IF YOU were trying to persuade the public that animal testing should end, which species would you pick to make your point – the clever ape, the cuddly mink or the friendly dog? Animal rights extremists in California apparently chose none of these.
Last Saturday morning, a Molotov cocktail ignited the porch at the home of neuroscientist David Feldheim of the University of California, Santa Cruz, while his family slept inside. Nearby, another researcher’s car was burned. Police suspect that the scientists, who study brain development, were the target of animal rights activists, although the animals the researchers use are…
