Animal-Rights Violence Has Schools Turning to Courts

From chicken costumes to fake blood, it was another vocal year

(NEWSER) - PETA’s not into subtlety when it comes to demonstrations against animal cruelty. AOL News offers some highlights from the past year:

• A barely-dressed couple frolicked on an outdoor bed in Nashville to assert that vegans were better lovers.
• The group’s London branch called on a team of pregnant women to perch on all fours in cages. Message: Don’t eat farmed meat.

Animal-rights group threatens NFL with protest otherwise

(NEWSER) - PETA may protest if Michael Vick gets another job in the NFL without first undergoing a psychological evaluation, the animal-rights group’s DC office says. A spokesperson tells CBS affiliate WUSA-TV that a person who’s served time has the right to go free, but isn’t entitled to go straight back to making millions. Vick’s treatment of dogs was psychopathic, PETA claims. More»

Attack targeted professor who used primates to study addiction

(NEWSER) - An federal anti-terror task force is probing the firebombing of a UCLA neuroscientist's car, the Los Angeles Times reports. An animal rights group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place outside the researcher’s house and caused no injuries. The professor targeted has been using primates for research into schizophrenia and drug addiction. More»

UC Santa Cruz biologist speaks out after weekend firebombing of home

(NEWSER) - A university researcher says he fears for his family’s safety after a weekend firebomb attack, the San Jose Mercury News reports. David Feldheim, who does neuroscience research on mice at the University of California Santa Cruz, was slightly injured. He said he expects a continuining threat from animal-rights activists—one of whom called the incident a “necessary” act. More»