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Why are you still funneling billions of dollars into animal testing? Its archaic, unsuccessful, and
cruel. @nihgov." The comment contained the NIH Instagram keyword filters "animal" and
"testing" and was hidden. A copy of
comment is attached hereto as Exhibit [X].
70.
On June 13, 2021,
commented on the NIH's Facebook page, writing:
"I was diagnosed with PTSD after working at @University of Wisconsin-Madison's Harlow
Primate Lab which receives funding from you, the @National Institutes of Health (NIH), to torture
animals in the name of science. Its despicable that you continue to harm animals and call it progress
when so many people are without the means to access mental healthcare, general healthcare, and
medication that already exists." The comment contains the NIH Facebook keyword filters
"torture," "animals," and "Harlow" and was hidden. A copy of
comment is attached
hereto as Exhibit [X].
71.
has occasionally advocated for animal rights in comments replying to
the NIH's Instagram posts by modifying the spelling and spacing of certain words. For example,
on April 29, 2021,
commented, "Ok let me try again. It's pretty messed up that you block any
conversation about a n I m a l t e s t I n g." This comment was not hidden from view, and a copy
of the comment is attached hereto as Exhibit [X].
72.
wishes to engage with and read the comments of other animal rights
advocates on Defendants' social media pages. She follows the NIH on Instagram and Facebook.
73.
On April 24, 2021,
commented on an April 23, 2021 @nihgov
Instagram post about "National DNA Day" by stating, "The Wisconsin NPRC is a disgrace. I
personally know 2 former employees who were traumatized by their experience as primate
caretakers. There is no humane way to keep 1,650 primates in small steel cages for decades without