Second Court Orders LSU to Hand Over Bird-Experiment Records to PETA

A Louisiana appeals court ruled that Louisiana State University (LSU) must turn over records of taxpayer-funded experiments on wild-caught sparrows conducted by assistant professor Christine Lattin. The ruling required the university to turn over all veterinary-care records for birds who have been captured, held at LSU, tormented, and killed in Lattin’s experiments; certain videos of her experiments; and any records related to her successful attempt to change Baton Rouge’s bird-protection ordinance. The city ordinance prohibits trapping or harming wild birds, but it was changed in 2020 to exempt experimentation, apparently following pressure from Lattin.