Thu, Aug 7, 2008 -- 9:00 AM
Animal Rights Extremism
Two UC Santa Cruz researchers were targeted with fire bombs this weekend in what authorities say may be the work of militant
opponents of animal research. The program discusses the increasing violence in the tactics of some extreme animal rights activists
and the impact the attacks are having on scientific and medical research.
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Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
- Frankie Trull, president of the Foundation for Biomedical
- Jerry Vlasak, Los Angeles spokesman for the North American Animal Liberation Press Office
- Joseph Schadler, special agent and spokesperson for the FBI - San Francisco Division
- Norka Ruiz Bravo, deputy director for extramural research at the National Institute of Health
- Rory Hume, provost and executive vice president at the University of California


