Animal Activists Claim Reno Arson

(Reno, Nevada) The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) has claimed responsibility for the May 18 fire at the offices of Scientific Resources International Inc.

The North American Animal Liberation Front Press Office, which posts messages from groups taking credit for animal rights violence, said on its Web site Tuesday that it received an "anonymous communique" last week indicating ALF was claiming responsibility for the fire.

"In the early morning hours of May 18th, four incendiary devices were planted at Scientific Resources International, a supplier of non-humyn (sic) primates for use in vivisection labs all over northern Nevada," the message read. "The concept of animals existing as 'resources' is utterly despicable, and we vow to do all in our power to run businesses like these into the ground."

No one was injured in the fire. An estimated $300,000 damage has been reported.