World SHAC Newswire Archive

7th-9th January

FUR FARM LIBERATION COMMUNIQUE RELEASED (Greece)
FOIE GRAS GOES MISSING (UK)
TELMEX PHONE BOOTHS DAMAGED BY FIRE (Mexico)
WARNING LETTER SENT TO VIVISECTOR (USA)
OSCAR GRANT AND GREEK SOLIDARITY ACTION (USA)
RED PAINT SENDS MESSAGE TO OVERSEER OF LA ANIMAL SERVICES (USA)

From the 12th-19th of January we are calling for a week of spontaneous actions against Nepal's monkey business, in solidarity with our new initiative. We need you to do demos and outreach actions, we need you to sign petitions, send emails and add to the global pressure on Nepal.

We have a new leaflet advertising the SHAC City Shakedown!

SHACtivists hit HLS' customers and suppliers in the Midlands

As we come to the end of 2008, we’ve found there is so much to include that we’ve made this special 50th newsletter into a bumper edition! With hundreds of demos kicking off across the globe, throughout the year we have seen a constant and ever-imaginative way to show the collaborators of HLS just what they’re in for.

22nd-28th December

HOLIDAY PACKAGES SENT TO NAUGHTY VIVISECTORS (USA)
13 RABBITS LIBERATED (Netherlands)
POULTRY SHOP CLOSES AFTER ATTACKS (Mexico)
HLS SUPPLIER'S VAN GLUED (UK)
ANIMAL LIBERATION GRAFFITI (Italy)
BRICK SHATTERS BUTCHERS WINDOW (UK)
TURTLE FREED FROM CAPTIVITY (Mexico)
RETURN VISIT TO FUR STORE (Spain)
TWO TRUCKS AT SLAUGHTERHOUSE SET AFIRE (Mexico)
BULLFIGHT SPONSOR SABOTAGED (Colombia)
HOME OF NYSE EURONEXT DIRECTOR COVERED IN SLOGANS (Netherlands)
PAINT SPILLED ON TELMEX PHONE BOOTHS (Mexico)

The campaign to shut down HLS has become a "meeting engagement"-a battle neither side can afford to lose. Here is what the pro-vivisection "Foundation for Biomedical Research" (or FBR) had to say in their 2006 "illegal incidents report" about the importance of the campaign to close Huntingdon "Life" Sciences (HLS)

January issue of the latest anti-speciesist, anti-capitalist, abolitionist direct action news is out now.

State repression of Anti-Corporate Dissent: Animal right activists convicted of 'conspiracy to blackmail'

On December 23rd, 4 out of 5 activists on trial at Winchester Crown Court were found guilty of 'Conspiracy to Blackmail' at Winchester Crown Court after a 3 and a half month long show trial. The world's media, prompted by police press officers, were quick to condemn activists by pointing to harassment against the employees of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) and their customers, shareholders and investors. Actions against HLS, not linked to those convicted, such as hoax bombs, letters alleging paedophilia, and threats were pointed to as evidence of the defendants' extremism. Police spokesmen and the National Extremist Coordination Unit (NETCU), the branch of the police set up to deal with the AR movement and other expressions of the public's dissent, hailed the convictions as a victory. (For more information on NETCU see here and here.

December 21, 2008 - Netherlands
HOLIDAY WARMTH FOR NYSE EURONEXT EXEC

December 20, 2008 - Mexico
TARGET: TELMEX

For this action alert we will be continuing with HLS shareholders and we are asking you to contact Wells Fargo who own 147,511 shares in LSR (The Ticker symbol used by HLS on the New York Stock Exchange).

ELP Information Bulletin (19th December 2008)

Dear friends

ELP has 3 lots of news for you:

1) Jonatan to appeal his 15 month sentence
2) SHAC-USA News
3) Open Letter from Former Austrian Prisoners

16th-19th December

PAYBACK TIME FOR NOVARTIS WORKERS (Germany)
FUR FARM LIBERATION (Greece)
WINDOWS SMASHED AT FUR RETAILER (Italy)
FLAMES DAMAGE BULLRING (Mexico)
70 TURKEYS ESCAPE CHRISTMAS DINNER (UK)
DOGS RESCUED FROM FILTHY CITY POUND (Mexico)

The new posters are for the campaign against huntingdon life sciences, print them off and stick them up (on your own property of course).

