World SHAC Newswire Archive

Tuesday, 7th - Saturday, 11th July
Five days, 5 cities, 1000 miles

UK national demonstration against HLS suppliers Highgate Rabbit Farm, as part of a global week of action against vivisection breeders. Meet 12 noon, Saturday 26th September 2009 at Highgate Farm, Highgate lane, Normanby-by-Spital, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN8 2HQ.

$72 million in debt, top 5 shareholders sold all shares, jobs axed, bonuses cut, revenue down, 75% drop in share price, no wonder Brian Cass describes the future of HLS as "uncertain".

27th-28th June: SHAC Latin American Day of Action against HLS customer Bayer in; Buenos Aires (Agentina), Columbia, Limia (Peru) & Santiago (Chile).

25th June - 2nd July

FOXES LIBERATED FROM HUNTING COMPOUND (Germany)
HOME VISIT FOR PFIZER EXECUTIVE (France)
HUNTING TOWER TOPPLED (France)
TRUCK TORCHED AT SLAUGHTERHOUSE (Mexico)
FUR SHOP PAINTED, CIRCUS SIGNS DESTROYED (Sweden)
65 HENS FREED (Czech Republic)
LOCKS GLUED AT CHICKEN RESTAURANTS, FEED SUPPLIER (USA)
12 MINK FREED FROM FUR FARM (Sweden)
SLAUGHTERHOUSE, TELMEX TARGETED (Mexico)
INFAMOUS RESTAURANT TO CLOSE (Sweden)
ONE LESS FUR STORE IN GOTHENBURG (Sweden)

During the past three years, the police and the Crown Prosecution Service have launched a new campaign against anti-corporate animal rights campaigns across the country. The crackdown has lead to the imprisonment of activists linked to Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) for a total of 50 years and the jailing of Sean Kirtley, who was linked to the Stop Sequani Animal Torture Campaign (SSAT), for four and a half years. The sentences, the charges and the nature of the prosecutions have all been political. Public opposition to the crackdown has been confounded by a media smokescreen thrown up by the press releases churned out by the National Extremism Tactical Coordination Unit (NETCU), portraying activists as ‘extremists’ and disseminating misinformation. Many of those jailed have not committed any conventional crime but have been targeted by new legislation intended to counter the threat posed to the pharmaceutical industry by effective direct action.

16th-22nd June

ANIMAL TRANSPORT TRUCK DESTROYED (Italy)
CANARY FREED FROM CAGE (Mexico)
UNGAR FURS LOOKING WORSE THAN USUAL (USA)
GLUED LOCKS AND BROKEN WINDOWS IN ROME (Italy)
"BREAK WITH HLS" PAINTED AT NOVARTIS (Mexico)
MEAT MARKETS, TELMEX PHONES VANDALIZED (Mexico)
SABOTAGE IN MEMORY OF MAURI MORALES (Mexico)

2nd-6th June

CARS DESTROYED AT HOME OF NOVARTIS EXECUTIVE (Switzerland)
MEAT TRUCKS ATTACKED (Germany)
EFFIGY OF VIVISECTOR HUNG AT RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Uruguay)
WINDOWS SMASHED, PAINTED AT THREE FUR SHOPS (Finland)
ATTACKS ON POULTRY INDUSTRY (Colombia)
INCENDIARY DEVICE DAMAGES PAVING MACHINE (Mexico)

DAY 3 OF MAD SCIENCE MAY UK TOUR - CAMBRIDGESHIRE
DAY 4 OF MAD SCIENCE MAY UK TOUR - READING
HLS (LSR) INVESTOR BROWN ADVISORY HAS PROTESTS IN USA
MAD SCIENCE MAY WEEK OF ACTION IN SWEDEN
MAD SCIENCE WEEK - PROTESTS IN BUENOS AIRES

Part 1  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/05/431191.html
Part 2  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/431429.html

SHAC SWEDEN IN GOTHENBURG IS BACK!
DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR ASTRAZENECA'S LUTON OFFICES
DAY 2 OF THE UK TOUR - LEICESTERSHIRE
MAD SCIENCE WEEK DEMONSTRATIONS IN CHILE
MAD SCIENCE MAY WEEK BEGINS IN NYC

Part 1  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/05/431191.html

23rd-29th May

FIRE DESTROYS OFFICES OF VIVISECTION SUPPLIER (USA)
LEATHER EXPO TORCHED IN MEMORY OF FALLEN ACTIVIST (Mexico)
PAYBACK TIME FOR THE ANIMALS INSIDE HLS (Germany)
DOG RESCUED FROM RAPIST (Sweden)
BUTCHER SHOP VANDALIZED, DOG RESCUED (USA)
GREYHOUND RESCUE DEDICATED TO JAKE CONROY (Spain)
OPEN RESCUE OF 16 HENS (Czech Republic)
SURPRISE FOR SCHERING PLOUGH DIRECTOR (Belgium)
ALF CELEBRATES END OF COCKFIGHTING BUSINESS (Mexico)
GAMEKEEPER TRAPS IN THE COTSWOLDS TRASHED (UK)
WINDOWS ETCHED AT BERLIN FUR SHOP (Germany)

