Animal Rights Antics

This is why many animal rights activists are viewed in a negative light...From the LA Times:

In recent weeks, one neighborhood in the Larchmont Village section of Los Angeles has been under siege: graffiti scrawlings, stink bombs, menacing midnight phone calls and, in July, a bomb scare that forced an evacuation.

Police and political leaders say it's a part of an escalation by animal rights activists in Los Angeles, whom critics charge are turning away from legitimate protest and embracing illegal harassment tactics and vandalism.

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The Animal Defense League will take its protest to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Ferdin said. "You need to understand our constituents are not the people. Our constituents are the animals and we believe if the animals could do what we're doing they would. We're standing up on their behalf. We need to expose these atrocities."

Too bad they aren't keeping their eyes on the ball... I can think of a few other activities we might want to focus on in the past week...