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Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) was an international animal rights campaign to close down Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), Europe's largest contract animal-testing laboratory. HLS tested medical and non-medical substances on around 75,000 animals every year, from rats to primates.
Jake Conroy is an American animal rights activist and vegan [1] who was involved with Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), [2] [3] an international campaign to force the closure of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), an animal-testing company based in the UK and US, for which he designed and maintained the SHAC websites.
Heather Nicholson is a British animal rights activist. [1] Nicholson set up Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) to close Huntingdon Life Sciences, a contract animal-testing company. That campaign was unsuccessful and closed in 2014. [1]
The company was one of the largest participants in the international primate trade and has been criticized for its animal testing practices, most specifically animal testing on non-human primates as well as on beagles. The Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty campaign was formed with the goal of shutting down the company due to animal rights violations.
In August 2004, Ferdin accepted the presidency of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), according to statements filed under oath in U.S. District Court in New Jersey. The incumbent, Kevin Kjonaas , resigned after being indicted on charges of conspiracy and interstate stalking. [ 16 ]
Actions have included a raid by the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and an arson claimed by the Militant Forces Against HLS. The ALF raid in 2008 saw 129 rabbits removed and £100,000-worth of damage to property. [1] The campaign has been linked to activists involved in Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC). [2] [3]
Greg Avery is a British animal rights activist and former criminal. [1] [2] He has been involved with Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), an international campaign to force the closure of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), an animal testing company based in the UK and US. Avery has several prison sentences and served time for assaulting a ...
Camp Beagle is an ongoing protest camp set up in June 2021 by animal rights activists outside of MBR Acres, a breeding facility for beagles used in laboratory research, in Wyton, Cambridgeshire. [1] As of May 2024, It is the longest-lasting protest camp of its kind, where protesters have maintained a permanent presence, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] as they want ...