Activists Gathered at Highgate rabbit farm in normanby by spittal to protest against the farm selling rabbits for vivisection at huntingdon life sciences and to show solidarity with the Shac activists that were on trial this week.

Activists were protesting the fact that highgate rabbit and ferret farm sell animals for vivisection their customers including the infamous huntingdon life sciences.

Within minutes police showed up asking for names and details of activists present, the activists told the police "this is a peaceful protest we have the right not to disclose that information".

Protesters held their demonstration for an hour before the inspector shown up told activists that under section 50 they had to give their name address and date of birth or face arrest, the inspector then said that he believed that the peaceful protest would cause or is likely to cause alarm harrassment and distress, at the same time this was happening the owner of the farm was sitting in the garden with his wife on deck chairs (not an action of someone who is alarmed or being harrassed or distressed).

The inspector then moved the protest down highgate farm to an area that was outside a field rather than the farm, activists questioned the police about this saying it was biased and that the police were not allowing them to have their peaceful protest as the area the police told them to protest was not outside the site of the farm.

The protest was also in solidarity with the shac activists that were sentenced this week, activists vow to keep on protesting against huntingdon life sciences.

Huntingdon life sciences have been exposed on numerous occasions for animal cruelty acts include punching puppies in the face, cutting open monkeys while still alive, shouting, slapping and hitting animals, and breaking the law on numerous occasions. As recently as 2008 HLS were exposed traumatising animals so much that they vommited faeces and collapsed.