When Washington's National Zoo denied a local reporter the medical records of a dead giraffe, a strange thing happened: A battle within the animal-rights community came to life. As zoo director Lucy Spelman explained to the Washington Post reporter, the zoo could not release the files because to do so would violate the "privacy" rights of animals. The principle, she explained, was akin to doctor-client privilege: Handing out records would violate the "curator-zoo animal relationship."
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