Acting Like Animals

The real face of PETA, et al...

Harassment drove UCLA neurobiologist Dario Ringach out of primate research in 2006. This was not just angry phone calls and email messages. We're talking about people in masks banging on the windows of his house in the night, scaring his kids. Without support on this front from other scientists or from UCLA, Dario abandoned research that he believed to be important so that he could keep his family safe.

Dario [later] participated in the dialogue at UCLA that was aimed at getting people with different views on animal research to engage with each other peacefully and productively. On a panel that included a strong defender of animal rights, Dario explained the role he thinks animal research plays in answering scientific questions that matter to us -- to the public as well as scientists.

For just daring to stand up and share his view, Dario was targeted for more home demonstrations. And now, activists threaten to bring the demonstrations to his children's schools, to "educate fellow students what their classmate's father does for a living".

We have previously called out the evils of activists on this site, (just do a search; there are far too many entries for linkage), but I feel the above situation exemplifies the utter lack of ethics and moral restraint inherent to the activist mentality. Note to activists and other stinking hippie-types: harassing people's children is an excellent way to get shot. So keep it up, please.