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AFTERNOON HLS DEMOS CATCH SECURITY BY SURPRISE

Friday, 28th May

DC area animal rights activists staged a series of suprise HLS protests at Novartis, AstraZeneca (these two in one building), Sanofi-Aventis, and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

The protests were not a surprise to everyone, as the undercover car with Virginia tags was spotted in each location. Protesters suspect this is Vincent Antignano or another member of the Perince William County, Va based FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. As usual, this guy was camera-shy and drove away in a big hurry when confronted with a camera.

Interestingly, he seems not to have passed on his info to building security, as not one of the targets got enough advance warning of our protests. It was at Bristol-Myers Squibb that uniformed cops first appeared, at the day’s final target!

BACKGROUND:

HLS or Huntingdon Life Sciences is a contract animal testing laboratory that kills 500 animals a day testing products like bleach and Splenda. Seven undercover investigations have produced photographic proof of “researchers” swinging beagle puppies by their hind legs and punching them in the face, among other horrors.

May 28th marked a global day of action against HLS, their customers, and their investors such as Fortress. The loss of one more major customer or the calling in of Fortress’s loans would probably be enough to finish off HLS for good!

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtkUQwR4shg