17th-26th November

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SALMON RELEASED (Sweden)
INCENDIARY DEVICE PLACED UNDER VIVISECTORS CAR (USA)
CIRCUS VEHICLES COVERED IN PAINT, WINDOWS BROKEN (Mexico)
LSR ATTACKED IN TOWN CENTRE (UK)
RETURN VISIT TO COCKFIGHTER (Mexico)
TROUBLE AT FUR SHOP (UK)
CHICKENS RESCUED FROM TRUCK AT SLAUGHTERHOUSE (Spain)
"STOP THE SHOOT" (UK)
WINDOWS SMASHED AT BREEDER OF FIGHTING BIRDS (Mexico)
ALF EXPOSE, RAID AND TRASH RABBIT FARM (UK)
10 TURKEYS RESCUED (Netherlands)
NEW LIVES FOR RABBITS REMOVED FROM PET SHOP (Mexico)
600 FOXES DYED WITH HENNA (Finland)
BARCLAYS BANK SPRAYPAINTED (UK)
EGG DISTRIBUTORS PAINT-BOMBED (Mexico)
MEAT COMPANY AD CUT DOWN (Mexico)
BANNER DROP FOR ROD CORONADO (USA)
MEAT TRUCK PUT OUT OF SERVICE (Mexico)

11th-16th November

ALF RAIDS BRAZIL'S BIGGEST UNIVERSITY (Brazil)
PHEASANTS & PARTRIDGES LIBERATED, HATCHING PENS DESTROYED (UK)
WALLS PAINTED AT RESEARCH FACILITY (Uruguay)
TRICK OR TREAT AT HOME OF PRIMATE VIVISECTOR (USA)
"STONES SPOKE FOR US" (Mexico)
HUNTING PLATFORMS CHOPPED DOWN (Netherlands)
FIRE DESTROYS CARS AT HOME OF NYSE DIRECTOR (Netherlands)
PHONES TORN FROM TELMEX BOOTHS (Mexico)
LOCKS GLUED, WINDOWS ETCHED AT BURGER KING (USA)
SABOTAGE IN ÖREBRO (Sweden)
ANIMAL RIGHTS MILITIA VISIT VIVISECTOR (USA)
LIVESTOCK TRUCKS PAINTED, CIRCUS ADS DESTROYED (Netherlands)
EXPLOITIVE SHOPS STAINED WITH BLACK PAINT (Mexico)
BUTCHERS WINDOWS DAMAGED (Uruguay)
ANIMAL RIGHTS GRAFFITI (France)
FUR SHOP SABOTAGED (Sweden)

4th-10th November

MORE TELMEX PHONES VANDALIZED (Mexico)
DOG RESCUED FROM VIVISECTION (Colombia)
FALSE BOMBS LEFT ON DOORSTEPS OF EXPLOITERS (Mexico)
INCENDIARY ATTACK ON BURGER KING (Mexico)
URBAN ART AS A METHOD OF STRUGGLE (Mexico)
POULTRY COMPANY HIT BY STINK BOMB (Mexico)
2000 MINK RELEASED FROM CAGES (Italy)
CHICKENS RESCUED, IN MEMORY OF BARRY HORNE (Mexico)
BOAR LIBERATED, FOR BARRY (Spain)
FREEDOM FOR THOUSANDS OF MINK (Italy)
WINDOWS SMASHED AT BARBECUE RESTAURANT, FISH COMPANY (Sweden)
BARCLAYS BANK GLUED SHUT (UK)
PHEASANT PEN CUT UP, GROUSE BUTTS TOPPLED (UK)
TELMEX PHONE BOOTHS SABOTAGED (Mexico)
ANTI-BULLFIGHT GRAFFITI (Spain)
BIRDS SAFE FROM HUNTERS, FARMERS (Italy)
VEHICLES SABOTAGED AT UCLA? (USA)

8 countries, 3 continents, over 50 protests

Scary Science Week Is Over...

But We're Just Getting Warmed Up!

ALF TARGET ANIMAL LAB EMPLOYEE (Netherlands)
RED PAINT THROWN ON PET SHOP, RESTAURANT (Mexico)
BULLFIGHTING PHOTOS AT ART EXHIBIT VANDALIZED (France)
SHOPS ATTACKED WITH PAINT AND STONES (Mexico)
SICKENING STENCH AT KFC (Mexico)
LOCKS GLUED AT HLS SUPPLIER (UK)

November issue of the latest anti-speciesist, anti-capitalist, abolitionist direct action news is out now.