Animal rights terrorists are concerned with all animals while eco-terrorists are concerned with wildlife and habitat. These terrorists are working hard to ensure that humans abandon most of the Earth's surface but we are as dependent today as we were in the Stone Age on animals for food and clothing - all 6 billion of us and counting. Even vegetarians, who oppose the direct harvesting of animals, are unwittingly supporting the taking of animal life in the production of food and clothing. Agriculture is a leading cause of wildlife habitat loss worldwide, and hundreds of millions of animals die in fields each year to pesticides and at harvest time. So much for cruelty-free pasta and veggies.
Man is the only animal that appreciates and values the rest of the world's animals.
Man is the only animal able to manage and domesticate, the only animal capable of applying a moral code in his treatment of other animals. We must reject the tactics and the goals of the extremists. There is overwhelming evidence that we are in the midst of an international green and fuzzy crime wave. In some instances, governmental bodies have given non-profit status to groups romanticizing violence. It is impossible to attack this issue without a clear, across the country analysis of the scope of the problem.