Animal Rights Activism
In May, 2001, eight alleged animal rights activists sent a faxed death threat to immunologist and former dean Shraga Segal of Ben Gurion University medical school, targeting Segal and his family. The threat was made after Segal appeared on a television talk show about animal experimentation with Likud party member Dani Naveh. Segal, a member of the National Council for Animal Experimentation, objected to Naveh's proposal to increase the number of animal rights/animal welfare activists on the council, whom at the time represented three out of 23 academic members. Naveh called for expanding the number of activists from a third to a half of the council.
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