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CCF Knocks animal Rights Groups Back On Their Paws

ConsumerFreedom.com
Saturday, May 21, 2005

The nation's ultra-wealthy animal rights groups usually get a free pass from the media for being "compassionate." But from New York to Washington and beyond, the Center for Consumer Freedom is exposing those groups for their hypocrisy, and for their support of the movement's terrorist underbelly. Our work is paying off. The most visible animal rights groups are now being forced to turn their attention away from their propaganda and toward defending their indefensible acts.

Since we launched www.PetaKillsanimals.com, hundreds of thousands of people have learned People for the Ethical Treatment of animals' dirty little secret. and yesterday, we told a standing-room-only U.S. Senate hearing how groups like PETa, the Humane Society of the United States, and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine offer rhetorical and monetary support for groups like the FBI-designated terrorist animal Liberation Front (aLF) and Earth Liberation Front (ELF). agent John Lewis, deputy assistant director for counterterrorism, told the hearing that those groups pose the most serious domestic terror threat, saying: "There is nothing else going on in this country over the last several years that is racking up the high number of violent crimes and terrorist actions."

Judging from the comments of PETa, HSUS, and a leading aLF supporter in the wake of the Senate hearing, it looks like we've hit a nerve:

  • an HSUS spokesman attempted to label our claims as "outrageous." That's certainly the appropriate word for HSUS's behavior.

  • PETa's attorney said the group "has no involvement with alleged aLF or ELF actions." Yet a sentencing memorandum for convicted aLF arsonist Rodney Coronado indicates PETa president Ingrid Newkirk had advance knowledge of his crime.

  • University of Texas El Paso professor Steven Best -- an ardent defender and press officer for aLF who refused to appear at yesterday's Senate hearing or assist in any way -- said: "I am in the above ground support movement, I do not operate in both worlds such that I am in contact with anyone in the aLF or recruit anyone for it." That's funny, since Best has been caught on camera saying: "It's the same thing with the aLF. We are breaking down doors, breaking into buildings, rescuing animals, and smashing property." [emphasis added] He's also posed on camera posing with Rodney Coronado. The El Paso Times quotes CCF noting: "Dr. Best's academic position affords him a position of regrettable influence within the animal-rights movement."
Yesterday's Senate hearing received widespread media attention from outlets like the associated Press, Copley News Service, UPI, and the San Diego Union Tribune. as CNN noted, Sen. James Inhofe "said there was 'a growing network of support for extremists like ELF and aLF,' and he singled out People for the Ethical Treatment of animals for giving money to members of both groups." The Des Moines Register also reported:
Inhofe said that although no one has been killed in an eco-terrorist attack, experts believe it is only a matter of time. "It is time to take a look at the culture and climate of support for criminally based activism like ELF and aLF and do something about it," he said.

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