WASHINGTON – The Humane Society of the United States has filed legal petitions with the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services Tuesday requesting investigations and legal actions to halt potential government contract fraud at the New Iberia Research Center, a primate laboratory located in New Iberia, La. and part of the University of Louisiana.
Wednesday night, Nightline airs a story of a Humane Society undercover videographer, showing "horrific" videos of primates at the UL New Iberia Research Center. The very next morning, the Humane Society announces that three Congressman are re-introducing a bill to abolish critical medical research. Is the Humane Society fabricating a story to further its political agenda?
At the New Iberia Research Center, UL hosts one of the world's foremost primate research centers, essential to advanced biomedical research around the world, including the research for a Nobel Prize. Recently ultoday.com interviewed Dr. Thomas J. Rowell, Director of the NIRC.
