It occurred yesterday in California, apparently perpetrated by animal rights zealots:
"The police and federal authorities are investigating firebombings at the homes of two researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The attacks, which the university described as “antiscience violence,” occurred nearly simultaneously before dawn on Saturday, just days after the police in Santa Cruz discovered pamphlets in a coffee shop warning of attacks against “animal abusers everywhere.” The pamphlets included the names, addresses and other personal information of several researchers at the university, according to a news release put out on Friday by the university....The university described the attacks as the latest in a series of threats and provocations from those opposed to “biomedical research using animals,” including a February incident in which several masked intruders entered a researcher’s home. After a confrontation, the intruders fled. That incident followed harassing phone calls and vandalism of researchers’ homes, the university said."
Liberal acquaintances of mine, when domestic terrorism comes up, always want to point to anti-abortion violence. But lately, animal-rights extremists seem to be moving front and center when it comes to terror here at home. I hope the authorities are paying attention.
