Marshall BioResources, a global breeder and seller of dogs, cats, ferrets, pigs, and other animals to laboratories, has long operated in the shadows.
Its biggest facility is tucked between towering trees near North Rose, New York, nearly an hour’s drive from the closest major city. Its purposeful, bland exterior masks its deadly operations.
But from the skies, the true scale of its massive facility, which trades animal lives for cash, is impossible to hide.
New drone footage obtained by PETA and We Animals provides a rare, bird’s-eye view of Marshall’s operations: oneconcrete compound, 50 warehouses, tens of thousands of dogs and ferrets confined in cages. Nearby, cats and minipigs are bred in similar warehouses.
Inside, ferrets are locked inside dingy wire cages caked in feces, while beagles and their puppies languish in barren metal-floor cages above soiled concrete, according to whistleblowers.
The sprawling 103-acre property could fit 93 football fields in it. It would cover nearly 60 city blocks in Manhattan.
The massive lot is surrounded by grass, but the animals locked inside are not provided access to it or any other outdoor space. They are born into confinement and caged in steel and concrete while awaiting shipment to laboratories, where they will be tormented in deadly experiments.
Decades of Suffering
Marshall BioResources is the last major beagle breeder in the U.S. for animal experimentation, currently confining about 16,000 dogs in its New York warehouses. Thousands more animals, including cats, ferrets, and minipigs, are bred at its facilities.
The company rakes in millions each year from peddling animals to universities, pharmaceutical companies, contract laboratories, and government agencies, where experimenters poison, mutilate, sicken, and kill them.
Video footage and whistleblower accounts show stressed beagles pacing inside metal enclosures at its facilities. Some wear tight masks over their faces, so Marshall can charge a premium for dogs purportedly “trained” to tolerate the inhalation masks used in poisonous aerosol chemical tests. Federal officials have repeatedly cited Marshall for failing to provide adequate veterinary care and holding animals in decrepit cages.
What You Can Do
Please TAKE ACTION and urge the U.S. Department of Agriculture to revoke Marshall BioResources’ dealer license.
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