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An animal-rights activist dressed as Jesus was arrested during a protest at a church pig roast in Chester County on Saturday, police said. Four demonstrators with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) traveled from Norfolk, Va., to the Hibernia United Methodist Church County Fair and Pig Roast near Coatesville. "Blessed are the merciful! Go vegetarian!" Caleb Wheeldon announced to those at the fair when he arrived. Wheeldon, who said he was dressed as Jesus "to make sure that his words are taken as gospel," was arrested about an hour later for trespassing and disorderly conduct after walking onto...

Pro-animal duo busted in terror siege by Jessica Heslam Tuesday, August 20, 2002 A violent international animal activist group launched a siege of terror on a Back Bay father and other employees of a Hub insurance firm they claim has ties to a controversial British lab that does animal testing, authorities said yesterday. ``It throws your life upside down,'' said one frightened victim who spoke anonymously for fear of retaliation. Two local members of the radical group were arrested Saturday after a four-month ``campaign of fear and intimidation'' on Robert Harper Jr., a mid-level manager at Marsh, a worldwide insurance...

<p>About 1,200 mink were released from cages at the M. DeMuth farm near Waverly over the weekend.</p> <p>The incident is being investigated by federal, state and county authorities as an act of possible terrorism by militant animal-rights activists.</p> <p>A Bremer County sheriff's spokesman said Sunday that the owner of the farm was trying to recover as many of the animals as possible.</p>