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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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January 13-14, 2004 - IDA's network of whistleblowers states that three healthy chimpanzees are found dead from electrocution at the
APF. The first two died on January 13; the third was found dead the next day. The electrocutions could have resulted from perches in cages housing the three chimpanzees somehow touching a live electrical wire in the facility wall, but the information is sketchy at best. To date, IDA has been unable to obtain any further information regarding these electrocutions.
January 20, 2004 - IDA files a lengthy Freedom of Information Act request (IDA
Freedom of Information Act Request) with the NIH's NCRR asking for various records, including all records available for the three chimpanzees who had been electrocuted the week before. To date, IDA has only received incomplete records of the ten-year, $42.8 million contract between the NIH and
CRL.
January 28, 2004 - Former Coulston Foundation veterinarian Brit K. Oiulfstad,
DVM, MPH, executes a seven-page sworn and notarized affidavit,
(Oiulfstad Affidavit) which IDA submits to D.A. Scot Key. Dr.
Oiulfstad, currently an official with the Los Angeles County Department of Health, states that the allegations of cruelty against
CRL/NIH are far worse than anything she had ever witnessed or heard of at The Coulston Foundation, and that these allegations, if true, would violate "the most basic precepts of veterinary ethics and basic human decency" as well as the solemn oath veterinarians take to reduce animal suffering. Dr.
Oiulfstad, who had been a sworn witness for the USDA during a 1997 investigation of The Coulston Foundation, states that the NIH is ultimately responsible for the alleged cruelty. She notes her disgust at the apparent APF "policy" of untrained
maintenance/security personnel performing animal care duties continues,
despite the deaths of Ashley and Rex, and the near-death of Topsy. Based on the allegation that this "policy" is still in place, she states that another case of cruelty is simply waiting to happen, and wonders if more cruelty is occurring at other
NIH-funded facilities. The NIH continues to fund CRL.
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