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LOS ANGELES – An animal rights group that placed photos of city workers on its Web site and held noisy demonstrations at their homes was fined $49,600 and barred from harassing them. The Animal Defense League-Los Angeles was fined after pleading no contest Thursday to seven criminal charges, including trespassing and conspiracy. Seven other charges were dropped by city prosecutors. The city filed misdemeanor charges against the organization but “the judgment does include all members,” city attorney's spokesman Frank Mateljan said. League representatives could not immediately be reached by phone for comment. The city claimed that the league harassed workers...

Animal Rights Group Claims Credit for Botched Arson Attempt- (07/31) The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) web site is claiming responsibility for a failed arson attempt in Los Angeles. On June 30, an incendiary device, intended for the home of a UCLA psychiatry professor, was placed at the wrong address. Fortunately, for the elderly homeowner the device did not detonate and no one was injured. ALF claims that the intended target of the explosive device was keeping monkeys to study "psychological, psychiatric and social problems such as Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, substance abuse, criminality and violence." Arson investigators stated that had...