From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 1997:

SALT LAKE CITY––Five pipe
bombs detonating over 10-15 minutes circa 2
a.m. on March 11 destroyed the main office
and four trucks at the Utah Fur Breeders
Agricultural Collective feed storage depot in
Sandy, Utah, shooting shrapnel into an adjacent
parking lot. A sixth bomb placed under
a truck did not go off.
Living in trailers at the site but
unhurt were truck driver Ben Flitton, his
wife, their two-year-old son, and mechanic
Flaviano Garcia, who apparently left
responding to the blasts to about 60 firefighters.
Slaughterhouse owner Michael
Speechley, of Minsterworth, England, narrowly
escaped injury during a similar attack
on June 24, 1996, when––apparently aware
only of a fire––he drove a truck away from
two burning trucks that police later found
were ignited by Molotov cocktails. A third
Molotov cocktail had been placed on top of
the front off-side wheel of the truck
Speechley moved, but did not explode.

Read more

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1996:

Steve Hindi’s case has many points of legal
interest for animal rights activists. I believe contemptof-court
may be the new weapon of choice for district
attorneys in efforts to jail protesters.
Activists may encounter a contempt charge in
either a civil or criminal context. Contempt is a sanction
for disobedience of a court order, such as an
injunction or temporary restraining order, or for “disrespectful”
courtroom behavior. The alleged disrespect
may include any behavior that the judge feels is disorderly,
but is most often a refusal to leave the courtroom,
to stop talking, or to answer a question when
ordered to so so by the judge.
Contempt is classified as either “direct” or
“indirect.” Direct contempt takes place in the presence
of the judge; indirect contempt occurs anywhere else.
Courts may punish direct contempt on the spot. In
either kind of contempt case, however, the defendant is
entitled to present a defense to the charge. This requires
that the defendant must be notified in advance that a
hearing is to take place, and must have sufficient time
to hire counsel and prepare a defense.

Read more