EXHIBIT 23.2



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 29, 2000 relating to the
financial statements and financial statement schedules, which appears in Charles
River Laboratories International Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 25, 1999.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
October 11, 2000