Animals-rights activist who tried to stop the Makah Nation from whale hunting were indicted on eco-terrorism charges for the actions in an unrelated case.
Joshua Harper, Jacob Conroy and five others are accused of threatening a product testing company that uses animals. The seven burned employees' cars, vandalized shareholders' homes and made threats, according to the indictment.
Harper and Conroy served a short time in jail for trying to stop the Makah whale hunt in 1999. They fired smoke canisters and flares at a whaling vessel carrying gasoline tanks.
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Pro-animal activist accused of terrorism
(The Seattle Post-Intelligencer 5/27)
Makah whale hunt opponents charged with terrorism
Thursday, May 27, 2004
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