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Profile of Peter Young, Animal Rights Activist

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From the San Jose Mercury News. Tags: activism animal rights. Fascinating spotlight on an activist known for freeing imprisoned animals. He was himself eventually imprisoned for two years as a result.

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Legal Efforts to Dismiss the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

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The defense demanded that the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) be struck down as unconstitutional before Judge Ronald Whyte of the United States District Court, Northern District of California in San Jose. Tags: AETA 4. Here's a summary.

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SRI Denies Access to the Humane Society

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From the San Jose Mercury News. Tags: animal research humane society primates. If the incident is insignificant, then why deny access? A Menlo Park research facility Monday refused to allow a humane society representative to check up on a monkey that bit a female lab worker the day before.