Justice Dept.: Animal Breeder Pleads Guilty to Animal Welfare and Pollution Crimes and Will Pay More Than $35M, Including Record Fine in an Animal Welfare Case
June 04, 2024
June 04, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 3, 2024:
Envigo RMS LLC pleaded guilty today to conspiring to knowingly violate the Animal Welfare Act, and Envigo Global Services Inc. pleaded guilty to a felony of conspiring to knowingly violate the Clean Water Act. Both pleas are in relation to a dog breeding facility located in Cumberland County, Virginia, from which the Justice Department secured the surrender of over 4,000 beagles i . . .
Envigo RMS LLC pleaded guilty today to conspiring to knowingly violate the Animal Welfare Act, and Envigo Global Services Inc. pleaded guilty to a felony of conspiring to knowingly violate the Clean Water Act. Both pleas are in relation to a dog breeding facility located in Cumberland County, Virginia, from which the Justice Department secured the surrender of over 4,000 beagles i . . .