{"id":1055933,"date":"2023-02-22T09:04:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T17:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/?p=1055933"},"modified":"2024-04-02T07:06:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:06:12","slug":"lsu-bird-experimenter-calls-this-violence-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/news\/lsu-bird-experimenter-calls-this-violence-science\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU Bird Experimenter Calls This Violence \u2018Science\u2019\u2014PETA Calls Her Bluff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Louisiana State University (LSU) experimenter Christine Lattin had already cemented her status as the reigning queen of songbird torment by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/news\/peta-bird-torturer-facts\/\">rattling birds\u2019 cages, yanking out their feathers, wounding their legs without pain medication, and forcing them to eat crude oil\u2013laced food<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now she\u2019s earned herself a contemptible new crown with her latest paper, <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4207716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cEstradiol and Predator Cues Affect Behavior and Brain Responses of Captive Female House Sparrows (Passer Domesticus).\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In it, Lattin and her coauthors describe kidnapping 33 female sparrows from their homes in nature and imprisoning them in a laboratory. They cut into the birds\u2019 backs and implanted capsules under the skin\u2014some filled with the hormone estradiol and others empty. Then, after removing the capsules, they isolated the birds in an inescapable chamber and subjected some to the terrifying sounds of predators while others heard male love songs. After enduring this stressful experiment, which took weeks from capture to completion, they were killed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/three-sparrows.jpg\" alt=\"PETA sues LSU over Chrstine Lattin experiments on birds\"\/>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">33 Stolen Lives\u2014Zero Useful Findings<\/h2>\n<p>The birds whom Lattin hormonally manipulated, terrorized with predator sounds, and then killed didn\u2019t suffer and die for the next revolutionary scientific discovery. They died for nothing at all.<\/p>\n<p>The birds reacted to predator calls the same way\u2014by freezing in fear\u2014regardless of whether they\u2019d been dosed with estradiol. Estradiol made no difference to how much the birds froze.<\/p>\n<p>Lattin might have anticipated this underwhelming outcome if she\u2019d bothered to read any of <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/21699539\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/peerj.com\/articles\/6533\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numerous<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/19659887\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">studies<\/a> indicating that birds remain vigilant to predators during breeding season, when their estradiol levels are high. Instead, despite her no-news findings, she forged ahead with killing the birds and cutting up their brains.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, in response to predator sounds, the birds showed no hormone-dependent difference in gene expression, just as they\u2019d shown no hormone-dependent difference in their behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Lattin slapped a bow on these yawn-worthy findings and called it a scientific paper. She should have called it pointless violence.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This 15-Year Reign of Terror Must End<\/h2>\n<p>Lattin\u2019s scientific play-acting wasn\u2019t charming when she started tormenting birds back in 2008, and it still isn\u2019t\u2014hundreds of dead birds and hundreds of thousands of wasted taxpayer dollars later.<\/p>\n<p>Her sickening cruelty and violence are characteristic of the vile animal experimentation industry, which ruins the lives of sentient beings by the thousands, stripping them of everything that\u2019s natural and important to them. This abuse is inexcusable, and it must end\u2014starting at LSU.<\/p>\n<p>PETA has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Letter-from-PETA-to-Louisiana-Board-of-Regents-Feb-22-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urged<\/a> the Louisiana Board of Regents\u2014the taxpayer-supported funder of Lattin\u2019s latest bird-killing spree\u2014not to squander one more cent on pointless and barbaric experiments like hers.<\/p>\n<p>Join us in condemning Lattin\u2019s hideous experiments and standing for animal-free, human-relevant research by calling on LSU to shut down Lattin\u2019s lab:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-large-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-petablue-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/support.peta.org\/page\/1068\/action\/?en_txn7=blog::lsu-bird-experimenter-violence-science&amp;p2asource=blog::lsu-bird-experimenter-violence-science\">Take Action<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1055933\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LSU\u2019s Christine Lattin flooded birds with hormones, terrorized them with predator sounds, and killed them. 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