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A top Democratic contender in the Michigan governors race fought to sell off more than 100 animals at a shuttered pharmaceutical testing facility he owned, court records show, contradicting his account of events that culminated in the neglected animals rescue.
Businessman Shri Thanedar has been weathering accusations of animal neglect after HuffPost reported Wednesday that animal welfare groups had to rescue over 170 dogs and monkeys months after the Oxford, New Jersey, facility shut down in 2010.
On Thursday, the candidate tried to pin the animals neglect on Bank of America, which repossessed the property in April of that year. He said the bank sought to sell the animals against his advice.
But court records show that the court-appointed receiver, charged with managing the disputed property, actually tried to place the animals in sanctuaries against Thanedars wishes.
In fact, it was Thanedars attorneys who unsuccessfully sought to have the animals assessed and sold.
The lawyers were just using any leverage to keep the bank to do its job, Thanedar told HuffPost on Saturday. He said the animals were not abandoned.
The candidate owned the lab, AniClin Preclinical Services, through its parent company Azopharma until it was shuttered in April 2010.
In July of that year, two animal welfare groups rescued 118 testing beagles stranded in the laboratory. Prior to the organizations intervention, the animals caregivers climbed the fences of the shuttered facility to provide the dogs with food and water, according to a USA Today report at the time.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/shri-thanedar-misrepresents-efforts-for-lab-animals_us_5ae4aa56e4b055fd7fcc3e9a
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Im voting for her in both primary and general.
RandySF
(59,224 posts)I grew up in Michigan and still have nightmares about past Democratic primaries. I'm afraid Thanedar or El-Sayed could pull off another Feiger.
safeinOhio
(32,717 posts)Has her way ahead.
JI7
(89,264 posts)MichMan
(11,971 posts)If not, his Republican opponent is going to use this against him non stop.
If what I have read is true, no one that abandoned animals like that deserves the nomination
gibraltar72
(7,512 posts)When he said he'd work with Republicans. I remembered that's what Obama tried to do. There are no I repeat no honorable and trustworthy Republicans left. Polls show Gretchen way ahead. Shri also evaded my question regarding reopening investigation of Snyders lies and crimes regards Flint.
janterry
(4,429 posts)Testing beagles??