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- Title
US Senate gets tough on animal activists.
- Authors
Wadman, Meredith
- Abstract
Describes United States legislation designed to toughen federal penalties for attacks on research facilities. Possibility of the death penalty if anyone is killed; Concerns about attacks by animal-rights activists; Responsibilities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Response of research lobbyists; Example of vandalism at the University of Minnesota; Views of civil libertarians about the legislation; Comments from Barbara Rich of the National Foundation for Biomedical Research. INSET: San Francisco scientists hit by growing protests.
- Subjects
UNITED States; LABORATORIES -- Law &; legislation; VANDALISM; UNITED States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; RESEARCH laws; RULES; LAW
- Publication
Nature, 1999, Vol 399, Issue 6735, p397
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/20753