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Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) has this to say ...
(SHAC is a collection of activists and terrorists from other animal rights groups, brought together for the sole purpose of closing down UK company Huntingdon Life Sciences)
SHAC's How-To Manual "This Is Your Chance to Drive Them Out"
This secret document was brought to light during a UK parliamentary debate in March 2003.
"A simple tactic has been adopted recently. Pick your target. Throw a couple of rape alarms in their roof guttering or thick hedgerow, and leg it. Being kept awake at night hardly puts you in a good mood at work or with your family."
"Another idea is to set off extra loud fireworks from a safe distance that will wake up [your victim] and everybody else for miles around."
"From the comfort of your own home, you can swamp all these bastards with send no money offers. They cause huge inconvenience and can give them a bad credit rating. Order them taxis, pizzas, curries, etc, the possibilities are endless."
"Think, think, think. Don't lick stamps, use gloves when pasting stuff. No idle talk in pubs. Burn your shoes and clothes after your night of action."
Harper, Josh
Seattle-based animal rights activist / anarchist
"It's apparent there has to be a militant response to that, and go after them with everything we have available to us, and do our utmost to shut them down. If we wait for permission from the police or other people, nothing is going to change. It doesn't happen because we're polite. It occurs because we're willing to do whatever is necessary to shut these bastards down."
On Huntingdon Life Sciences, speaking at the University of Washington, Oct. 17, 2002.
"When you see the loss of 9 billion (animal) lives each year, it's inappropriate to hold a sign or pass out a petition. It's appropriate to go out and burn down the factory farm."
Quoted in "Elusive radicals escalate attacks in nature's name", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 18, 2001.
Josh Harper sees "a spark of hope in every broken window, every torched police car and every mink running free as their hearts desire." For the 26-year-old anarchist, those acts are necessary to achieve his ultimate goal: "The complete collapse of industrial civilization."
Quoted in "His goal: The end of civilization; Vandalism, freed mink are just steps", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 18, 2001.
Jonas, Kevin
Former ALF spokesman
"We're a new breed of activism. We're not your parents' Humane Society. We're not Friends of Animals. We're not Earthsave. We're not Greenpeace. We come with a new philosophy. We hold the radical line. We will not compromise! We will not apologize, and we will not relent! ... Vivisection is not an abstract concept. It's a deed, done by individuals, who have weaknesses, who have breaking points, and who have home addresses!"
(Videotaped at a SHAC rally in New Jersey, Dec. 1, 2002.)
See also:
From Push to Shove : Radical environmental and animal-rights groups have always drawn the line at targeting humans. Not anymore The Southern Poverty Law Center reports on the growing scourge of eco-terrorism in North America. Also available in PDF format. (Fall 2002)
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