New Attacks on Animal Researchers Provoke Anger and Worry

After firebomb attacks this month set the home of a neuroscientist at the University of California at Santa Cruz aflame and destroyed a car parked in the driveway of another university researcher's home, researchers and academic leaders were shaken. The attacks are believed to be the work of animal-rights protesters.

Some researchers at universities reacted with indignation and vowed to continue their work with stronger safety measures, while others worried that the protests, which

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