Beliefs, Actions, and Consequences
Most of us love animals. So, when someone tells us that animals are being tormented for pointless experiments, by monsters who view them as objects rather than the precious, living beings they are, we get angry! And we take whatever action we can to stop them. But what if none of that is really true? What if research with animals is not pointless. What if research animals are, actually, treated with compassion, respect and gratitude?
What if our love for animals has been exploited to manipulate us to carry out the agenda of a few…at the expense of ourselves and our loved ones?
Joining us today to explore this on a very personal level is Dr. David Jentsch, a prominent brain researcher who suffered years of attacks by a movement that either doesn’t understand the dangerous consequences of its actions…or doesn’t care.
Dr. David Jentsch: brief biography, scientific publications and honors
Media reports of terrorist attacks on Dr. Jentsch and colleagues at UCLA
October 2006: Fighting animal rights terrorism
October 2007: Animal rights group says it flooded home
January 2008: Terror unit probes fire at home
June 2008: Firebombs show new tactics of animal activists
November 2008: Ecoterrorism: Extremism in the Animal Rights and Environmentalist Movements
May/June 2008: Winners and Losers in the Animal Research Wars
March 2009: A Target of Violence
October 2010: Activist group claims to send AIDS-tainted razors to animal researcher
