Investigators from the Animal Liberation Investigation Unit visited the Cambridge University animal breeding facility at Laundry Farm, Barton Road, Cambridge.
Investigators from the Animal Liberation Investigation Unit visited the Cambridge University animal breeding facility at Laundry Farm, Barton Road, Cambridge.
Upon arrival, security at the site appeared somewhat lacking for a facility which was supposed to supply dogs, monkeys and rabbits to laboratories owned by the University, although the place was surrounded by a fence and had cctv cameras on each corner (although no motion or heat sensors).
We climbed over the fence to have a closer look at the buildings and look for any traces of animals; but no evidence was found and there was a legitimate trade from every building (mainly growing flowers and maintainance equipment for the rest of the university). No animal feed was anywhere on site, nor was there the usual distinctive smell of sawdust or faeces coming from any ventilation.
This site has been visited in the past by the ALIU and was a fully functional breeding facility, but it appears that it has now closed down. We beleive that the University of Cambridge have either shut down the site for good, or moved their breeding operations elsewhere and the security was left on either because there was no point in taking it down, or to act as a distraction and give the illusion that the site was still opperative so nobody would look for a new breeding centre.
ALIU
Upon arrival, security at the site appeared somewhat lacking for a facility which was supposed to supply dogs, monkeys and rabbits to laboratories owned by the University, although the place was surrounded by a fence and had cctv cameras on each corner (although no motion or heat sensors).
We climbed over the fence to have a closer look at the buildings and look for any traces of animals; but no evidence was found and there was a legitimate trade from every building (mainly growing flowers and maintainance equipment for the rest of the university). No animal feed was anywhere on site, nor was there the usual distinctive smell of sawdust or faeces coming from any ventilation.
This site has been visited in the past by the ALIU and was a fully functional breeding facility, but it appears that it has now closed down. We beleive that the University of Cambridge have either shut down the site for good, or moved their breeding operations elsewhere and the security was left on either because there was no point in taking it down, or to act as a distraction and give the illusion that the site was still opperative so nobody would look for a new breeding centre.
ALIU