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Free Speech and Animal Advocacy: 1; Censorship and Cruelty: 0
When PETA went public with the findings from its 11-month investigation of deplorable cruelty in Covance's
testing labs—with damning video footage depicting monkeys who were slapped, choked, thrown against
cages, threatened, and psychologically tormented—the billion-dollar animal-testing conglomerate
decided to carry out its bullying tactics in court hoping to muzzle PETA. In a triumph for PETA, the monkeys,
and free speech, Covance failed in its effort to keep PETA from showing the video and other images from inside
Covance's labs. "Videotape of animals being hit and choked in a Covance lab is not proprietary
information—it is criminal evidence that the public deserves to see," said Mary Beth Sweetland, PETA's
director of research and investigations. "It would be wonderful if Covance took the money that it is now
paying to lawyers and used it to improve conditions for the primates held in those tiny, barren steel cages.
When PETA's attorneys uncovered the fact that Covance's attorneys also represent PETA Deutschland, revealing
a conflict of interest, the court deferred the case to June 28 for a further hearing on the matter. Read more.
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