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Animal rights activists terrorize executive's homes (12/12/2003)

Animal rights terrorists have brought the fight to end animal use to the homes of business leaders.

The New York Times reported a recent incident when an animal rights terrorist sent a hearse to the home of a biomedical company employee. The woman, who was very much alive, answered the door and found a coffin intended for her. The intimidation tactics included Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), a group that opposes the use of animals for research, placing the woman's name, home address and phone number on the Internet.

In another instance, animal rights protestors staged a demonstration at the home of Joshua Reiss, a spokesman for the Houston-based Maxxam Inc., a company that deals in timber products. Activists stood in front of his home and yelled through a bullhorn, "Josh Reiss, come out with your hands up!"

Demonstrations have also been staged at the home of Charles Hurwitz, the company's chief executive, and the homes of three other senior managers and a member of Maxxam's board.

Such home demonstrations, most of which are currently legal according to the FBI, often succeed in intimidating business leaders into ending business relationships with animal testing firms or other drastic changes to business practices.

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