Acknowledgments | p. 13 |
Introduction | p. 17 |
Laws Fail Nonhuman Animals | |
Commonwealth v. Esbenshade | p. 24 |
The Industries and the Animals They Use and Abuse | p. 30 |
The Laws that Fall Short of Truly Benefiting Nonhuman Animals | p. 38 |
The Convergence of a Burgeoning Animal Liberation Movement and a Reactive Congress | |
The Animal Liberation Movement Gains Momentum | p. 45 |
Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act, Animal Enterprise Protection Act, and the Money and Politic$ Behind Them | p. 47 |
The 1998 House Hearing: "Acts of Eco-terrorism by Radical Environmental Organizations" | p. 53 |
The Formation of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty | p. 54 |
The USA Patriot Act | p. 56 |
The 2004 Senate Hearing "Animal Rights: Activism vs. Criminality" | p. 57 |
Government Surveillance and Prosecution of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty | |
Investigation of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty | p. 61 |
The Government's Case Against SHAC: U.S. v. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty | p. 63 |
The Unsuccessful Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | p. 73 |
The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act | |
The 2005 Senate Hearing: "Oversight on Eco-terrorism Specifically Examining the Earth Liberation Front ('ELF') and the Animal Liberation From ('ALF')" | p. 77 |
The 2006 House Hearing: "Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act"; | p. 80 |
Money and Politic$ Behind the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act | p. 84 |
The Provisions of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act | p. 87 |
The Constitutional Failures of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act | |
Unconstitutional Abridgment of Speech | p. 91 |
Violation of the Right to Equal Protection | p. 95 |
Consequences of Federalizing Eco-terror Crimes | p. 99 |
The Chilling Effect on Animal Advocacy | |
The "Terrorist" Label | p. 105 |
Animal Activists Do Not Fit the Profile of Terrorists | p. 107 |
Influencing the Public's Perception: the Government and Media | p. 112 |
Muzzling a Movement | p. 122 |
Notes | p. 129 |
The Animal Enterprise Protection Act of 1992 | p. 155 |
The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act | p. 159 |
State Chart of Laws Protective of Animal Enterprises | p. 163 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 171 |
About The Author | p. 173 |
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