Firebombings Target 2 Calif. Scientists

Animal-Rights Activists Apparently Behind Rash Of Attacks At U. Of Calif., Santa Cruz

(AP)  The FBI is investigating two firebombings targeting scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, as the latest in a rash of attacks against biomedical researchers who experiment on animals, authorities said.

One scientist and his family, including two small children, were forced to flee from a second-story window Saturday after a firebomb was lit on their front porch, filling the off-campus house with smoke, Santa Cruz police said. An adult was treated for minor injuries at a hospital and released.

Police were investigating the attack as attempted murder, said Santa Cruz police Capt. Steve Clark.

"That device had a real potential to put that family in jeopardy," Clark said. He described the bomb as a "Molotov cocktail on steroids."

A sprinkler system and a neighbor with a garden hose helped keep the fire from spreading before firefighters arrived to extinguish it, Clark said.

Also Saturday morning, a firebomb destroyed a car belonging to another researcher parked at faculty housing on campus. Investigators said they were treating the attacks as "domestic terrorism."

The attacks came four days after police obtained threatening animal rights pamphlets left at a Santa Cruz coffeehouse containing the names and home addresses of UC Santa Cruz scientists.

"Animal abusers everywhere beware," the pamphlets read. "We know where you live."

Molecular biologist David Feldheim, whose front door was charred, was among the researchers on the list, the Santa Cruz Sentinel reported. According to his Web site, Feldheim's lab uses mice to study the development of brain functions involved in eyesight.

Authorities would not identify the researcher whose car was destroyed but said that person's name was not listed in the pamphlet.

A spokesman for the North American Animal Liberation press office, which commonly posts messages from groups taking credit for animal rights violence, issued a statement Sunday saying it had not received any claims of responsibility for the attacks.

"It's regrettable that certain scientists are willing to put their families at risk by choosing to do wasteful animal experiments," press office spokesman Jerry Vlasak said in the statement.

Police said they have no suspects in Saturday's attacks, the first against UC Santa Cruz scientists since February, when animal rights activists showed up at the house of a breast cancer researcher during her young daughter's birthday party.

The masked protesters pounded on the front door, and one threw a punch at the researcher's husband as he tried to chase them away, according to police. The FBI is still investigating that case.

In recent years, three UCLA researchers who use non-human primates have been targeted with firebombs, though two failed to ignite. Animal rights groups claimed responsibility for all three attacks.

More recently, masked protesters targeting the University of California, Berkeley, have scrawled graffiti and broken windows at scientists' homes.

FBI investigators say the incidents at different universities are probably not centrally coordinated. But authorities said the attacks do share tactics, including the public posting of researchers' personal information and the type of firebomb used.

"These are odious assaults on individuals and on the principles of free inquiry by which we live," UC Santa Cruz Chancellor George Blumenthal said in a statement Saturday.

Police said they were offering stepped-up security to the 13 UC Santa Cruz researchers whose names appeared in the pamphlets discovered last week.

[libsluv2spit]

what these PETA people should be doing is going after micheal vick''s of society..and not establishments that in end would help human society..

these biomedical research labs does good things..

[libsluv2spit]

If I were to pour acid in your 7 year old daughter''''s eyes I''''m sure that would not be acceptable science.
Why should it be different for animals?


Posted by mainedoggie at 10:56 PM : Aug 04, 2008
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NUMBER 1 the value of life between your daughter and a dog is way different..

we are not pouring acid on dog eye''s because we are getting off on it like some liberal shows..but we are doing it humm maybe for an experiment to save a human eyesight??

we have laws that protects animals from such cruelty...seesh!

[libsluv2spit]

I do not advocate abortion, as much as I do not advocate experimenting on animals. However, if my daughter is impregnated by your son, on a hot summer night, I do not believe she is entitled to have a baby, as much as your son is not entitled to become a father at age 17. They are too young. Both of them.
Suck it up and accept abortion. And at the same time, praise Jesus, our lord, our founding father, all his graciousness and love. For he would not find fault, unless he had the internets.



