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Animal Rights Activists Prompt UC Bid to Seal Records of Academics

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· Story link The University of California has asked the legislature to restrict public access to information about those who…

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The University of California has asked the legislature to restrict public access to information about those who do animal research and to make illegal to put personal information about those research academics online. UC said the request followed months of harassment, threats and vandalism at the homes and offices of university researchers. But a spokesman for one animal rights group said it would not stop protests. (4/16/08)

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