LONDON ACTIVISTS VISIT INVESTORS & CUSTOMERS
IRISH ACTIVISTS PROTEST AT ASTRAZENECA AS PART OF WEEK OF ACTION
SUSSEX ACTIVISTS TOUR ANIMAL ABUSERS IN HORSHAM
ITALIAN ACTIVISTS PROTEST AT STATE STREET
DAY 1 OF MAD SCIENCE MAY UK TOUR

Details -  http://www.shac.net/action/demos/MadScience/index.html

19th-22nd May

SOLDIERS STOP DOG FIGHT (Afghanistan)
SMEAR CAMPAIGN TARGETS NOVARTIS VIVISECTORS (UK)
SUPPORT FOR PRISONERS BY MEANS OF HAMMERS, PAINT AND FIRE (Mexico)
ARSON DESTROYS EARTH-DESTROYING TRUCK (Mexico)
WINDOWS SMASHED AT BUTCHERS, VEHICLES PAINTED AT FISH FARM (Switzerland)

14th-18th May

ARSON ATTACK ON NOVARTIS CLUBHOUSE (France)
5 LITERS OF GASOLINE + ONE BUTCHER SHOP (Mexico)
HLS CUSTOMERS TARGETED (Belgium)
ALF KNOCK-AND-RUN (Belgium)
ATTACKS AGAINST NYSE EURONEXT (France)
WINDOWS BROKEN, PAINT THROWN AT CRUEL RETAILER, FUR SHOPS (Finland)
LOCKS GLUED, WINDOWS SMASHED IN SAN FRANCISCO (USA)
BROKEN GLASS AT PROPERTY OF COCKFIGHTER (Mexico)
LOCKS DAMAGED AT ANIMAL MARKET (Chile)
TELMEX TELEPHONES SEALED UP (Mexico)
EXCAVATOR, POLITICAL PARTY HQ VANDALIZED (Spain)

MAD SCIENCE MAY!
Monday 25th May - Sunday 31st May 2009

Mad Science May is all about protesting against companies who are funding cruel and unnecessary experiments inside HLS.

5th-13th May

HOME VISITS FOR NOVARTIS SCUM, AND DEER RUNNING FREE (Switzerland)
LAMBS LIBERATED, BIRD FREED (UK)
SLOGANS PAINTED AT HOME OF FURRIER (France)
MCDONALDS ATTACKED IN GUADALAJARA (Mexico)
BUTCHERS WINDOW AND CCTV SMASHED (UK)
CIRCUS SIGNS VANDALIZED (UK)
ALF TARGETS MEAT EXPORTER (Australia)
MCDONALDS SET ON FIRE (Mexico)
WINDOW SMASHED AT BARCLAYS BANK (UK)
ARSON ATTACK ON SALMON FARMING INDUSTRY ASSOC. HEADQUARTERS (Chile)
PHEASANT PENS DESTROYED (UK)
30 TELMEX PHONES SABOTAGED (Mexico)
HUNTING CENTER SMASHED INTO PIECES (Italy)
PIGLET SAVED FROM SLAUGHTER (UK)
MORE TELMEX PHONES SABOTAGED (Mexico)
EARTH-DESTROYING MACHINE CLEANSED BY FIRE (Mexico)
TELMEX PHONE LINES SABOTAGED (Mexico)

Finkelstein Thompson LLP is currently investigating possible shareholder claims arising from potential breaches of fiduciary duty by certain executives and directors of Life Sciences Research, Inc. (NYSE: LSR) in connection with the proposal by Andrew Baker, LSR's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, to acquire all of the outstanding shares of LSR for a price of $7.50 per share pursuant to a letter dated March 3, 2009. See  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/03/423787.html

1st-4th May

PAINT AND PETROL FOR HLS CUSTOMERS (Germany)
MESSAGE SENT TO BULLFIGHT SUPPLIER (Mexico)
CARS SET ON FIRE AT HOME OF FUR FARMER (Italy)
BANKS, MEAT MARKETS, LUXURY CARS TARGETED IN NIGHT OF ACTION (Mexico)
NOVARTIS WORKER VISITED AT HOME (Germany)
BUTCHERS PAINTED RED (Switzerland)

Saturday, 25th April: About 500 people marched in the centre of Santiago against vivisection. The march started with a performance that represented a person wounded by vivisectors, expressing how people and humans suffer and feel the same.

Things go from bad to worse for HLS with a new undercover exposé...

With a share price that is almost as low as HLS’ moral standards, the last thing they will be needing is someone secretly filming them abusing monkeys for the past year. Bad luck Huntingdon! An ADI reporter watched and filmed as monkeys were bred and shipped in from Vietnam, strapped into chairs and gassed to death. For the seventh time in the past twelve years, we can see once again the huge level of incompetence and suffering at the hands of the monsters inside HLS. Turn to the next pages to read the full write-up of what’s been going on behind locked doors...