Posted by mainedoggie at 12:10 AM : Aug 05, 2008
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then teach your daughter some strong morals and keep her away from the liberal media..THAT MIGHT SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM

[TommyCraig]

"Suck it up and accept abortion".Posted by mainedoggie at 12:10 AM : Aug 05, 2008
Is killing a baby justifiable because two able 17 year olds got pregnant? It''s called responsibility. We are teaching our youth to not be responsible. That all they have to do is conveniently dispose of their "inconvenience". Life may become harder for them, but that is the consequences for their actions (something lacking these days!). If they seem to be unfit parents, then have the child adopted. No one ever promised anyone an easy life.
I do however believe that we should be good stewards of all life and resources. I also believe that man (woman included)is more important than animals. I also hunt, but believe one should only hunt what they eat. Not to be confused with eating every part of the animal ( brain, waste, or anything else undesired).

[babooph]

Wow, I am worried about my eating animals-the lettuce may suffer greatly from the pickers knife too ,ooo just the thought of those guys approaching the row!!---the prpaganda system says animals are "put to sleep" or "put down" people are"put to death"--they must be lower beings-killing the enemy is good-maybe I should only eat enemy bodies?

[mainedoggie]

I do not advocate abortion, as much as I do not advocate experimenting on animals. However, if my daughter is impregnated by your son, on a hot summer night, I do not believe she is entitled to have a baby, as much as your son is not entitled to become a father at age 17. They are too young. Both of them.
Suck it up and accept abortion. And at the same time, praise Jesus, our lord, our founding father, all his graciousness and love. For he would not find fault, unless he had the internets.

[voltaire333]

But if you feel all life is precious, why do you also not protest abortion clinics. They utilize a saline solution which causes burning to kill the children.
Posted by tcandrews62 at 11:10 PM : Aug 04, 2008

Actually, if you bothered to read up on it, you''d know that for sophisticated animal rights advocates, the test is whether the victim is sentient and can suffer, i.e., is conscious. Thus, for sophisticated animal rights advocates, cruelty to a sentient human fetus is equally as abhorent as cruelty to a sentient and conscious animal.

[voltaire333]

Save the animals. Experiment on inmates.
Posted by matvei1107 at 09:17 AM : Aug 04, 2008

Now, that''s the most intelligent post on this article. Human testing is the only truly reliable form of testing. We have a number of convicted felons who we know, with absolute certainty, were guilty. I mean, well beyond any reasonable doubt. For those who have violently killed or beaten others ''til they were nearly dead, why can''t we experiment on them? It would be much better than this psuedo-scientific testing on rats, mice and rabbits who share almost none of our DNA.

[TommyCraig]

"Why should it be different for animals"?
Posted by mainedoggie at 10:56 PM : Aug 04, 2008
I am not advocating torturing animals. But if you feel all life is precious, why do you also not protest abortion clinics. They utilize a saline solution which causes burning to kill the children.

[mainedoggie]

I also do not believe that we are carnivores.. not by evolution, but by choice.


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Posted by mainedoggie

The mandibular canine is the tooth located distally (away from the midline of the face) from both mandibular lateral incisors of the mouth but mesially (toward the midline of the face) from both mandibular first premolars. Both the maxillary and mandibular canines are called the "cornerstone" of the mouth because they are all located three teeth away from the midline, and separate the premolars from the incisors. The location of the canines reflect their dual function as they complement both the premolars and incisors during mastication, commonly known as chewing. Nonetheless, the most common action of the canines is tearing of food. There is a single cusp on canines, and they resemble the prehensile teeth found in carnivorous animals.


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Posted by thcarson at 10:58 PM : Aug 04, 2008
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Okay, wait, I''m confused.. arent'' you (thcarson) a Jesus fearing republican who doesn''t believe in evolution? Why are you re-inforcing what all of us libs have been saying for decades?

Thank you thcarson!!!!

[thcarson-2009]

I also do not believe that we are carnivores.. not by evolution, but by choice.


