PETA sues University of Maryland, Baltimore over ferret testing records 
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Published: May 5, 2010
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is taking the University of Maryland, Baltimore to court for agreeing to turn over only nine pages of a 140-page public records request — at a cost of $122 per page to the animal rights group.
The lawsuit, filed last week in Baltimore City Circuit Court, asks that the ...
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Absolute cruelty with no proper results that will benefit man nor beast.. read the Dr.Hadwen Trust and see what can be accomplished without animal models or cruel invasive science from sad deluded unworthy experimentors..