Animal rights activist wanted by police in Texas
Tuesday, September 11 2007 @ 04:13 PM CDT
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Thursday afternoon, one week after someone vandalized the windows outside Restaurant Jezebel downtown - you could still see the acid marks. The vandal wrote "spit it out" across the front windows. Police say the statement refers to the dish foie gras - which is served at Jezebel. Foie gras is goose or duck liver. The animals are force-fed before slaughter.Animal rights activist wanted by police
0:33 PM CDT on Thursday, September 6, 2007
By MELISSA McGUIRE
KVUE News
Thursday afternoon, one week after someone vandalized the windows outside Restaurant Jezebel downtown - you could still see the acid marks.
The vandal wrote "spit it out" across the front windows.
Police say the statement refers to the dish foie gras - which is served at Jezebel.
Foie gras is goose or duck liver. The animals are force-fed before slaughter.
Police are looking for this man who they say vandalized the Jezebel restaurant one week ago.
It's a practice - that draws weekly protests outside Jezebel.
Members of the group Central Texas Animal Defense say foie gras is inhumane.
"For 3 months we've been harassed - our customers have been harassed," said Parind Vora, Jezebel Owner and Chef.
Vora says after his restaurant was hit by vandals in July - he knew he had to fight back.
"After the first vandalism, we put up cameras. Some are hidden - some are not. He killed the power to the building hoping it killed the cameras….. but we had battery back-up."
Surveillance cameras caught the vandal on camera last week.
You can see him writing on the windows outside.
Police say he is Joshua Rosenberg.
On his myspace.com page he says he fights for human and animal rights.
"Unfortunately, they're taking matters into their own hands and damaging property which is not the way to go about it," said APD Detective James Mason.
Police say Rosenberg posted pictures of the vandalism on a website registered to him.
They also say protestors knew him and identified him as the vandal.
"These people threatened my family. They used acid on my windows. All of them are completely destroyed," said Vora.
He says he has no problem with demonstrating - but he should not fear for his safety - or that of his family.
Rosenberg is charged with criminal mischief. He has not been arrested.
Source with video: http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/090607kvuewanted-bkm.ab8d816f.html
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