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What about other animal cruelty?
What about all the bad press coverage?
If HLS closes, won't it all just go abroad?
What about all the other companies involved in vivisection?
Won't the Government just give them money?
WHY
MOBILE DEMOS?
We have discussed this at great length and have asked the opinion
of activists all over the country, and the overwhelming response has been
that mobile demos are effective ones, and we need lots more of them. Put
yourselves in the shoes of a director of HLS or a company that supports
them – what would worry you? A thousand people marching around a
town centre somewhere, or a mobile demo that can visit lots of places
that support HLS. You need to plan ahead of these demos – phone
through your mobile contact number to the campaign at least 48 hours in
advance, and come prepared with a full tank of petrol, food supplies,
road maps, and a good driver and navigator in front.
WHAT
ABOUT OTHER ANIMAL CRUELTY?
Stopping all animal cruelty is equally important, and during
this campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences and other campaigns we
have run before this, we have been able to make many new people aware
of the horrors of the vivisection labs, and also of fur farms, slaughterhouses
and other areas of animal abuse.
The following groups are all excellent sources of information and run
effective campaigns against different areas of animal cruelty. Please
contact them for information and give them your
support.
WHAT
ABOUT ALL THE BAD PRESS COVERAGE?
The campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences has gained more
press coverage than any other grassroots animal rights campaign in the
history of the movement. It is interesting
to note that after every story we might think is damaging, we get loads
of members of the public coming up to information stalls and saying how
they are right behind us. We believe that people who are against animal
cruelty are right behind our tactics – those that sit on the fence
or are against us will never fight for the animals.
WILL
HLS EVER CLOSE?
HLS will close – it is just a question of when, and only a matter
of time. Look at what we have achieved so far – we have decimated
their shareholder base, forced their bank to forclose on their 22 million
pound loan, persuaded any other commercial bank worldwide from giving
them a bank account, and virtually every financial institution worldwide
from dealing with them, forced them off the London and New York stock
exchanges, crashed their share price and made the words Huntingdon Life
Sciences synonymous with animal cruelty worldwide. HLS will close when
enough people put enough pressure on them – simple as that. The
important thing is to get involved and get active.
IF
HLS CLOSES, WON'T IT ALL JUST GO ABROAD?
First of all, the cruelty caught on film inside HLS is probably
the worst ever filmed inside any lab worldwide. Secondly this scenario
is considered highly unlikely by scientists as these countries do not
have the infrastructure to support the vivisection industry. Companies
are in constant communication with labs regarding the tests they are doing
for them. These companies are not going to move to third world countries
as their staff have no interest in moving there, and because these countries
are totally impractical for them to work from. Also companies who test
their products in order to get them on the market do so to avoid getting
sued when these products poison and kill people, and if they are tested
in third world countries they are far more likely to be forced to pay
out huge amounts of money in damages.
WHAT
ABOUT ALL THE OTHER COMPANIES INVOLVED IN VIVISECTION?
HLS has become the battleground between the vivisection industry and the
animal rights movement worldwide. We are putting pressure on the whole
industry by our relentless targeting of HLS and the whole industry is
judged by the public according to HLS’s appalling record of animal
abuse, falsification of data and gross staff incompetence.
WON'T
THE GOVERNMENT GIVE THEM MONEY?
We have consulted one of the top chambers in the country on this
one – Matrix chambers where Cherie Blair is employed. We have been
advised that the Government would not be able to give HLS money by law
as it would be judged to be preferential treatment to that one company
as opposed to the rest of the industry. The financial fundamentals of
the company are fatally flawed – HLS are 89 million dollars in debt,
owe 50 million dollars in bonds that are repayable in 2006, and are losing
more and more money as each day goes by, so it will take more than a backhander
by Tony and his cronies to keep them afloat.
IS
THE CAMPAIGN VIOLENT?
We know that violence is happening inside HLS on a daily basis as hundreds
of beautiful animals are terrified and abused at the hands of their tormentors.
It is violent to force a tube down animals’ throats or jab needles
into their veins and pour toxic poisons into their systems, it is depraved
to poison animals and dispassionately make notes as they suffer and die,
it is violent to kill and dismember puppies while other dogs sit waiting
their turn, trembling in fear, it is abusive to punch dogs in the face
while other people sit around laughing – these people are monsters
and they are the violent ones, not us.SHAC
does not support violence of any kind.
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