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Lawsuit to Challenge Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

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A group of animal rights activists sued the U.S. government Thursday to challenge the constitutionality of a rarely used law they say treats them like terrorists if they cause a loss in profits for businesses that use or sell animal products.

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Growing Number of Scientists Question Animal Research

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This is an excellent article that appeared in the Boston Globe last week. The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. Plus, animals are messy, require feeding and constant care, draw protests, and, yes, can be a bit smelly. This is an important issue.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

It has been recently reported in the Boston Globe (Jane O’Reilly, “The Bottle and the 3rd World,” July 8, 1976, p. More important, it might be a much more efficient means of changing practice to stage protests at meat-packing companies, put pressure on congressmen, and work through existing humane organizations. milk production.