February 28, 2008 | Thursday

Animal rights activists invade Europe

The science journal Nature reports today that the ‘rash of vandalism, intimidation and arson across continental Europe in 2008 is evidence of a worrying new wave of animal-rights extremism being exported from Britain’.

The UK crackdown on animal rights extremism – many extremists have already been prosecuted or are in jail awaiting trial – has led to a string of serious incidents on continental Europe, where the laws against such activity are worryingly lax.

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