Justin Goodman, the group's vice president for advocacy and policy, said much of the information he has gathered on animal testing at hundreds of federal facilities - including inspection reports and annual reports that can include information on the species and numbers of animals used - came from the USDA-APHIS database. He said the department's reference to privacy requirements were puzzling, because many of the documents were already heavily redacted. The page where the information was located now brings up the announcement about its removal.