Texas research facility fined for deaths of primates

DALLAS (AP) - A South Texas research facility has been fined after 13 primates died of hyperthermia in overheated rooms, a federal official said Friday.

Covance Research Products in Alice was fined $31,500 for four violations of the U.S. Animal Welfare Act following the 2014 deaths of the cynomolgus monkeys, said Tanya Espinosa, a spokeswoman for the U.

Texas research facility fined for deaths of primates