The group then 'rescued' 27 pigeons, 48 mice, 36 rats and five salamanders, and took computer files and research notebooks. They smashed computers, tipped over and wrecked equipment, and painted anti-vivisection slogans on the walls. The activists are believed to have entered two university buildings through the roofs and to have abseiled into the laboratories, police say. 'The ALF is taking action immediately to free these animals from their exploitation,' Kevin Kjonaas, a spokesman, said.īut University of Minnesota officials said work on brain cancer and diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's had suffered serious setbacks, which could take years to overcome.
The Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the raids, which took place on Monday and are estimated to have caused $1 million (£600,000) of damage. Animal rights activists in the United States have carried out one of their most spectacular acts of laboratory vandalism for many years, ransacking 12 labs and freeing more than 100 animals from medical research facilities at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
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