Scott DeMuth, animal rights activist, sentenced to prison

• No, the true cowards are those who exploit and abuse other living beings that are weak and helpless, be it women, slaves or animals. To make such a great difference between humans and animals is absolutely obsolete, the scientific community no longer doubts that we humans are nothing more than just another animal species, and there is no more serious doubt that animals are able to feel terror and pain just as we do. If you don´t like to believe in science, try some ethics beyond making money.

• The livelihoods of men, be they young or old, should certainly be stripped from them when they cause animal abuse. Eugene Latzig has lived off the blood money from the fur industry for years. He called his brutal business Latzig Mink Ranch.    It is hard to think of a profession that causes more suffering than the fur trade. What a relief Latzig won't be able to re-start that mass cruelty again.   This young man's courageous actions are a result of a ridiculous "justice" system, where animals are seen as commodities and their abusers are seen as respectable businessmen.   Until sensible laws are in place for animal protection, prosecutor Cliff Cronk should expect civil disobedience and outrage. It has always been the actions of a minority of agitators that has led to gradual majority concensus and finally social and legal change.   Without social agitation and acts of civil disobedience/misdemeanors, women would still be burned at the stake as witches, black people would still be slaves, only men would have the right to vote, etc.   Scott should not be jailed for an act of kindness. The old man should shamefully retire on the profit he made on the backs of mink and ferrets.      

• From your pseudonym I take it you are opposed in principle to any action on behalf of animals.  Your 'lunatic' theory, I assume, is that only humans are worth saving.  Let me guess, you are a religious, white, over 50 male who thinks Rick Santorum should be the next president.  DeMuth, Feldman et al may be crazy but to paraphrase the words of a great song, "it just may be a lunatic we're looking for"!   Not your kind though, hopefully you're a dying breed!    

• No Carol, DeMuth, Feldman and their cowardly terroristic pals are as far from the brave commandos and resisters of WW II as it is possible to be. The Resistance risked their lives to defend HUMAN BEINGS. DeMuth, Feldman and the rest of the vile ALF/PETA criminals risked nothing more than a few months in an orange jumpsuit, in order to destroy innocent peoples' lives and ram their lunatic theories down out throats via arson, theft and bombs.

• "It was an act of cowardice under the cover of darkness," Cronk said. The vandals were there for "some cause they thought was greater than the livelihood of this old man." During World War II, many acted 'under the cover of darkness' and are remembered for their bravery and courage. In order to abolish slavery, many acted 'under the cover of darkness' and are remembered for their bravery and courage. There are many injustices in many countries that are not criminalised, but they are nevertheless still injustices and those who seek to abolish injustice and act "under the cover of darkness" are not cowards. A coward, Mr Cronk, is one who does nothing when confronted with the suffering of others. Fur farming is an atrocity as evil as any; because the victims are non-human does not make it any less an atrocity. The "old man" who lost his livelihood is no more to be pitied than those slave owners who eventually lost their livelihoods. 

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