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www.animalliberationpressoffice.org A new law moving through Congress threatens to classify non-violent civil disobedience carried out by animal-rights groups as terrorism. The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), already passed unanimously by the US Senate, expands on a previous law aimed at activists who protest the treatment of animals. It reclassifies common activist tactics as terrorism based solely on the cause pursued. Proponents of the legislation, including co-sponsors Senator Dianne Feinstein (Dâ€â€,,California) and Senator James Inhofe (Râ€â€,,Oklahoma), say it will offer protection to scientists, medical researchers, ranchers, farmers and other industries using ....