The truth about 'animal rights terrorism'
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The extremists' heyday is over
For all the present handwringing over animal rights extremism and terrorism, the heyday of such activities was in the mid-Eighties to the mid-Nineties. It's notoriously difficult to get facts and figures about the number and size of violent actions by animal rights activists over the past 20 years; such things only started to be seriously measured, by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, in 2002. However, it is broadly accepted that the 'high point' for animal rights extremism - certainly in terms of violence and media stunts - occurred between 1985 and 1995. Since then, animal rights groups have largely engaged in small protests outside individuals' homes or workplaces and in occasional acts of arson or intimidation.
The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) was founded in 1976, and the Animal Rights Militia in 1985 - both groups are said to have used violence, though the ALF claims that it does not support violence against people. For all ...
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