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In Victory for Animal Advocates, Commissioner Orders UBC to Release More Details About Animal Research January 31, 2012 Stop UBC Animal Research – For Immediate Release- Vancouver, B.C. Late yesterday, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) for British Columbia ordered the University of British Columbia to release additional details about UBC’s extensive animal research program. The order came in response to the university’s repeated refusals to disclose information about its animal experiments to Stop UBC Animal Research . An attorney for the animal advocacy group said yesterday's decision sent a clear message to UBC that it could no longer hide behind a veil of secrecy.
“We felt there were sufficient
grounds to challenge UBC’s position that all documents concerning animal
research were protected from disclosure,” said Lori Massini, an associate
counsel at Roberts & Stahl representing Stop UBC Animal Research. “The Office of
the Information and Privacy Commissioner found that certain records were not, in
fact, protected by s. 3(1)(e) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of
Privacy Act, and ordered those documents be disclosed. We achieved a small
victory yesterday, and hope this will lead to increased transparency, which is
in everyone’s interests.”
Stop UBC Animal Research has waged a major
campaign to expose UBC’s experiments on animals, including on cats, piglets,
mice, monkeys, rabbits, and even endangered species. The group maintains that
since much of the university’s research is funded by taxpayer dollars, the
public has a right to know what UBC is doing to animals. The organization has
vowed to submit additional requests for information to the university. 2018 UBC releases animal research statistics https://news.ubc.ca/2019/12/18/ubc-releases-2018-animal-research-statistics/ |