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Attacks on scientists nationally who use animals in their research have led the state Board of Regents to propose new protections in South Dakota.
The board, which oversees South Dakota's university system, plans to introduce a bill in the Legislature that would shield the identities of animal researchers from publication. But others say the proposal goes too far, infringing free speech and obscuring information that should stay public.
Animal researchers and their facilities have been under attack across the country, Board of Regents president Harvey Jewett said. Although no such violence has occurred in South Dakota, Jewett and others fear it could happen here.
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