ARLINGTON, Va. -- An anti-terrorism training course for the agriculture and food industries will be held Oct. 17-18 in Columbus, Ohio, the first such course scheduled for the Midwest.
The course is being presented by the Ohio Livestock Coalition in partnership with the Animal Agriculture Alliance and the Law Enforcement Academic Research Network Inc.
The theme of the training is Managing Activist/Terrorist Threats to the Food, Agricultural and Animal Industries: A Common Sense Approach.
The course will focus on the threats that both international and domestic terrorists, especially animal rights extremists, pose to animal-related industries and their customers from retail outlets to restaurants to food service companies to animal research facilities.
The alliance notes that the FBI estimates damage from eco- and animal rights-extremists at more than $200 million in recent years and currently has more than 150 open cases in this area.
"Anyone responsive for securing food and agriculture facilities from internal and external threats along with protecting their workforce and the public should get training that will help them effectively execute this task," said Dr. Bob Norton, professor of veterinary microbiology and biosecurity in the Auburn University Department of Poultry Science.
Registration is available online at http://www.learninc.us.
More information on the course can be obtained by contacting Philip Lobo at the alliance at 703-562-5150, info@animalagalliance.org; or LEARN at 901-219-9917, info@learninc.us.
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