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   On Sun, 15 May 2005 13:04:23 GMT, "yea"  wrote:   
      
   >What have vegans ever really accomplished?   
      
       I found it! I remembered that I have some notes about things   
   that vegans have accomplished, and here are a few things   
   they've gotten done:   
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   April 4, 2005 Burton, UK:   
   In letters to the media, a group calling itself the Animal Rights Militia   
   offered to return “one-sixth” of the remains of the 82 year old   
   mother-in-law of a part-owner of Darley Oakes Farm, which raises guinea   
   pigs for biomedical research. The woman’s body was stolen from her grave   
   in October. . .   
      
   February 19, 2005 Chino Hills, CA:   
   Animal rights activists vandalized the home of the chief veterinarian for the   
   city of Los Angeles. They threw rocks through windows, and left behind fliers   
   with the veterinarian’s photo, accusing her of animal cruelty. ALF is   
   suspected in this incident as well as prior threats against the veterinarian   
   and other employees of the LA City Animal Shelter.   
      
   January 12, 2005 Auburn, CA:   
   Five incendiary devices were found in an office building under construction.   
   Devices of the same type were discovered in an upscale subdivision in near-by   
   Lincoln on December 27. Official stated the firebombs were capable of extensive   
   damage. Graffiti found on the Lincoln homes included “U will pay” and “Enjoy   
   the   
   world as it is - as long as you can.” In a letter sent to the Auburn Journal on   
   January 18, ELF claimed responsibility, and warned of more terrorist attempts   
   to   
   come - "We are setting a new precedent, where there will be at least one or   
   more   
   actions every few weeks," it read. The Joint Terrorism Task Force is   
   investigating.   
      
   December 26, 2004 Sylmar, CA:   
   The home of the public information officer of the Los Angeles city Animal   
   Services   
   Department was spray-painted with slogans, including “ALF has eyes on you” and   
   “Resign (expletive).” Her photo and office location and phone number were   
   posted   
   on a website affiliated with ALF, along with those of other Animal Services   
   employees. They are listed under the heading “Players/Targets” which includes   
   images of a target, bullet holes, and ammunition for rifles. The apartment of   
   another Animal Services employee was also vandalized recently.   
      
   October 17, 2004 Burton, Staffordshire, England:   
   Animal rights fanatics have threatened to dig up the remains of a second person   
   connected to Darley Oaks guinea pig farm. A letter to an elderly cleaner, who   
   has   
   worked at the farm, contained threats to desecrate the grave of her husband. .   
   .   
      
   September 12, 2004 London, England: The (London) Times obtained a five   
   page "hit list", dated July 2004, that was circulated among animal rights   
   extremists against the use of animals in biomedical research. More than 150   
   named individuals, including 21 children, are targeted for violent attacks,   
   harassment, and intimidation. The list includes home addresses and phone   
   numbers of 87 employees of Huntington Life Sciences and companies   
   connected to it, 47 employees’ wives, and 21 children. The document gives   
   concrete suggestions for many kinds of attacks, and further gives advice   
   on avoiding detection for extremists seeking more violent forms of protest.   
   against the people listed. The document states "Whatever you do, just do   
   it and show them no mercy . . . make these perverts suffer . . . You can be   
   as extreme as you like . . . the possibilities are endless . . ."   
      
   September 5, 2004: East Peckham, England: Animal Rights activists vowed   
   to launch ten "terror attacks" a night across Britain. An ALF spokesman at   
   a "training camp" for AR activists to learn "direct action" said "Ten attacks   
   a night would be an absolute minimum "Think of the number of butcher   
   shops: at least a couple of windows are already being broken every night   
   and then you have people spraying graffiti on cars to those targeting   
   employees of Huntingdon Life Sciences." There have been reports of at   
   least six serious incidents in the last ten days, including attacks on cars   
   and other property of people connection with GlaxoSmithKline, HLS, and   
   a farm raising guinea pigs for research.   
      
   August 11, 2002:   
   Arson by the ELF caused $700,000 worth of damage at a Forest Service lab   
   in Irvine, PA, and destroyed 70 years of research focused on maintaining a   
   healthy forest ecosystem. An e-mail from Elf's office said "While innocent   
   life will never be harmed in any action we undertake, where it is necessary,   
   we will no longer hesitate to pick up the gun to implement justice, and   
   provide the needed protection for our planet that decades of legal battles,   
   pleading protest, and economic sabotage have failed so drastically to   
   achieve." It further stated that all Forest Service stations were targeted,   
   and, if rebuilt, the Pennsylvania station would be targeted for complete   
   destruction.   
      
   September 21, 2001 UK:   
   Ashley Broadley Glynn Harding, the mail bomber   
   who sent 15 letter bombs to animal-related businesses and individuals over   
   a three-month period last winter, was sentenced to indefinite detention in   
   mental hospital. Additional court ordered restrictions mean that Harding will   
   not be released until the Home Secretary is satisfied that he poses no risk to   
   the public. The bomber's mail terror campaign injured two adults and one   
   child, one woman lost her left eye, the child scarred for life. At trial,   
   evidence   
   indicated that he had intended to mail as many as 100 letter bombs.   
      
   August 16, 2001 UK:   
   One of the three men who assaulted Brian Cass, managing director of   
   Huntingdon Life Sciences, at his home, received a sentence of three years in   
   jail for his part in the attack. David Blenkinsop and two others donned ski   
   masks and ambushed Cass as he arrived home, bludgeoning him with wooden   
   staves and pickaxe handles. DNA on the handles and Blenkinsop’s clothing   
   helped convict him of the offense.   
      
   June 12, 2001 MO:   
   A 30-year-old animal rights activist attacked a   
   "Survivor" series cast member at a workplace safety promotion, pepper   
   spraying him in the face and hitting several onlookers, including children, as   
   well. Police arrested the attacker. Michael Skupin, who lasted six weeks on   
   "Survivor," attributed the attack to his killing of a pig for food on the   
   series.   
      
   May 31, 2001 Canada:   
   In a raid late this month, Toronto police arrested   
   two men and put out an appeal for apprehension of a third in connection   
   with animal cruelty charges stemming from the videotaped skinning of live   
   animals. The video showed a cat being tortured and killed allegedly by a   
   self-styled artist and vegan protesting animal cruelty. Anthony Ryan   
      
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