'PETA's effective activism scare well-heeled business interests that abuse animals,' spokeswoman Jane Dollinger said 'but when these outfits used their connections to violate the U.S. PETA slammed the FBI for using 'McCarthyite tactics.' The IG found there was 'little or no basis' for the terror investigations, and that they were 'unreasonable and inconsistent with FBI policy.'Р”Р„t least two of the investigations resulted in innocent people being placed on the domestic terror watch list for years, and one resulted in FBI Director Robert Mueller providing Congress with 'inaccurate and misleading information,' according to the report. The FBI improperly targeted Greenpeace, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and two antiwar groups in domestic terrorism investigations between 20, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice said in a report released today. And transparency is their responsibility to the public.Р”Р‡BI Spied on PETA, Greenpeace, Anti-War Activists 'Little or No Basis' for Terror Probes of Animal Rights, Peace Groups, Says Inspector General By JACK CLOHERTY and JASON RYAN WASHINGTON, Sept. If the public were aware of how their public funds were being spent to torture animals, would they so willingly support Vanderbilt? It's doubtful.Р”Р„ny industry that tortures and kills animals will benefit from hiding the details from us, but opacity is a luxury they don't deserve. Laboratories have a vested interest in opacity, as it keeps the public unaware of the callous nature of their experiments. The truth is there is no way to test on animals that isn't cruel, horrifying and unnecessary. So why does Vanderbilt not want the public to know what goes on in their laboratories? Are they worried that even if they really were conforming to industry standards for the treatment of their animals (their AW violations says otherwise) that the public would see that even the industry standard is still horrifying. Researchers were warned about Christian and told not to speak to him. In the process of writing his story, an official who refused to identify himself orderedР”В¬hristian out of a building in which he was taking photographs, even though he legally had the right to be there and take photographs. But does an institution that receives public funds have the luxury of opacity? The public has a right to knowledge of how its taxpayer dollars are being spent.

People associated with the VU animal testing department cited the threat of activism by the Animal Rights community as a reason for keeping their information under lock and key. The only person who agreed to speak with Christian was a board member from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and she did so only under condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.Р”В®veryone assured Christian the conditions of animals in the VU laboratories were at the industry standard, even the anonymous IACUC board member.Р”В«ut VU has been fined for Animal Welfare violations three years in a row. There is only one person at VU authorized to speak to the press, and he does so by press releases and official statements. Jon Christian, the editor-in-chief of Orbis, the progressive VU newspaper wrote about what he called the 'veil of silence' over Vanderbilt's animal testing program.Р”Р„ccording to Christian, university staff associated with animal testing 'quickly terminated' their phone calls with him, refused to return his messages, and everyone says they are prohibited from talking with the press. This is a message to all meat-eaters who are sick.Dalai Lama to chicken farmers: Let your hens roam.

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