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Tuesday, February 7, 2006 12:00 AM

Thugs for puppies

The militant animal rights group SHAC has one goal: Cripple a lab that tests (and kills) dogs and monkeys. They say they're activists. The government calls them terrorists.

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  • Sunday, February 5, 2006 10:01 AM

    Thugs for medical research

    It would seem to follow, that if a group pursues it's goals by attacking opponents with axe handles, that it would only be a matter of time before one of their targets has his own axe handle and is coming after them. Reading this article, I wondered if Huntingdon, or any of it's peripheral "targets", has considered hiring its own thugs with axe handles (perhaps that may account for the corporate move to New Jersey)......

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