ITR laboratories Canada Inc Reviews

The worst place to work, they give position to people without any relevant education as a study director, and they messed up the studies. The people who write the good review is working now in this company, and some of them even do not know that somebody write a review on behalf of them.
The situation of the animals is critical in this company, and nobody care about them.
This laboratory has recently been exposed by an undercover investigation (made public by CTV news) for painful, unnecessary abuse toward animals. The video footage shows animals being thrown into cages forcefully, dogs (beagles) being hit multiple times unnecessarily, and an employee admitting participating in horrible, abusive treatment of animals.

The truth is on youtube! . I trust life and activists to give lessons...

Enrichment protocols heavily implemented and maintained to ensure animal care. Activists will show you one thing but they see things through tinted shades. Techs taking care of the animals on site know best.

I am honored to work in this place and in this industry.

"Using animals in research is a concern to some; however, the benefits derived from the ethical, humane use of laboratory animals for biomedical research are huge. Nearly every major medical breakthrough in the last 100 years has been achieved by research with animals. (Publications of California Veterinary Medical Association)"

We, in the scientific community, know that at the moment there is no complete replacement for animal research. We know that drug safety testing in animals is mandated by law. We know that animal models have provided an important tool to help make the decision to take potential therapies from preclinical studies to humans.
We all love animals and science but above all else we love humans, and we at ITR are proud to be part of an industry that saves lives every single day.

This laboratory has recently been exposed by an undercover investigation (made public by CTV news) for painful, unnecessary abuse toward animals. The video footage shows animals being thrown into cages forcefully, dogs (beagles) being hit multiple times unnecessarily, and an employee admitting participating in horrible, abusive treatment of animals. This lab should be monitored PROPERLY by an outside inspector. How anyone could participate in this horrendous behavior (in the name of science or not) is beyond my comprehension.

Animal cruelty! Don't believe their "compassion" statement.

ITR treats their animals with the outmost respect and I would NOT be part of this team if they didn t. I have a Greyhound and a Dane mix at home, both of which were adopted. But I m not alone - most who work here own and LOVE their animals at home, too.
Trust me if we can completely replace working with animals we would. But in order to bring a drug candidate to the clinical phase (human testing), animal research is required by Health Canada, FDA so the drug doesn't accidentally kill the end users humans or animals alike. Think of that next time you, your pet or someone close to you gets sick and needs to take medication.

We would all be happy if animal testing was no longer necessary. Unfortunately, in 2018, this is not the case and we are still many years away until we can produce non-animal models to test the safety of every single new drug before administering them to humans for the first time. As of 2018 the government regulatory agencies that approve new drugs to the market (not ITR!) require animal testing. Please get all the facts straight before making up your mind.
No one at ITR hates animals or is a heartless psycho, and no ITR employee deserves the abuse proliferated below. This place is filled with dedicated, compassionate professionals that genuinely love animals (95% of which are mice and rats by the way, which most ordinary people wouldn t touch with a 10 foot pole) and we all give our best day in and day out so that the animals get the best and most humane experience while in our care.

Stem cell research is possible. At this point, testing on animals is legal and cheaper. For those reasons, I understand why they do it, but it is morally wrong to test on an animal that is helpless and can t fight for themselves. Rats, mice, dogs, primates or monkeys... doesn t matter. I truly feel for the lab techs that do this. They must just disconnect from everything while doing these tests. Sad... and I get everyone saying it s for the humans. We all have tendencies to think of the here and now and not understand the repercussions of future generations. I hope that we can be smarter for future generations; make the right choices.

I have hope in my generation. I think we can teach our children how to live, ethically.

Hopefully ITR can do the same in time. Never too late to change.