THE testimony of a leading animal liberationist to a US senate committee has added momentum to a bill intended to crack down on violent animal rights activists.
The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act would make it a federal offence for someone to damage the property of people or firms that have connections with an animal lab or animal-related business. At present, only targeting a lab itself is a federal matter. The act would also penalise anyone making veiled threats of violence.
At a senate committee hearing on the bill on 27 October, Jerry Vlasak of the North American Animal Liberation Front…
