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University of Iowa Animal Lab Goes Underground

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The Iowa Board of Regents approved $11.2 million for an underground vivarium that will house University of Iowa animal research laboratories. 14, 2004, break-in at animal research laboratories in the U of I’s Spence Laboratories and Seashore Hall cost about $425,000 and temporarily stalled some research. Advertisement.

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DeMuth Agrees to Plea Bargain

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DeMuth was originally charged in connection with a 2004 lab break-in at the University of Iowa that caused more than $400,000 in damage. His plea agreement does not mention the Iowa break-in. DeMuth was arrested and charged in November 2009 after refusing to cooperate with a grand jury investigating the Iowa break-in.

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Minnesota Activist Indicted for Animal Terrorism

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The Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility for vandalizing two labs and three offices at the University of Iowa on Nov. According to the indictment, unsealed today, DeMuth committed "animal enterprise terrorism and cause[d] economic damage to the animal enterprise in an amount exceeding $10,000" between Nov.