Earth Liberation Front

There are any number of social, economic or political changes that might contribute to an increase in attacks by environmental extremists. Issues surrounding animal rights, environmental protection, off-shore drilling or fracking are sensitive issues with strong proponent and opposition arguments. Governmental actions, such as the relaxation of current legislation or the legalization of controversial processes, may trigger deep rooted feelings and cause groups, such as the Earth Liberation Front, to take matters into their own hands. Present in the U.S. since 1996, the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) is touted as “an ideologically aligned network of autonomous, decentralized nodes, who share a strategic and tactical vision” (Loadenthal, 2014, p. 17) and “carry out direct action in defense of the planet” (ALF, n.d., p. NA). There is little doubt that the controversial practice of fracking, including the…

In the warner creek timber sale they protested for the forest.They were standing in front of the machines they built walls they were trying to protect 1000 year old tree in many ways they would monkey wrench machines and they lasted for 1 year.Forset services were tired and knocked down the wall and arrested protesters.Jacob Ferguson was tired and burned down the forest service building. In the heritage trees controversy the city ordered to cut down famous trees these trees represented the city…

was because he was speaking out against the other terrorist acts going on in Miami because many were upset with the control of Fidel Castro in Cuba. During the 1970’s into the early 1980’s, many bombers of the Alpha 66 and Omega 7 groups were targeting Cuban cigar shops, shipping companies, and the offices of magazine editorials that claimed to support a Castro Regime (Emilio Milian, 2016). For the most part, Domestic Terrorism is still true to its definition of acts only carried out by…

European Commission's proposal for a new chemical policy, millions of lab animals will die all across Europe. This is due to outdated and unreliable tests and techniques of animal testing. Not only are these tests unreliable and outdated, not to mention the results hardly relate to humans at all, but they are cruel and torturous to the animals. In order to do an animal based test for cancer the animals are force fed prison for 5 years or more and left to suffer, and these tests don't even give…

The Moral Controversy on Using Animal for Research Historically, the health and well being of humans have taken precedent over those of animals’. Only recently have animal “rights” become a major and sometimes controversial topic in the general public. The controversy is inflamed by the fact that it is common practice to use animals for medical research. Different people have many different views on this topic. Is it humane to experiment on animals? Does a life-saving vaccine warrant the pain…

Using Outdated Methods As technology advances computers become faster, science is able to reach to an even further understanding in research. While this is true Doke and Dhawale state in Alternatives to Animal Testing: A Review “Every year, millions of experimental animals are used all over the world” (224). The use of animals for research and lab experiments is not only an outdated method that harms animals, but is also unreliable and unneeded. Using animals for research and experimentation,…

What is animal testing used for and why? Animal testing is used and required by the United States government to test the safety of drugs, chemicals, cosmetics, and various consumer products. Additionally, animals are commonly used in the practice of medical and military training. Government agencies that heavily rely on animal testing are the U.S. Military, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the…

that takes animal’s needs into consideration just as equally as they do with humans. They were not like other individuals who thought animals were property. Newkirk wanted to make a change and founded PETA in 1980. Previous foundations to help animals before PETA had people donate and volunteer; those foundations did not question why individuals were abusing animals or who was responsible for their suffering. PETA was different; they wanted to take animals best intentions into consideration.…

Animal rights is not a subject that many people tend to think about on a day to day basis, but it is one that should be taken care of. In today’s political world all that is of interest is the new fashion trends or the next president, but what about the hundreds of innocent animals that are being killed every year? Should using animals as test subjects for new drugs or makeup cosmetics be allowed? Or should people, be the subjects? In this essay I will be explaining some important key points…

research more “humane”. Since the seventeenth century there have been many debates on the ethics. During the mid to late nineteenth century there was a dramatic increase in animal testing and the tests itself. This led to many agencies encouraging the stop of animal testing in many companies. WIth all the publicite these abused animals were getting were making a frenzy throughout Britain in 1920. Finally in 1998, there was a ban on animal testing. The most controversial animals groups,…