University Sues Animal Rights Activists

The University of California Regents has sued three animal-rights groups over alleged attacks on researchers who conduct experiments on animals.

The suit seeks an injunction against the organizations and five alleged associates to prevent confrontational actions against the scientists.

The Los Angeles Times said Tuesday that the Board of Regents had grown concerned at the proliferation of potentially violent agitation via the Internet and a new tactic in which protesters show up at the homes of researchers in an alleged attempt to intimidate the scientists and their families.

Attorneys for activist groups told The Daily Californian, the student newspaper at the University of California, Berkeley, that protests at private homes is protected free speech.