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Feds Probe Firebombing of Animal Researcher's Car

Attack targeted professor who used primates to study addiction

Mar 10, 09 3:27 AM CDT
(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... More »

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California • FBI • bomb • animal rights • neuroscience • UCLA • primates • Animal Liberation Front

Firebombed Researcher Fears Animal-Rights Activists

UC Santa Cruz biologist speaks out after weekend firebombing of home

Aug 4, 08 4:43 PM CDT
(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—... More »

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California • bomb • animal rights • attack • academic research • Animal Liberation Front • UC Santa Cruz

Animal-Rights Violence Has Schools Turning to Courts

Battle pits free-speech rights against safety

Feb 28, 08 3:48 PM CST
(Newser) - In recent months, animal-rights activists have strapped a firebomb under a UCLA professor’s car and flooded another’s home in a campaign to intimidate the school into ending experiments on primates. A judge has issued several restraining orders as the university tries to protect researchers, Newsweek reports, while protesters... More »

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protests • animal rights • PETA • UCLA • University of Utah • Animal Liberation Front • Utah Primate Freedom Project • National Institutes of Health • Animal Liberation Brigade • UCLA Primate Freedom Project • Oregon Health Sciences University • UC Santa Cruz

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