Criminal incidents
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Italian women receives death threats after giving thanks for research
Fri, 10 January 2014
Caterina Simonsen suffers from four rare genetic diseases and requires medical support in order to breathe. On 21st December 2013 she posted a picture on her facebook page saying: "I am 25 thanks to genuine research that includes experiments on animals. Without research, I would have been dead at nine." She has since received death threats.
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Second break-in at Royal Institute, Brazil
Fri, 15 November 2013
Extremists attacked a Brazilian pharmaceutical research laboratory and removed the mice and hamsters being used for medical research. Three security guards were imprisoned during the attack
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Activists clash with police, Sao Roque Brazil
Mon, 21 October 2013
Animal-rights activists clashed with police in front of a laboratory in south-eastern Brazil that uses dogs for drug tests the day after dogs were stolen from the facility.
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Dogs stolen from Royal Institute, Brazil
Fri, 18 October 2013
Around 170 dogs were stolen from the Royal Institute laboratory in São Roque, 59 km from São Paulo, Brazil by a large group of activists early this morning (18/10/13).
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Guinea pigs stolen in Molmo, Italy
Tue, 15 October 2013
About eight hundred guinea pigs were stolen from a farm at Alzate, Momo in Italy. ALF claimed responsibility.
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Mink released by activists
Mon, 14 October 2013
Hundreds of mink were released by animal rights activists at Einar Myhre's Farm in Grand Meadow, Minnesota, USA
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Anarchists claim responsibility for fire in police building
Thu, 5 September 2013
An anarchist group has claimed it started a fire which destroyed a police firearms training centre being built in Portishead, near Bristol, UK.
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Graffiti targets Pro-Test Italia
Fri, 14 June 2013
La vice presidente di Pro-Test Italia, Giulia Corsini, fatta oggetto di minacciosi graffiti sui muri di Bologna Extremists targeted Pro Test Italia's vice-president Giulia Corsini with graffiti written on several walls in the city of Bologna.
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Yxattack mot svensk minkfarmare / Axe attack against Swedish mink farmer
Fri, 26 April 2013
A Swedish farmer who applied for a permit to start farming minks has reported that he has been threatened.
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Animal-rights extremists wreck Milan laboratory
Tue, 23 April 2013
An animal facility at the University of Milan, Italy, was occupied at the weekend by Fermare Green Hill. Animals were taken and cage labels mixed to confuse experimental protocols. Researchers said it would take three years to redo the research into psychiatric disorders destroyed by the intruders.