Burns, John F.
New York Times; 12/24/2008, p11, 0p
Abstract:
Four animal rights activists got convicted for mounting a seven-year campaign of blackmail and intimidation against suppliers of an animal testing research center near Cambridge. Three others had previously pleaded guilty. The group's tactics included threatening phone calls, bomb hoaxes, and threats of attacks with H.I.V.-infected needles and sending letters to neighbors falsely accusing the supply company managers of being pedophiles. The campaign against suppliers of Huntingdon Life Sciences, a research laboratory that is regarded as one of Europe's most advanced centers for animal testing for biomedical research, had threatened to close the company and curb animal testing in Britain. Sentences will be handed down next month.
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