The group also claims to possess videotape footage of their attack. According to campus officials, the university did not announce the destruction of the crops because the act was not linked to eco-terrorism. We wondered about it, but we didn't think too much about it because we had no indication that it was eco-terrorism or crop vandalism because it was not genetically modified corn. UCD Police Department Lt. Mike Adams said that the attack occurred sometime between Aug. 9 and Aug. 11.
Campus police report that the center stalks of eight corn rows had been knocked over.
The corn had already been harvested and did not have any value, and the field was going to be plowed under. The field is located west of Highway 113 and south of Hutchinson Drive. Reclaim the Seeds has alredy taken responsibility for the attack on UCD corn and sugar beet fields in mid-September. Genetix Alert spokesperson Denny Henke said groups such as Reclaim the Seeds perceive genetic research as a valid threat to the ecosystem and commit legitimate forms of both activism and ecosystem protection, not vandalism. Henke added that many of the research partnerships between the companies and the university are done in secret.