Student - April 7, 2011
Florida: extremists threaten biology students
In the American state of Florida, extremist animal rights activists have declared war on biology students carrying out experiments with laboratory animals. The extremists see them as an easier target than professors and think they will be frightened off more quickly.
Budding scientists think they will be able to cure cancer, write the activists. 'We need to present them with a different picture: car bombs, permanent security cameras, embarrassing demonstrations in front of their homes, threats, injuries and fear. And of course these students must realise that any personal risk they are prepared to accept will also affect their parents, children and partners.'
The activists call students 'soft-bellied targets'. They aim to damage them through dedicated smear campaigns until the students renounce animal experiments. 'Abusers have lost all right to peace and privacy, and if a future abuser makes the wrong choice now, NIO will publish all their personal details.'
Critics of animal rights activism speak of 'a new low point, even for NIO'. They say the actions will only increase hostility to the animal rights movement.