518
jtaylor@lrri.org

Donii D. Fox, MSPH, CIH, CBSP
South Biological Safety Officer
(505) 348-1953
dfox@lrri.org

David D. Griego, BSME
Director of Facilities
(505) 348-9406
dgriego@lrri.org

Ricky L. Morrow
Consultant Director of Office of Research Contracts
(505) 348-9405
rmorrow@lrri.org

Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (LRRI)
2425 Ridgecrest Dr. SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108-5127

Phone: 505-348-9400
Fax: 505-348-8567
Email: info@lrri.org

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SAMPLE LETTER

To Whom It Concerns,

I am ashamed to be part of a species that objectifies animals, seen as commercial products to eat, wear, and exploit for entertainment and testing. However, of all the inherently cruel conditions humans inflict on animals, nothing is more destructive and immoral than vivisection, unparalleled in both its cruel intent and apathetic nature. To subject animals to unnatural medical conditions and practices for the purpose of theorizing potential human treatments is not only scientifically illegitimate but it is also fundamentally inhumane. As a means of fostering social validation, vivisectors consistently promote the idea that animals are responsible for producing lifesaving equipment and treatments and that those who are against vivisection are opposed to medical advancements. That illogic would be laughable if millions of animals were not tortured to support such.

I am horrified that you maliciously slaughtered 300 monkeys and 100 dogs to save costs on food.  How utterly violent.  Allow me but another moment to correct your disclaimers that animals are treated well, absent suffering and pain. The arrogance of such proclamations is astounding. Humans are unable to adequately describe pain in other species other than to accept its existence; to attempt such is based on pure conjecture and open to interpretation. Furthermore, tens of thousands of animals are deliberately denied pain relief while in obvious states of such, the theory being that introducing pain relief would compromise testing results. How can you honestly submit that introducing diseases to animals, subjecting them to pain, suffering, and agony, denying them companionship and comfort, and imprisoning them for life as done from a position of caring? Your claims are nothing but disingenuous rhetoric meant to deceive unknowing people: if you honestly cared about the well-being of animals, you would adamantly oppose vivisection.

Animal experimentation is unnecessary, unjustified, and unprincipled, its only function to financially benefit those who exploit animals; you are not invisible and your actions are indefensible. Animals have rights to live free from pain and suffering regardless of your objections to acknowledge such, and as long as you profit on the torture of animals, complicit in their abuse and death, I will continue campaigning on their behalf.

NAME



For more information contact:
Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN) at: saen@saenonline.org
phone: 1-513-575-5517 website: http://saenonline.org/
or Win Animal Rights (WAR) at: winanimalrights@optonline.net
phone: 1-646-267-9934 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WinAnimalRights

murder is not bad enough
now you raise the bar
adding lying to your
bloodsoaked repetoire
you will not be happy
that you scratched
your prevaricating itch
the world is watching
email payback is
a b*tch

we will not stop
until our job
is done
until vivisection is
just a memory
until we have won!!!!!

Karen Lyons Kalmenson