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May 23, 2024

Lawsuit demands data on horseshoe crab deaths, injuries

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Horseshoe crabs come ashore by the thousands to breed in spring at Mispillion Harbor, Del., and other Delaware Bay beaches. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Gregory Breese photo.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Center for Biological Diversity has announced a lawsuit against the Maryland Department of Natural Resources for failing to release information detailing how thousands of horseshoe crabs are killed, bled, or injured by pharmaceutical companies and fishermen every year.

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