Hundreds Gather for Rally to Defend Animal Research

摘要

Last week marked what some hope will be a turning point in the clash of wills between proponents of biomedical research and animal-rights extremists, who've ratcheted up their attacks on researchers in the United States in recent years. On 20 April, a Los Angeles County grand jury arraigned two animal-rights activists on 10 felony charges each, including stalking and threatening two researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The following day, the Federal Bureau of Investigation added an animal-rights activist-Daniel Andreas San Diego-to its Most Wanted Terrorists list for his alleged role in bombing two San Francisco-area office buildings in 2003. This is the first time a domestic terrorist has been added to the list that includes the likes of Osama bin Laden. And on 22 April, hundreds of people turned out for a pro-research rally on the UCLA campus.