UC Davis Receives Mail Bomb Threat

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DAVIS, CA - Police at UC Davis are on high alert while they are investigating a threat made on a controversial Web site targeting two of the university's researchers.

According to UC Davis spokesman Andy Fell, the "Revolutionary Cells Animal Liberation Brigade" posted on a Web site that they had sent mail bombs to the UC Davis researchers late Saturday.

The researchers work at the California National Primate Research Center, which conducts tests on primates to try and benefit human and animal health. The center does studies on HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, asthma, autism and Alzheimer's disease.

According to officials, the center has been the target of threats and protests before.

"Such threats against our researchers are unacceptable, and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms," said Stan Nosek, Vice Chancellor for Administration at UC Davis.

The original threat was posted on www.indybay.org but has since been taken down. So far, no suspicious packages have been found, but all researchers, faculty and staff have been warned.