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Update (February 14): Yesterday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and others jointly filed a lawsuit against the USDA, arguing that the agency violated the Freedom of Information Act. The complaint asks the judge to order USDA to reinstate electronic access to all the records.
“The government should not be in the business of hiding animal abusers and lawbreakers from public scrutiny,” Delcianna Winders, a co-plaintiff and Academic Fellow of the Harvard Animal Law & Policy Program, said in a statement sent to ScienceInsider.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s decision to remove all animal welfare data from its website has sparked controversy among animal activists, Nature reported. The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced ...
