Bloodied Dogs and Sick Monkeys Exposed at Major Indian Contract Testing Laboratory
11.06.2025
London – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has released a first-of-its-kind whistleblower exposé of a major contract laboratory in India, documenting that dogs were left lying in pools of blood and suffered from untreated, painful wounds; newborn minipigs were killed painfully without anesthesia; and sickened monkeys carrying zoonotic viruses were killed. Palamur Biosciences is self-proclaimed as “one of the largest preclinical service providers” in India, advertising its services for EU chemicals and pesticide registration.
Photos from PETA India’s eyewitness investigation are available here, and video footage is available here.
“This footage lifts the lid on the shameful facilities that leave beagles suffering in pools of blood, imprison wild animals, and violently kill young pigs,” says PETA Head of Science Policy Dr Julia Baines. “PETA India’s groundbreaking exposé makes it clear that regulators in India should immediately take a stand against animal abuse by shutting down Palamur Biosciences.”
As a contract laboratory, Palamur Biosciences makes money poisoning beagles and other animals for the highest bidder. Among the reported horrors uncovered by PETA India:
- Photographs and video footage show dogs lying in pools of blood.
- Dogs in some experiments suffered “like hell” with untreated and open, painful wounds, a whistleblower said.
- Dogs in other experiments suffered ulcers in their mouths or intestines.
- Some staff kicked animals or closed cage doors on their legs, causing fractures, according to a whistleblower.
- Some nearly 1,500 dogs were kept in a space designed for some only 800, forcing three to four dogs into cages meant for just two, leading to fights and serious injuries.
- A minipig got pregnant, and because Palamur did not have a license to breed the animals, staff killed all the piglets without sedation by a painful injection straight into the heart.
PETA India has submitted to regulators in India, urging immediate termination of the contract laboratory’s registration to use animals in testing, prosecution under applicable rules, and rehabilitation of surviving animals.
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to experiment on”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits. For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk or follow PETA on Facebook, X, TikTok, or Instagram.
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