Nt1310 Unit 2 Assignment 2
Unit 2 Assignment 2
Domestic Terrorism is defined by the FBI as: “The unlawful use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group of individuals based and operated entirely within the United States or Puerto Rico without foreign direction committed against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof in furtherance of political or social objectives.” ("Internal threats to," 2012)
Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is concerned about maltreatment of animals. The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) transfers out thru action against animal abuse in the form of saving animals and producing financial loss to animal exploiters, usually through the harm and demolition of stuff. ("Animals …show more content…
An insert taken from Animal Liberation Front.com:
“The FBI and Nassau and Suffolk County police recently said they were investigating allegations that the Animal Liberation Front, a shadowy radical animal rights group, has waged a campaign of harassment against a pharmaceutical company executive and his wife who live on Long Island.
ALF said it has targeted these people because they are associated with Manhattan-based pharmaceutical company Forest Laboratories Inc., which has facilities in Commack, Farmingdale and Hauppauge. Forest Labs does business with Huntingdon Life Sciences, Britain 's largest animal research laboratory, which tests drugs, food products and industrial chemicals on animals for other companies before they are brought to market. Huntingdon, which has a facility in East Millstone, N.J., has been the focus of an ongoing campaign by radical animal rights groups, which charge that Huntingdon is abusing the animals -- which the company has continually denied. Those who closely monitor groups like ALF say such targeting is on the increase -- and has gotten very personal.” ("Animals liberation front.com,”)
The ALF Mission
Domestic Terrorism is defined by the FBI as: “The unlawful use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group of individuals based and operated entirely within the United States or Puerto Rico without foreign direction committed against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof in furtherance of political or social objectives.” ("Internal threats to," 2012)
Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is concerned about maltreatment of animals. The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) transfers out thru action against animal abuse in the form of saving animals and producing financial loss to animal exploiters, usually through the harm and demolition of stuff. ("Animals …show more content…
An insert taken from Animal Liberation Front.com:
“The FBI and Nassau and Suffolk County police recently said they were investigating allegations that the Animal Liberation Front, a shadowy radical animal rights group, has waged a campaign of harassment against a pharmaceutical company executive and his wife who live on Long Island.
ALF said it has targeted these people because they are associated with Manhattan-based pharmaceutical company Forest Laboratories Inc., which has facilities in Commack, Farmingdale and Hauppauge. Forest Labs does business with Huntingdon Life Sciences, Britain 's largest animal research laboratory, which tests drugs, food products and industrial chemicals on animals for other companies before they are brought to market. Huntingdon, which has a facility in East Millstone, N.J., has been the focus of an ongoing campaign by radical animal rights groups, which charge that Huntingdon is abusing the animals -- which the company has continually denied. Those who closely monitor groups like ALF say such targeting is on the increase -- and has gotten very personal.” ("Animals liberation front.com,”)
The ALF Mission