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RENO––Substantiating complaints filed by University of Nevada
at Reno associate professor Hussein S. Hussein, the USDA Animal &
Plant Health Inspection Service in May 2005 cited the university for 46
violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act allegedly committed between
May 25, 2004 and March 21, 2005.
The university agreed to pay fines totaling $11,400 to avoid going to
court.
“The violations included repeatedly leaving 10 research pigs without
adequate water between May and September and improperly housing the same
pigs, frequent poor sanitation of animal care facilities, lack of veterinary
care, improper oversight of research activities, failing to investigate
complaints of animal neglect and poor record keeping, and failing to properly
train university farm employees,” wrote Frank X. Mullen Jr. of the
Reno Gazette-Journal.
Mullen made the case public in a December 2004 three-part investigative
series, after the university pursued disciplinary action against Hussein.
A faculty panel in April 2005 held that the charges against Hussein were
without merit.
