The Oregon Health & Science University has been ordered to pay $400,000 to an animal rights organization after they refused to comply with public information requests related to a bizarre experiment involving drunk rodents.
The experiment involved making prairie voles ingest the equivalent of 15 bottles of wine a day and then measuring the infidelity of the rodents afterward. The scientists tested the voles for “partner preference” and then killed them and dissected the animals.
‘PETA urges OHSU to see the writing on the wall, get out of the animal business, and switch to state-of-the-art testing methods that actually help humans.’
PETA sued when OHSU refused to turn over videos and photographs from the vole infidelity experiments, and a Multnomah County Circuit Court ruled in favor of the animal rights group in 2023. The university was ordered to pay costs and fees to PETA for violating Oregon’s public records laws.
OHSU appealed the decision at the Oregon Court of Appeals on Monday, according to KATU-TV.
The university also defended the bizarre experiment in a statement from July 22.
“Excessive alcohol can lead to serious health consequences and often is associated with…
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