ABSTRACT
Agroterrorism is generally considered to stand as a subcategory of bioterrorism because the mechanism of attack involved is typically a biological agent such as a plant or animal disease. According to an Federal Bureau of Investigations analysis, transnational groups present “the most probable threat of inflicting economic harm on the United States” via agroterrorism. With regards to domestic agroterrorism, the United States has suffered from several notable attacks. One example of agroterrorism by disgruntled employees in the United States happened in 1996, when a cow carcass was intentionally contaminated with the pesticide chlordane and was slipped into a supply of other carcasses intended for processing at a Wisconsin rendering plant. Radical animal and environmental rights groups have also been known to carry out agroterrorist attacks.
