On Friday, the FBI announced that it had arrested four animal rights extremists suspected of harassing researchers working at the University of California (UC) in Berkeley and Santa Cruz campuses. The four are accused of violating the company animals Terrorism Act by participating in several incidents in the homes of researchers dating back to October 07, including a Feb. 24, 08, in which would be several protesters tried to break into the house of a UC Santa Cruz researcher during a birthday party for her young daughter. They have not been charged in connection with firebombings targeting UC Santa Cruz researchers last summer.
Researchers in the US have increased slightly protests at home and other personal forms of intimidation by militant animal rights in recent years. A spokesman UC Berkeley, quoted by Los Angeles Times , said police reported 158 such incidents in Berkeley between August 07 and December 08. If convicted, the four defendants could serve up 5 years in prison for each offense.
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