Jerry Vlasak

Jerry Vlasak is a U.S. physician and prominent member of several controversial nonprofit organizations, including Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Controversy

Vlasak stirred controversy at a conference in 2003 when, speaking of scientists who perform experiments on animals, he stated that "If these vivisectors were being targeted for assassination, and call it political assassination or what have you ... strictly from a fear and intimidation factor, that would be an effective tactic."

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This comment was widely interpreted as an endorsement of targeted assassinations against such scientists, and led to his being barred from entering the United Kingdom.

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In a 2005 interview with CBC News, Vlasak reiterated his support for his previously-expressed view, and suggested that seal hunters bore the same level of guilt as the scientists he had previously accused, saying "Are these people comparable to people that chop up animals in laboratories just to further their academic careers? Yeah, I think they're all abhorrent in a certain way."

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2005 - CBC

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Vlasak claimed that he was selectively quoted by CBC, which held a pro-sealer bias. "I didn't expect much from a Newfie, but you have hit a new low for one-sided reporting."

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Here are a few quotes from Jerry Vlasak:

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"Get arrested. Destroy the property of those who torture animals. Liberate those animals interned in the hellholes our society tolerates."

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