One doesn't need to actually threaten bodily harm in order to be a terrorist. An eco-terrorist is anyone who uses guerilla tactics to disrupt any activity they consider disruptive to nature. Spiking trees intended for logcutting is one of the more violent eco-terrorist methods, but there are other methods as well, such as piloting crafts into the paths of fishing boats and deliberately scaring away fish and dolphins (not unlike what this woman was doing with the biologists and the bear). ELF has been known to burn down construction sites that they feel infringe on wildlife sites, and we've had a case in Seattle where they broke into a local university and burned down a greenhouse (after hours) they thought was engaging in genetic engineering. All considered eco-terrorism, and the FBI was even investigating that last as an act of domestic terrorism.
One doesn't need to actually threaten bodily harm in order to be a terrorist. An eco-terrorist is anyone who uses guerilla tactics to disrupt any activity they consider disruptive to nature. Spiking trees intended for logcutting is one of the more violent eco-terrorist methods, but there are other methods as well, such as piloting crafts into the paths of fishing boats and deliberately scaring away fish and dolphins (not unlike what this woman was doing with the biologists and the bear). ELF has been known to burn down construction sites that they feel infringe on wildlife sites, and we've had a case in Seattle where they broke into a local university and burned down a greenhouse (after hours) they thought was engaging in genetic engineering. All considered eco-terrorism, and the FBI was even investigating that last as an act of domestic terrorism.