scientific research, consumer product development, and education. But in recent years

a new breed of animal protectionist has pursued a more active approach, one that has

included acts of violence and terrorism, and that has thrust the issue more prominently

The origins of the modern animal rights movement commences with the actions of

two radical groups that bloomed in the 1960's and 70's: the Hunt Saboteurs (HSA) and

it's militant offshoot, the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). Through these groups' actions,

the landscape has turned into a war zone in which animal zealots torched medical

laboratories, firebombed fur-selling department stores, desecrated graves of long dead

hunters, and initiated attacks against gun and butcher shops. They targeted animals

used in entertainment too, and just displaying a circus poster was enough to put a shop

owner's business in jeopardy. It wasn't until 1975 when Australian philosopher Peter

Singer wrote his book, Animal Liberation, that the entire animal rights world received it's

popular mission statement. His book gave the activists a simple, rational argument to

Liberation is: "If you wouldn't do it to a human, you shouldn't do it to an animal."

sent literature that tells them how they can do more for the animals. Just being a

took six rats used in research on Alzheimer's disease from John's Hopkins University.

insulin in treating diabetes, benefits of exercise on the heart, cholesterol lowering drugs

famous who use their celebrity to show their support for the cause of animal welfare.

time has proved him wrong. Just in the last hundred years, vivisection (the use of

they need to influence. The leaders of these groups maintain working relationships

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