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'''Charles River''' Laboratories (CR) is an international contract research organization (CRO) and laboratory animal breeding company. Firms hire CROs to conduct toxicity [[animal testing]] for agrochemicals, petrochemicals, household products, [[pharmaceutical]]s and toxins. Charles River was founded in 1947 and has its headquarters in Wilmington, Massachusetts. It has 8,700 employees in 70 facilities in 70 countries. <ref>[http://www.criver.com/en-US/AboutUs/CRGlance/Pages/home.aspx Charles River at a Glance], Charles River, June 2009</ref> Charles River is the world's largest supplier of laboratory animals. It has been described as the "General Motors of the laboratory animal industry." <ref> C. Roland Christensen, ''Business Policy: Text and Cases, January 1982 p. 54'', ISBN 9780256014518</ref>
In 2006, 26,638 primates were imported into the US; a 44% increase over 2004. The three companies responsible for over 75% of all of these imports were [[Covance Laboratories]], [[SNBL]] and Charles River at 5,359 monkeys that year. Cynomolgus macaques made up 92% followed by rhesus macaques, marmosets, squirrel monkeys and other macaques. Half of all primates were imported from China. <ref>[http://www.hsus.org/animals_in_research/general_information_on_animal_research/an_introduction_to_primate_issues.html An Introduction to Primate Issues: Importation of Primates on the Rise], [[Humane Society of the United States]], accessed November 2009</ref>
==Animal testing==
* Boston University, Charles River Campus, Boston, MA <ref>[http://www.hsus.org/animals_in_research/general_information_on_animal_research/research_facilities/boston-university-charles-river-campus.html Research Facilities, Charles River, Boston University], HSUS, accessed January 2009</ref>
For links to copies of this facility's [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]] reports indicating species, number of animals used and other information, see also Facility Reports and Information: Charles River Laboratories, Inc. <ref>[http://www.all-creatures.org/saen/ma/res-fr-ma-crl.html Resources & Links: Facility Reports and Information: Charles River Laboratories, Inc., Wilmington, MA], Stop Animal Exploitation NOW!, accessed October 2009</ref>
==Animal cruelty & welfare violations==