OPINION/COMMENTARY

Invasion Of The (Animal Rights) Body Snatchers

No one who follows today's animal-rights movement can deny that its violent tactics are escalating. Ten years ago, picketing a restaurant or tossing red paint on a fur coat was front page news. But times are changing. Following the advice of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals campaign director Bruce Friedrich, leading-edge animal cultists have been busy "blowing stuff up and smashing windows." They've cheerfully endorsed murder, issued a detailed "hit list," delivered life-threatening pipe bombs, set multi-million-dollar arsons, and harassed Americans in their homes and places of worship. And just when we thought they couldn't push the envelope any further, along come a few British grave robbers to prove the inhumanity of animal-rights activists. Police and politicians are condemning last month's desecration of a human grave in England. Unnamed animal-rightists dug up and stole the remains of a woman whose family has long been targeted because they breed guinea pigs for medical research....