 The PSIO case was initially dismissed in 2003, but the ruling was appealed to the Federal Court of Canada.In June 2004, Chopra, Haydon and Lambert were fired from Health Canada.Health Canada denied that the trio was fired for speaking publicly about the pressure employed by their supervisors to approve the usage of a number of animal drugs, but did not reveal the exact reason, mentioning that the reasons were confidential and included in the letters of termination the three scientists received.