Radical Animal Rights Activist Arrested at University of Florida
, a radical animal liberation activist who advocates violence against scientists who use animals in their research, was arrested on Saturday during a protest at the University of Florida.
According to campus Police Chief Linda Stump, Marino now faces extradition to Michigan, where she could be jailed on charges of violating a protective order obtained by Donal O鈥橪eary, a researcher at Detroit鈥檚 Wayne State University whom Marino had singled out for harassment.
Marino heads Negotiation is Over (NIO), a Florida-based group that specializes in harassing 鈥渧ivisectionists,鈥� or scientists who use animals in their research. On its website, the group publishes the names, addresses and other personal information about its targets.聽 鈥淚f you spill blood, your blood should be spilled as well,鈥� she wrote in a 2010 message on the site. 鈥淲e will print your information. And we鈥檒l be at your homes. We鈥檒l be at your work. We鈥檒l be at your country clubs and golf courses. We鈥檒l see you at your manicurist and we鈥檒l be kneeling next to you when you take that next holy communion wafer on Sunday. If I have my way, you鈥檒l be praying to us for mercy.鈥�
Police in Gainesville, Fla., arrested Marino and another woman after they presented expired driver鈥檚 licenses in response to a request for identification 鈥� a misdemeanor in Florida. Marino will be transported to Michigan tomorrow, Stump said.
