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Animal Rights Activist Makes Court Appearance
An animal rights activist pleaded innocent in Wisconsin to domestic terrorism charges. Peter Daniel Young made the plea during a short hearing in US District Court.
Prosecutors say Young and an accomplice freed more than 7,000 mink from farms in Iowa, South Dakota and Wisconsin in 1997. Young eluded authorities for more than seven years before he was captured in California earlier this year after a shoplifting arrest.
More than 30 animal rights activists were in the courtroom to support Young, who faces more than 80 years in prison.
Authorities say he is a member of the Animal Liberation Front, an animal rights group that is considered a growing terrorist threat.
An animal rights activist pleaded innocent in Wisconsin to domestic terrorism charges. Peter Daniel Young made the plea during a short hearing in US District Court.
Prosecutors say Young and an accomplice freed more than 7,000 mink from farms in Iowa, South Dakota and Wisconsin in 1997. Young eluded authorities for more than seven years before he was captured in California earlier this year after a shoplifting arrest.
More than 30 animal rights activists were in the courtroom to support Young, who faces more than 80 years in prison.
Authorities say he is a member of the Animal Liberation Front, an animal rights group that is considered a growing terrorist threat.