A nonprofit animal rights organization filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S. Agriculture Department, seeking information about experiments during which thousands of cats have been euthanized at a facility in Maryland. The White Coat Waste Project, a right-leaning advocacy group based in Virginia, filed the suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The group’s “mission is to unite animal-lovers and liberty-lovers to expose and end wasteful taxpayer-funded animal experiments,” according to the lawsuit. The basic details of kitten testing have been hidden.”Toxoplasmosis is the leading cause of death from foodborne illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 40 million people in the United States carry the parasite that causes it, but many never show symptoms.

Source: National Post September 06, 2018 17:26 UTC