Newly released FBI documents link PETA to domestic terrorism
Documents released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under the Freedom of Information Act reveal startling ties between the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), a fanatical animal-rights terrorist group with a history of property destruction, vandalism, and arson. FBI investigations have unearthed evidence showing that PETA has provided both logistical and financial support to the ALF.

PCRM president Neal Barnard has also been president of The PETA Foundation
"The PETA Foundation," the organization's letterhead states, "is an operating name of the Foundation to Support Animal Protection." Until 2005, PCRM president Neal Barnard was also president of the PETA Foundation, presiding over the institution that owns People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals's corporate headquarters, pays its biggest salaries, and operates its fundraising. Until 2004, the PETA Foundation managed PCRM's finances as well.

Dr. Jerry Vlasak endorsed murder as a representative of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
The official “Animal Rights 2003” National Conference program shows that Dr. Jerry Vlasak spoke as a representative of PCRM when he endorsed the "political assassination" of doctors whose medical research requires the use of lab animals.


FBI / U.S. Department of Justice circular on the threat posed by SHAC
Cover, table of contents, and introduction to a 2003 government handout that describes "the domestic terrorist threat posed by" SHAC.


Activist and former child actress Pamelyn Ferdin assumes presidency of the violent SHAC USA organization
Documents filed with the U.S. District Court in New Jersey show that Kevin Kjonaas signed control of SHAC USA over to Pam Ferdin in August 2004. Ferdin, the voice of Lucy Van Pelt in the old "Peanuts" animated TV specials, is married to long-time Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) spokesman Jerry Vlasak -- who openly supports physical violence against animal-rights targets. And Ferdin herself carries a business card that identifies her as a PCRM employee.


SHAC USA president Pamelyn Ferdin carries Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) business card
Pamelyn Ferdin, a former child actress who became president of the violent animal-rights threat group SHAC USA in August 2004, carries business cards identifying her as an employee of the PETA-related Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM).


People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ordered to abandon anti-research campaign that pre-dated SHAC
Court settlement (1997) in which People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was ordered to abandon its campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences -- two years before the violent SHAC campaign ("Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty") was founded.


People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals praises FBI-certified "terrorist" Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
Unedited two-page Internet "fact-sheet," accessed on PETA's website in early 1997, describes the ALF as an "army of the kind." ALF tactics have included bombings, arsons, and death threats.


FBI search of Daniel Andreas San Diego's automobile
Inventory of items recovered during the FBI's court-ordered search of Daniel Andreas San Diego's car. San Diego is the prime suspect in the SHAC-related bombing of two California companies.


FBI search of Daniel Andreas San Diego's home
Inventory of items recovered during the FBI's court-ordered search of Daniel Andreas San Diego's home. San Diego, wanted for the SHAC-related bombing of two California companies, is a federal fugitive.


San Diego Arrest Affidavit
Sworn FBI statement outlining the investigation of animal rights activist Daniel Andreas San Diego, wanted for the SHAC-related bombing of two California companies.


Fresno State University Conference
On January 15, 2003 Fresno State University hosted a "radical environmentalism" conference with guest speakers including more than a half-dozen people with direct ties to domestic terrorism.


Great American Meatout
The annual event is sponsored by the Farm Animal Reform Movement, a national animal rights organization. The Center for Science in the Public Interest's Michael Jacobson is listed among the event's public sponsors.


PCRM/SHAC Alliance
Letter co-signed by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine president Neal Barnard and former ALF "spokesperson" (and current SHAC leader) Kevin Kjonaas.


PETA Donation To David Wilson of ALF
A page from the 1999 annual tax return (form 990) of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, showing a $2,000 payment to former Animal Liberation Front (ALF) spokesman David Wilson.


PETA Giving to the Earth Liberation Front
A page from the 2000 annual tax return (form 990) of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), showing a $1,500 payment to support the "program activities" of the North American Earth Liberation Front.


PETA Giving Money to Josh Harper
A page from the 2000 annual tax return (form 990) of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), showing a $5,000 payment to the "Josh Harper Support Committee", to assist a criminal who has been arrested numerous times and convicted for assaulting a police officer.


PETA Funnels Funds to PCRM
Tax return pages from 1999 and 2000 showing $592,000 in payments from PETA's "Foundation to Support Animal Protection" (FSAP) to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM).


PETA's Grant to Arsonist Rodney Coronado
A page from the 1995 annual tax return (form 990) of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), showing a $45,200 payment for the "support committee" of Rodney Coronado, a felon. Mr. Coronado was convicted of arson in federal court for the 1992 firebombing of a Michigan State University research lab.