UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                       BEFORE THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE


In re:                                           )        AWA Docket No. 98-15
                                                 )
         Huntingdon Life Sciences, Inc.,         )
                                                 )
                                                 )        Consent Decision
                           Respondent            )        and Order

         This proceeding was instituted under the Animal Welfare Act, as amended
7 U.S.C. ss.2131 et seq.), by a complaint filed by the Administrator, Animal and
Plant Health  Inspection  Service,  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture,
alleging that the  respondent  violated the  regulations  and  standards  issued
pursuant  to the Act (9  C.F.R.  ss.  1.1 et seq.).  This  decision  is  entered
pursuant to the consent decision  provisions of the Rules of Practice applicable
to this proceeding (7 C.F.R. ss. 1.138).

         The respondent admits the jurisdictional  allegations in paragraph I of
the complaint and  specifically  admits that the Secretary has  jurisdiction  in
this matter,  either  admits nor denies the remaining  allegations,  waives oral
hearing and  further  procedure,  and  consents  and agrees,  for the purpose of
settling  this  proceeding  and for  such  purpose  only,  to the  entry of this
decision.

         The complainant agrees to the entry of this decision.

                                Findings of Fact

(a)         Huntingdon  Life Sciences,  Inc.,  hereinafter  referred to as
            respondent,  is a Delaware  corporation  whose address is Post
            Office Box 2360,  Mettlers  Road,  East  Milstone,  New Jersey
            08875-2360.

(b)         The respondent,  at all times material hereto,  was registered
            and  operating as a research  facility as,  defined in the Act
            and the regulations.

                                   Conclusions

         The respondent having admitted the jurisdictional facts and the parties
having agreed to the entry of this decision, such decision will be entered.

                                      Order

1.           Respondent, its agents and employees,  successors and assigns,
             directly or through any corporate or other device, shall fully
             comply with the Act and the regulations and standards,  and in
             particular, shall not:

(a)                fail to have its  Institutional  Animal  Care and Use
                   Committee   (IACUC)   review  the   procedures   used
                   involving  animals to ensure that they would avoid or
                   minimize  discomfort,   distress,  and  pain  to  the
                   animals,   to  assure  that  appropriate   sedatives,
                   analgesics,  or anesthetics  were used, and to ensure
                   that   principal    investigators    had   considered
                   alternatives to procedures that would cause more than
                   momentary  or slight  pain or distress to the animals
                   and had provided a written  narrative  description of
                   the methods and sources used;

(b) fail to keep primary enclosures and food receptacles clean and sanitized, as
required;

(c)                fail to develop  and follow an  appropriate  plan for
                   environmental  enhancement  adequate  to promote  the
                   psychological well-being of nonhuman primates;

(d)                fail to communicate  timely and accurate  information
                   on  problems   of  animal   health,   behavior,   and
                   well-being to the attending veterinarian;

(e)                fail to construct and maintain primary enclosures for
                   nonhuman  primates  so that they  protect the animals
                   from injury and  contain  them  securely  and prevent
                   accidental opening of the enclosures;

(f)                fail to maintain programs of adequate veterinary care
                   under the  supervision  and assistance of a doctor of
                   veterinary medicine;

(g)                fail to have its IACUC  review and  approve,  require
                   modifications  in (to secure  approval),  or withhold
                   approval of those  components of proposed  activities
                   related to the care and use of animals;

(h)                fail to have its IACUC  review  the  procedures  used
                   involving  animals  to  ensure  that  no  animal  was
                   impermissibly  used in more than one major  operative
                   procedure from which it was allowed to recover; and

(i) fail to file complete annual reports.

2.       Respondent is assessed a civil penalty of $50,000, 10,000 of which
         shall be paid by a certified check or money order made payable to the
         Treasurer of United States, Respondent shall spend $20,00 within 6
         months of the effective date of this order to construct facilities
         that will allow individually housed primates to be placed into paired
         or group housing.  Such housing shall be subject to prior approval
         by APHIS./  Respondent shall donate the remaining $20,00 within 60
         days of the effective date of this order to a nonprofit organization
         that promotes the development and use of alternatives to animals in
         research and testing.  Such nonprofit organization shall be subject
         to prior approval by APHIS.

3.       Respondent   shall   retain  an  outside   laboratory   animal
         consultant  with expertise in the area of IACUC  functions and
         responsibilities.  Such  consultant  shall be subject to prior
         approval by APHIS.  The  consultant  shall conduct a review of
         respondent's  animal care and use program,  and shall submit a
         report to respondent and APHIS. The consultant shall conduct a
         follow  up review  with  respondent  to ensure  that any areas
         identified in the report concerning  respondent's  animal care
         and use program are appropriately addressed.

         The  provisions  of this order  shall  become  effective  upon
issuance.


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                  Copies of this decision shall be served upon the parties



                  ----------------------------
                  Alan H. Staple
                  President
                  Huntingdon Life Sciences, Inc.



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                  David L. Durkin
                  Attorney for Respondent



                  ----------------------------
                  Frank Martin, Jr.
                  Attorney for Complainant


                                                Done at Washington, D.C.
                                                This 8th day of April, 1998

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                                                Administrative Law Judge