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IDA wins landmark victory against USDA and HLS secrecy

25-09-2009 03:23

Washington, DC —After a seven-year court fight, including the first trial in years involving the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been ordered by a federal judge to disclose 1,017 pages of records obtained during an investigation of controversial toxicology lab Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) to In Defense of Animals, the animal protection group said today.

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Butane bomb left at Novartis & MaxMara painted

23-09-2009 19:03

September 23, 2009 - Mexico
BUTANE BOMB AT NOVARTIS

September 22, 2009 - Italy
MAXMARA PAINTED RED

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Direct Action; UK, Germany, Italy, Spain & Mexico

22-09-2009 02:33

17th-21st September

ALF WELCOME ANDREW BAKER TO TOWN (UK)
CIRCUS SIGNS DESTROYED (Germany)
RABBIT FARM ADVERT TORN DOWN (Italy)
MEAT TRUCK COVERED IN PAINT (Spain)
HUNTING PLATFORM DESTROYED (UK)
MEAT SHOPS GLUED (Mexico)
LETTERS SENT TO HLS-LOVING SCUM (UK)
MEAT COMPANY VAN DESTROYED (Italy)
ROOSTER LIBERATED (Mexico)
TWO FUR FARMS FOUND ABANDONED (Italy)
EMPTY CAGES AT FUR FARMS (Germany)

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Transport from the west to Highgate on Saturday

21-09-2009 21:53

If you need help getting from the west of the UK to Highgate Farm on Saturday for the national protest please get in touch.

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Vivisection Animal Breeder Global Week of Action

20-09-2009 16:13

Please organise demonstrations against your nearest vivisection breeder for the global week of action starting tomorrow. See

http://www.shac.net/AnimalBreeders/

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Direct Action; Luxembourg, Mexico, UK, Uruguay, Germany & Italy

17-09-2009 01:01

11th-16th September

FIRES AT HOMES OF HLS LENDERS (Luxembourg)
EXPLOSIVE ATTACK AT MAXMARA STORE (Mexico)
PHEASANT PENS TRASHED (UK)
GRAFFITI AND PAINT AGAINST ANIMAL EXHIBIT (Uruguay)
CROW RELEASED FROM LARSEN TRAP (UK)
PROTESTS AGAINST PHARMACEUTICAL LAB HEAT UP HANNOVER (Germany)
TRACTOR BURNED AT PHEASANT FARM (Italy)
CONSTRUCTION SITE SABOTAGED (UK)
PHEASANT FARM PAINT BOMBED, CROW LIBERATED (Italy)

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Veganarchist Dean Cain Remanded Again

14-09-2009 22:29

Dean Cain was remanded today and has gone to HMP Preston in Lancashire. We don't know how long he will be there for yet, he may well move again soon - more details to come.

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Launch of SHAC North America

13-09-2009 12:46

At a community meeting space in NYC’s Greenwich Village for a Win Animal Rights Open House and film screening last month, an announcement was made that “SHAC IS BACK” with the formation of SHAC-North America.

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Pain doubles at HLS, animal use drops 34%

13-09-2009 12:23

Win Animal Rights (WAR) released the text of a press release published on September 8, 2009, by watchdog group SAEN. The press release was about USDA inspection reports for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 for the Huntingdon Life Sciences East Millstone, New Jersey laboratory. The release was entitled: "Pain for Dogs Doubles at Huntingdon Life Sciences; Overall HLS Experimentation Drops". You can read the full text of the press release and access the USDA reports below.

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West Yorkshire AR Group - Action Update

09-09-2009 00:10

West Yorkshire AR Group - Action Update

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Operation Liberation Update: SHAC UK National Demo

08-09-2009 17:47

Operation Liberation, UK National Demo – less than three weeks to go!

