In April, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 85 into law, which requires health-related research facilities to put test dogs and cats up for adoption before euthanizing them when they’re done with their work.
Colorado has several animal testing sites, including university research, government labs and commercial testing. It’s common practice to often euthanize the animals when the tests are done with, according to Humane World for Animals.
According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released earlier this month, an animal testing facility in Fort Collins, that operates under the name High Quality Research, was cited for 22 federal animal welfare violations. That included delayed veterinarian treatment and contaminated food that contained large amounts of fecal matter…