Animal Rights Activists Convicted Of Terrorism
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Animal Rights Activists Convicted Of Terrorism





An animal rights group and six of its members were convicted by a federal jury in Trenton, New Jersey on March 2 on charges of inciting violence and terror. The charges stem from the group’s campaign to shut down Huntingdon Life Sciences, a company which uses animals to test drugs and consumer products.

The six activists, all members of the Philadelphia-based group Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), are believed to be the first persons convicted for conspiracy to violate the Animal Enterprise Protection Act. Conviction under this law, enacted in 1992 and amended in 2002 to include the crime of animal enterprise terrorism, carries a sentence of up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Three of the six activists were also charged with multiple counts of interstate stalking and conspiracy to engage in interstate stalking. Each of the activists could receive a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count.

Prosecution claimed that SHAC used its website to incite violence against people and institutions it claimed were affiliated with Huntingdon Life Sciences. Employees of Huntingdon testified they received e-mails and phone calls that threatened them and their children. They also testified that the activists vandalized and staged menacing protests at their homes.
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