OPERATION LIBERATION – Saturday 26th September 2009, Starts 12 noon at the farm:

http://www.shac.net/OperationLiberation, part of the Global Week of Action against animal lab breeders:

http://www.shac.net/AnimalBreeders/index.html

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Lee Hall confronted at the London Vegan Festival

08-09-2009 04:20

Lee Hall, notorious defender of state oppression of animal activists and author of the ridiculous ‘Capers in the Churchyard, Animal Activism in the Age of Terror’ was scheduled to give a talk today (Sunday Sep 6th) at the London Vegan Festival. Things didn’t work out quite as she, or the festival, had planned however. If Hall was seriously entertaining the notion that she could fly to England and hold forth for fifty minutes at an event like this, with SHAC activists present, on the subject of her choice, without being confronted about her statements on direct action, then I suggest she is in need of a psychiatrist.

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Direct Action; Mexico, Australia, France, USA, Spain & Italy

05-09-2009 02:06

27th August - 4th September

WINDOWS SMASHED AT PET STORE (Mexico)
MEAT WHOLESALERS GRAFFITIED (Australia)
TRAPS DESTROYED, SONGBIRDS FREED (France)
TRAPPING WEBSITES MINED FOR DATA (USA)
BURGER KING CLOSES ITS DOORS AFTER F.L.A. ATTACKS (Mexico)
ANTI-BULLFIGHTING SLOGANS PAINTED (Spain)
HARES LIBERATED (Italy)
UNILEVER PRODUCTS SABOTAGED (Mexico)
NOVARTIS PRODUCTS RUINED (Mexico)
MAXMARA SHOP GLUED (Spain)
BULLFIGHTING POSTERS PAINTED (Spain)

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Vivisection Animal Breeder Global Week of Action

31-08-2009 21:13

Please organise demonstrations against your nearest vivisection breeder for a global week of action which will be taking place Monday 21st to Sunday 27th September 2009. See

http://www.shac.net/AnimalBreeders/

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Latest on HLS financials

24-08-2009 16:47

In 2009 Huntingdon's CEO Andrew Baker announced that he was offering to buy out HLS for $7.50 a share. This means he wants to buy all the unsold shares in the company and buy out all the existing shareholders so that he owns the company in full.

See Baker Deal webpage

http://www.shac.net/action/financial/baker.html

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Police, HLS and others visit local animal rights site

23-08-2009 22:45

An open letter to the opponents of the movement from Animal Rights Cambridge

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HLS Top Customers Week of Action

23-08-2009 15:30

Kicks off tomorrow!

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Novartis under attack, arson at home of fur farmers

22-08-2009 19:42

20th-21st August

CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR GRAVEYARD VISIT (Switzerland)
100,000+ EUROS DAMAGES AT HOME OF FUR FARMERS (Italy)
CAR VANDALIZED AT NOVARTIS MEXICO (Mexico)
WARNING SENT TO NOVARTIS (Mexico)

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Direct Action; Czech, Greece, Mexico, Switzerland, Spain & UK

20-08-2009 20:46

15th-20th August

17 HENS RESCUED (Czech Republic)
THOUSANDS OF MINK RUN FREE (Greece)
ARSON ATTACK AT FUR/LEATHER SHOP IN LEON (Mexico)
NOVARTIS STINKS (Switzerland)
SLOGANS PAINTED AGAINST HUNTING (Spain)
LOCKS RUINED AT BUTCHERS, AGAIN (UK)
WINDOWS BROKEN AT PET STORE (Mexico)

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SHAC newsletter 52 - out now!

20-08-2009 15:19

The last three months have been devastating for Huntingdon, as their financial longevity starts to crumble. After a sustained campaign against Barclays for their position as HLS’ top institutional shareholder, they sold all of their shares, leaving Huntingdon once again below the minimum listing standards of the NYSE ARCA exchange. Unsurprisingly the NYSE have so far turned a blind eye to this breach of their own regulations, but as Barclays will tell them, there is only so long you can ignore SHAC! And it’s not just Barclays who have decided to find better places to invest their money; In the first few months of 2009, HLS lost 14 shareholders, including several from the top...