In late April 2025, days after U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar introduced a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump, accusations resurfaced online that Thanedar had abandoned dogs and monkeys at his New Jersey testing lab in 2010 after the business defaulted on its loans.
Bank of America sued six of Thanedar’s companies in April 2010 after they defaulted on loan payments. One of those companies, AniClin Preclinical Services, housed 118 beagles and 55 monkeys that it used for animal testing.
According to court documents, Bank of America offered to let AniClin continue to care for the animals at the bank’s expense as the lawsuit went on. Lawyers for Thanedar’s businesses ignored the offer, according to lawyers for Bank of America. Thanedar said in 2018 he was not aware that such an offer was made.
Two months after Bank of America’s initial filing, the court-appointed receiver, MorrisAnderson, filed a motion to place the animals with sanctuaries. Lawyers for Thanedar’s businesses objected, saying the animals should be sold, but later withdrew their objection.
Questions remain over the animals’ health conditions. MorrisAnderson CEO Daniel Dooley said in 2011 testimony that some animals were