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Animal rights extremists, like terrorists everywhere, seem to be gathering strength and boldness. Societies that value personal liberty should pay more attention.
New Mexico, which has an estimable university already, is hardly the state in which one would expect to find the embryo of a centre of excellence. But that is what a handful of brave people plan.