Philadelphia Zoo’s meerkats die after exposure to agricultural dye

[Emily]

Zoo’s meerkats die after exposure to agricultural dye


By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk June 14, 2023 at 11:30 am EDT​
The Zoo’s five meerkats have died after they were exposed to a toxin.

The animals were exposed to the unknown substance as a topical agricultural dye was being applied, NBC News reported...
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https://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending...-agricultural-dye/VOQ7LXJGG5CBBGPXBKSZGHX7QI/

 

[Emily]

This has happened before!

Seven baby monkeys died from poisoning at US research center

• Young primates died after contact with toxic dye
• ‘Invasive and deadly experiments … must end’ say campaigner

Oliver Milman in New York
@olliemilman Sun 16 Jun 2019 01.00 EDT​

​Seven infant monkeys were accidentally poisoned and died at one of the largest primate research centers in the US, internal documents shared with the Guardian have revealed.

The young macaques died after their mothers were marked with dye at the University of California, Davis, primate research laboratory.

Once reunited with their infants, the female macaques inadvertently transferred the dye, which proved toxic to them. Seven of the infants, none more than a few weeks old – with one just a day old – subsequently died.

UC Davis reported the incidents to federal authorities in April 2018, with further details provided in a letter sent a year later. In the latter document, UC Davis told the federal watchdog Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare that two of the infants were found to have “generalized weakness and respiratory distress”, with dye found on their lips and tongues...
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https://www.theguardian.com/science...d-us-research-center-university-of-california