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CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS LEADING TO MULTIPLE COUNTS OF CRIMINAL ANIMAL
CRUELTY FILED AGAINST THE NIH'S "ALAMOGORDO PRIMATE FACILITY"
OPERATOR
Prepared by In Defense of Animals /
September 7th, 2004
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December 1999 - The FDA issues a rare Warning Letter to The Coulston Foundation, outlining the severity of the GLP violations, and also instructing the lab not to initiate any new GLP studies. This causes further erosion in the Foundation's base of private clients that seek toxicology testing.
February 28, 2000 - The Coulston Foundation illegally refuses USDA inspectors access to its facilities
(USDA Access). The NIH continues to fund the lab.
March 2000 - In Defense of Animals testifies before Congress (IDA
Testimony) about the NIH's malfeasance regarding its continued and illegal funding of The Coulston Foundation. IDA bases its testimony largely on internal NIH records, and notes that the unprecedented USDA findings flatly contradict the NIH's claims about the Foundation's animal welfare compliance. During the testimony, IDA is asked if it has a solution to the crisis at the Foundation.
April 2000 - IDA, along with the Animal Welfare Institute and the Doris Day Animal League, submits a "permanent sanctuary plan," a proposal to Congress to solve the crisis at the Foundation by turning the facilities on Holloman Air Force Base into a permanent retirement sanctuary for the chimpanzees.
April 2000 - The Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) International conducts an announced site visit at the Foundation. AAALAC is acting as the "External Review Team" mandated by the August 1999 USDA settlement. AAALAC eviscerates the entire Coulston Foundation animal care program, finding it extremely noncompliant with the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (compliance with the Guide is required for receipt of federal funds). One of the AAALAC site visitors and eventual authors of the report is Dr. Rick Lee, a respected veterinarian at the NIH-funded chimpanzee lab at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center-Bastrop. Despite the devastating AAALAC findings, the NIH continues to fund the Foundation.
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