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Posted by mainedoggie

The mandibular canine is the tooth located distally (away from the midline of the face) from both mandibular lateral incisors of the mouth but mesially (toward the midline of the face) from both mandibular first premolars. Both the maxillary and mandibular canines are called the "cornerstone" of the mouth because they are all located three teeth away from the midline, and separate the premolars from the incisors. The location of the canines reflect their dual function as they complement both the premolars and incisors during mastication, commonly known as chewing. Nonetheless, the most common action of the canines is tearing of food. There is a single cusp on canines, and they resemble the prehensile teeth found in carnivorous animals.

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I am just curious. Do these people who protest the animal research clinics also feel the same about doctors who rip unborn babies from a human''''s womb?

Posted by tcandrews62 at 10:48 PM : Aug 04, 2008
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Termination of life is not friendly.
If I were to pour acid in your 7 year old daughter''s eyes I''m sure that would not be acceptable science.
Why should it be different for animals?

[TommyCraig]

I am just curious. Do these people who protest the animal research clinics also feel the same about doctors who rip unborn babies from a human''s womb?

[mainedoggie]

"mainedoggie, do you eat the entire plant that you chop up for your meals? Do you eat the roots? The leaves? The flowers? What makes you think that we, as carnivore''''s must eat the brains of a cow to justify eating the cow? A doesn''''t result in B. At some point, most products being developed must be tested on animals to guage the results. It tests aren''''t exhaustive, the lawyers jump on it and we all suffer."

Well, you are implying that we are carnivores, but yes, I think we should (as Americans) follow what the French have done for centuries, and that is, if you are going to kill an animal, than you should eat all of it. No exceptions.
I also do not believe that we are carnivores.. not by evolution, but by choice.

[mainedoggie]

"The attacks came four days after police obtained threatening animal rights pamphlets left at a Santa Cruz coffeehouse containing the names and home addresses of UC Santa Cruz scientists."

So, essentially they were waiting for this to happen. And with that said, the rest of the article is bunk, fabricated to expectaction, as the police force did nothing about it.

Smells like a conservative smear job to me.

Next story.

[dan3232321]

mainedoggie, do you eat the entire plant that you chop up for your meals? Do you eat the roots? The leaves? The flowers? What makes you think that we, as carnivore''s must eat the brains of a cow to justify eating the cow? A doesn''t result in B. At some point, most products being developed must be tested on animals to guage the results. It tests aren''t exhaustive, the lawyers jump on it and we all suffer.

[mainedoggie]

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Cowards.

If most animal rights activists had the courage of their convictions, they''''d be getting in the faces of the patrons at biker bars for wearing leather.

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It is not about what you eat, it is about the abuse, the tests. If there is abuse in what you eat (e.g. treatment of mass amounts of chickens) then that is a factor. If we kill a cow, will you eat the cows brains? If not, reconsider.

I''m just sayin

[voltaire333]

Spok
en like a true republican:
"catch the little liberal freedom hating basstards and kill them"
Posted by mainedoggie at 10:04 PM : Aug 04, 2008

LOL, ain''t that the truth?! Anytime someone tries to express a different point of view, republicans scream like a pig stuck in mud! It''s like poking a hornets nest--they go totally postal!

[mainedoggie]

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If I had a pair of wishes, I would wish that Jerry Vlasak of the ALF got diabetes, and the female founder of PETA needed a transplant... because the medical procedures for treating diabetes and conducting transplants were developed through animal research, they should be denied treatment and allow nature to takes it''''s painful course.

A fellow physician in MO always asks his patients if they are members of PETA to inform them that the procedure they require was developed by testing/research on thousands of animals... his hope is that they will refuse the treatment and die... but, the hypocrites never do... they want the treatment. That says it all.
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I am truly sorry for you. What is it that makes you more important than some other form of life?
Why must another form of life suffer so that you might be better?
Please explain.

[mainedoggie]

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Those dickheads preach don''''t hurt or kill animals but yet threaten to kill people and innocent children, these are the kind of people that PETA and the Sierra club and other leftist wing wackos are. Theysay one thing and do another, I say catch the little liberal freedom hating basstards and kill them with a fire bomb too!
Posted by zgomer at 11:11 AM : Aug 04, 2008
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Spoken like a true republican:

"catch the little liberal freedom hating basstards and kill them"