This page, run by the ADL-NJ, only deals with New Jersey because that is where we are located. The A.L.F. is a world wide network originating in England. But on to the interview. Of course slavery and the Underground Railroad is the obvious example. At one point black people were viewed as property to be used by their owners, not as individuals deserving respect.
Animals are in the exact same situation now.
I would remind them that there were people who followed their hearts and were willing to break the law and take what was considered other people's property because they knew it was right. In retrospect, just about anybody can see that regardless of the laws of the day, or the rights of the oppressors to their 'property' it was a just and moral act. The ALF is no different, and in retrospect this will be clear. Now I am even more confused. Darius was arrested for using a semi-automatic BB gun to blast the plate glass windows of a fried chicken restaurant.