With attacks on animal researchers on the increase in the US, over 60 scientists have produced a strong statement of support.  The commentary in the most recent issue of Biological Psychiatry calls for public support to help quash attacks that have been not only on scientists, but also their families.

From the statement:

These terrorist acts might intimidate people and institutions that would otherwise speak out in support of nonhuman primate research and against terrorism. By failing to take public action, we contribute to the isolation of the scientists involved and the institutions in which they work. Frustration with the absence of a vigorous public response to recent terrorist attacks led Robert Palazzo, president of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in Bethesda, Maryland to ask ‘Where’s the noise on this?’

Biological Psychiatry has provided free online access to this article.