CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom
Vilsack has directed agency staff to create and deliver an updated
Animal Welfare Strategy plan within 60 days, according to an internal
email reviewed by Reuters.
The emailed memo from Chavonda Jacobs-Young, head of the agency's Agricultural Research Service, was sent to all Animal Research Service employees on Friday afternoon in response to recent media reports over controversial animal welfare conditions at its U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Nebraska.
The new strategy will include updated training for government employees and others who work with animals in the service's research labs, according to the email. In addition, an independent panel will be convened to review the group's animal handling protocols, policies and research practices.
What specific training steps would be implemented, and who would be on the independent review panel, is not known. Animal Research Service officials could not be reached for comment on Friday evening.
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The emailed memo from Chavonda Jacobs-Young, head of the agency's Agricultural Research Service, was sent to all Animal Research Service employees on Friday afternoon in response to recent media reports over controversial animal welfare conditions at its U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Nebraska.
The new strategy will include updated training for government employees and others who work with animals in the service's research labs, according to the email. In addition, an independent panel will be convened to review the group's animal handling protocols, policies and research practices.
What specific training steps would be implemented, and who would be on the independent review panel, is not known. Animal Research Service officials could not be reached for comment on Friday evening.
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