
No group is more dangerous or determined to end animal testing than the Europe-based Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty
Journal of Life Sciences
Love them or loathe them, the core of 10 individuals at the heart of SHAC have for ever changed the way tiny, single-interest pressure groups will wage war against big business
The Guardian
A small group of people have succeeded where Karl Marx, the Red Brigade and the Baader-Meinhof gang all failed
The Financial Times
What will stop other groups – whether motivated by animal `rights` or some parallel fervour – from adopting the same tactics?
SHAC: A STORY OF COMPASSION, RESISTANCE, AND A MOVEMENT UNDER SIEGE.
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) took on the vivisection industry in a way that had never been seen before. When Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) was exposed for horrific animal cruelty and law breaking, activists took the matter into their own hands after the Government failed to act. The no holds barred campaign targeted any and every company dealing with the lab in order to drive it out of business. They took on some of the largest companies in the world and arrived on the doorsteps of the decision-making executives, demanding they take action. Their bold and unapologetic tactics cost the vivisection industry and the UK economy an estimated £1 billion a year. Over 250 companies severed their links to the laboratory which was driven to the brink of bankruptcy on numerous occasions.
Now several of the activists imprisoned for their role in the organization are coming together to tell the real story of the groundbreaking grassroots campaign and the government repression that followed.
Come to learn tactics, lessons, and be inspired to take action for the animals!
SEPTEMBER 2023
SEP 08SAT |
LUXEMBOURG – IARCActivism on trial: When compassion is criminalized |
JULY 2023
JUL 07FRI |
Kerulos Center for NonviolenceSHAC: What was it, and what does it mean now? |
JUL 01SAT |
HUNTINGDON – Camp BeagleSHAC – Standing on the shoulders of giants |
JANUARY 2022
JAN 26WED |
Frente Ativa pela Libertação AnimalSHAC – The Animal People screening + panel discussion |
SEPTEMBER 2020
SEP 13SUN |
Animal Save Diversity Film FestivalSHAC – Compassion, resistance and a movement under siege + panel discussion |
SEP 04FRI |
LUXEMBOURG – IARCSHAC – Compassion, resistance and a movement under siege + panel discussion |
JUNE 2020
JUN 19FRI |
DUBLIN – NARASHAC – Compassion, resistance and a movement under siege |
FEBRUARY 2020
FEB 01SAT |
BIRMINGHAM – Animal People ScreeningSHAC – Compassion, resistance and a movement under siege |
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