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Activists
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Rod Coronado · Barry Horne
Ronnie Lee · Keith Mann
Ingrid Newkirk · Andrew Tyler
Jerry Vlasak · Robin Webb
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Groups/campaigns
Animal Aid · ALF
Animal liberation movement
Animal Rights Militia
BUAV · Great Ape Project
Justice Department
PETA · PCRM · SPEAK
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty
Viva!
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Issues
Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act
Animal rights · Animal testing
Bile bear · Factory farming
Operation Backfire
Speciesism
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Cases
Britches
Cambridge University primates
Pit of despair · Silver Spring monkeys
Unnecessary Fuss
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Writers/advocates
Steven Best · Stephen R.L. Clark
Gary Francione · Gill Langley
Tom Regan · Richard D. Ryder
Peter Singer · Steven M. Wise
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The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) is legislation introduced by Republican Thomas Petri of Wisconsin. The final version of the bill, recently passed by both the Senate and House, was known as S. 3880. Earlier versions of the bill were known as S. 1926 and H.R. 4239. The bill is described by the author as being intended to "provide the Department of Justice the necessary authority to apprehend, prosecute, and convict individuals committing animal enterprise terror." Thomas Evert Tom Petri (born May 28, 1940), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1979, representing the Sixth Congressional District of Wisconsin (map). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...


The intended targets are animal-rights extremists and eco-terrorists who engage in unlawful acts of intimidation and violence against people engaged in lawful research and other activities involving animals. The proposed bill specifically exempts "lawful public, governmental, or business reaction to the disclosure of information about an animal enterprise" from legal penalties. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


The bill was passed by the Senate in September 2006 and was approved by the House of Representatives in November 2006. It was signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 27, 2006. 67 die and about 300,000 people are affected by floods in Ethiopias Somali Region of Ogaden after the Shabelle River bursts its banks. ...


Criticism

Animal rights activists have criticized the bill on the grounds that it does not provide explicit protection for whistleblowing and undercover investigations. The ACLU sent a letter to House Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner, asking him to explicitly include these exemptions[1], but the final bill did not contain the words "whistleblowing" or "undercover investigations". Activists who trespass on private property to photograph or videotape images of alleged animal cruelty may be considered "terrorists" as a result, since the 1st amendment does not protect trespassing. Frank James Sensenbrenner, Jr. ...


In addition, the definition of what comprises "terror" is vague so that anything which economically damages or inhibits the business of an animal enterprise could be classified as terrorist activity.


Animal rights advocates have also complained they have been unfairly singled out, when compared to movements where people have actually been killed as a result of activism (such as the pro-life movement). The prison sentences that a person can be subjected to under the AETA may be much longer than what many child molesters and rapists receive. For example, an activist can receive up to 20 years for an act of arson (if the damage exceeds $1,000,000), and can receive this sentence even if no one is injured as result of the arson.


Furthermore, activists are concerned that this bill will shelter animal industries which engage in the most egregious (alleged) abuse of animals, such as puppy mills and animal fighting. Puppy mill — puppy farming in the United Kingdom and Australia—is a disparaging term for the practices of some dog breeders. ... Bull fighting is an example of a modern blood sport. ...


In a controversial move, the House passed the bill under a suspension of the rules, which meant that only six Representatives were present to vote on it. Among the six, the only opposition was from Representative Dennis Kucinich, who claimed that the bill was "written in such a way as to have a chilling effect on the exercise of peoples' first amendment rights." In the United States House of Representatives, suspension of the rules is a procedure generally used to quickly pass non-controversial bills. ... Dennis John Kucinich (born October 8, 1946) is an American politician of the Democratic party. ...


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