Campus security notified the faculty and staff of the department of animal science via email that several locations on campus have been named as potential threat targets. The locations are the: meat lab, rodeo, Office of Responsible Research and Veterinary College. 

According to the email, Capt. Carrie Jacobs of ISU Threat Assessment and Management has rated the threat as a five on a scale of one to 10. The email said the threat should not be ignored. 

In a phone interview, Jacobs said there have been no direct threats toward Iowa State, but faculty and staff should still be on guard. She explained that Saturday is the 10th anniversary of animal rights activist Barry Horne’s death. 

Jacobs said Horne was a member of the Animal Liberation Front, a leaderless resistance group in pursuit of animal liberation. According to the email, Horne “was arrested for illegal activity relative to releasing animals and damaging research labs in the [United Kingdom],” went on a hunger strike and became a martyr for animal rights extremists. 

The email said faculty and staff should respond to the potential threat by asking questions to people who look lost or out of place, keeping doors closed to animal facilities, being careful in hiring people and not loaning out keys or swipe cards.

According to the email, faculty and staff should watch out for letters bombs. The email said if a person receives a suspicious letter, he or she should not touch it and the person should call campus security and leave the area.