MI-13: New ad resurrects Shri Thanedar's 'abandoned' animal lab controversy
A head-turning new ad from the Democrat challenging two-term U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar of Detroit surfaces an old story about 170 dogs and monkeys rescued from cages in Thanedar's New Jersey pharmaceutical lab in 2010 after his companies went into receivership.
"Shri Thanedar tested drugs on dogs, then left them to die," the narrator says in the 30-second spot that calls the congressman "one sick puppy."
Thanedar has long maintained the animals were never abandoned. But the ad summarizes news reports from the time of the incident that said caretakers reportedly climbed the fence around the facility to take the animals food and water. A judge later ordered the animals ― which were used to test medications and chemicals ― to be placed in sanctuaries and shelters.
It's not the first time that the laboratory dogs have been used as an attack on Thanedar, who faced a similar ad from the Humane Society when he ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2018.
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