sent hundreds of animals to U.S. labs

[GoodTaste]

The author says "sent hundreds of animals to U.S. labs" rather than "sent hundreds of the animals to U.S. labs." So I guess that the animals in "sent hundreds of animals to U.S. labs" include but not limitted to chinchillas. Am I correct?

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Biomedical researchers rely on chinchillas–docile South American rodents with ears strikingly similar to those of humans—for studies of ear infections and hearing loss. But the two main U.S. chinchilla suppliers to research labs have for years violated the U.S. Animal Welfare Act, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which enforces that law. Until the pandemic descended, the two suppliers sent hundreds of animals to U.S. labs.

Source: Science [FONT=&quot]May. 26, 2020 [/FONT]
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/sick-chinchillas-languish-farms-supply-us-researchers

 

[Tarheel]

The author says "sent hundreds of animals to U.S. labs" rather than "sent hundreds of the animals to U.S. labs." So I guess that the animals in "sent hundreds of animals to U.S. labs" include but are not limitted to chinchillas. Am I correct?

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Biomedical researchers rely on chinchillas–docile South American rodents with ears strikingly similar to those of humans—for studies of ear infections and hearing loss. But the two main U.S. chinchilla suppliers to research labs have for years violated the U.S. Animal Welfare Act, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which enforces that law. Until the pandemic descended, the two suppliers sent hundreds of animals to U.S. labs.

Source: Science [FONT=&quot]May. 26, 2020 [/FONT]
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/sick-chinchillas-languish-farms-supply-us-researchers

I think you are right. They sent chinchillas to those labs, but also other animals.

 

[jutfrank]

It's ambiguous, and if there were no context, I would have guessed that your interpretation was correct.

However, in the following paragraph, we discover that one of the two suppliers is called Moulton Chinchilla Ranch. I doubt they're going to be supplying chimpanzees.