Nucro-Technics animal research laboratory is a contract support organization for the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and marijuana industries. LCA’s footage shows tests on beagles aged 6 months to 2 years for pharmaceutical drugs. The dogs were repeatedly subjected to tests that included drug injections (subcutaneous and intramuscular), gavage, and oral dosing. At the end of the studies, dogs were documented being killed by using pentobarbital administered into their front paws through an IV line, necropsied, and thrown into garbage cans.
LAST CHANCE FOR ANIMALS: A newly released undercover investigation by LCA exposes the suffering of dogs inside Nucro-Technics, a toxicology animal research laboratory in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. On 11/24/2025, the Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB) in Ontario released a major investigative report, “Surgeries without anasthesia, severed vocal cords: The dog farm supplying an Ontario lab,” which included LCA’s investigative footage of Nucro-Technics. As a result, Nucro-Technics is under investigation by the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC). Over the course of six months in 2023, LCA’s investigator documented the treatment of beagles used in pharmaceutical drug testing at Nucro-Technics.
Nucro-Technics bills itself as the largest contract animal research facility in Canada, operating in a 60,000 square-foot facility with more than 170 employees. Their website describes them as a “contract support organization for the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and marijuana industries.” LCA’s footage shows tests on beagles aged 6 months to 2 years for pharmaceutical drugs. The dogs were repeatedly subjected to tests that included drug injections (subcutaneous and intramuscular), gavage, and oral dosing. At the end of the studies, dogs were documented being killed by using pentobarbital administered into their front paws through an IV line, necropsied, and thrown into garbage cans.
Nucro-Technics purchased dogs from Ridglan Farms in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, the second-largest U.S. breeder of dogs sold to research facilities, which has been in business since 1966. Ridglan is licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a breeder and research facility. The USDA’s May 2025 inspection report stated Ridglan had 2,502 dogs at its facility (1,927 puppies and 575 adults).
In October 2025, Ridglan agreed to shut down its dog sales and breeding-for-sale operations, stemming from a 2017 DxE investigation documenting the filthy conditions and psychological trauma of dogs. Ridglan will surrender its Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection license by July 1, 2026, in exchange for the state not filing criminal charges regarding the brutal mistreatment of beagles. Ironically, Ridglan Farms will be allowed to remain in operation and continue breeding dogs for its own research. SOURCE
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