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'''Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty''' (SHAC) is an international [[animal rights]] campaign to close down [[Huntingdon Life Sciences]] (HLS), Europe's largest contract [[Animal testing|animal-testing]] laboratory. HLS tests medical and non-medical substances on around 75,000 animals every year, from rats to primates.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1123837.stm "A controversial laboratory"], BBC News, 18 January 2001.</ref><ref>[http://www.drugresearcher.com/news/ng.asp?n=72122-faseb-us-government-huntingdon "New bill clamps down on animal activist activity"], ''Drug Researcher'', 17 November 2006.</ref><ref>*[http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=42 "From push to shove"] Southern Poverty Law Center, Fall 2002.</ref><ref>Townsend, Mark. [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,940033,00.html "Exposed: secrets of the animal organ lab"], ''The Observer'', 20 April 2003.</ref> It has been the subject of several major leaks or undercover investigations by activists and reporters since 1989.<ref name=investigations/>
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'''Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty''' (SHAC) is an international [[animal rights]] campaign to close down [[Huntingdon Life Sciences]] (HLS), Europe's largest contract [[Animal testing|animal-testing]] laboratory. HLS tests medical and non-medical substances on around 75,000 animals every year, from rats to primates.<ref name=BBCJan182001>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1123837.stm "A controversial laboratory"], BBC News, 18 January 2001.</ref><ref>[http://www.drugresearcher.com/news/ng.asp?n=72122-faseb-us-government-huntingdon "New bill clamps down on animal activist activity"], ''Drug Researcher'', 17 November 2006.</ref><ref>*[http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=42 "From push to shove"] Southern Poverty Law Center, Fall 2002.</ref><ref>Townsend, Mark. [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,940033,00.html "Exposed: secrets of the animal organ lab"], ''The Observer'', 20 April 2003.</ref> It has been the subject of several major leaks or undercover investigations by activists and reporters since 1989.<ref name=investigations/>
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The campaign has used tactics ranging from non-violent protest to the alleged firebombing of houses owned by executives associated with HLS's clients and investors. The [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], which monitors US domestic extremism, has described SHAC's ''modus operandi'' as "frankly terroristic tactics similar to those of anti-abortion extremists," and in 2005 an official with the FBI's counter-terrorism division referred to SHAC's activities in the United States as domestic terrorist threats.<ref>[http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=42 "From push to shove"], Southern Poverty Law Group ''Intelligence Report'', Fall 2002</ref><ref>Lewis, John E. [http://web.archive.org/web/20080801014736/http://epw.senate.gov/hearing_statements.cfm?id=247787 "Statement of John Lewis"], US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, 26 October 2005, accessed 17 January 2011.</ref> In 2009 and 2010, 13 members of SHAC, including Avery, James, and Dellemagne, were jailed for between 15 months and eleven years on charges of conspiracy to blackmail or harm HLS and its suppliers.<ref>Evers, Marco. [http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,517875,00.html "Resisting the Animal Avengers", Part 1], [http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,517875-2,00.html Part 2], ''Der Spiegel'', 19 November 2007</ref><ref>Weaver, Matthew. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/oct/25/animal-research-animal-welfare "Animal rights activists jailed for terrorising suppliers to Huntingdon Life Sciences"], ''The Guardian'', 25 October 2010.</ref>
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The campaign has used tactics ranging from non-violent protest to the alleged firebombing of houses owned by executives associated with HLS's clients and investors. The [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], which monitors US domestic extremism, has described SHAC's ''modus operandi'' as "frankly terroristic tactics similar to those of anti-abortion extremists," and in 2005 an official with the FBI's counter-terrorism division referred to SHAC's activities in the United States as domestic terrorist threats.<ref>[http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=42 "From push to shove"], Southern Poverty Law Group ''Intelligence Report'', Fall 2002</ref><ref>Lewis, John E. [http://web.archive.org/web/20080801014736/http://epw.senate.gov/hearing_statements.cfm?id=247787 "Statement of John Lewis"], US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, 26 October 2005, accessed 17 January 2011.</ref> In 2009 and 2010, 13 members of SHAC, including Avery, James, and Dellemagne, were jailed for between 15 months and eleven years on charges of conspiracy to blackmail or harm HLS and its suppliers.<ref>Evers, Marco. [http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,517875,00.html "Resisting the Animal Avengers", Part 1], [http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,517875-2,00.html Part 2], ''Der Spiegel'', 19 November 2007</ref><ref name=Weaver>Weaver, Matthew. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/oct/25/animal-research-animal-welfare "Animal rights activists jailed for terrorising suppliers to Huntingdon Life Sciences"], ''The Guardian'', 25 October 2010.</ref>
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[[Image:HLSmonkey02.jpg|left|thumb|140px|Allegedly filmed inside HLS in the U.S.<ref>[http://www.shac.net/HLS/photos.html Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty photographs].</ref>]]
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[[Image:HLSmonkey02.jpg|left|thumb|140px|Allegedly filmed inside HLS in the U.S.<ref>[http://www.shac.net/HLS/photos.html Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty photographs].</ref>]]
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HLS tests household cleaners, pesticides, weedkillers, cosmetics, food additives, chemicals for use in industry, and drugs for use against Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and cancer.<ref name=BBCJan182001>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1123837.stm "A controversial laboratory"], BBC News, 18 January 2001.</ref> It uses around 75,000 animals every year, including rats, rabbits, pigs, dogs, and primates (marmosets, macaques, and wild-caught baboons).<ref>[http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=42 "From push to shove"] Southern Poverty Law Group ''Intelligence Report'', Fall 2002.
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HLS tests household cleaners, pesticides, weedkillers, cosmetics, food additives, chemicals for use in industry, and drugs for use against Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and cancer.<ref name=BBCJan182001 /> It uses around 75,000 animals every year, including rats, rabbits, pigs, dogs, and primates (marmosets, macaques, and wild-caught baboons).<ref>[http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=42 "From push to shove"] Southern Poverty Law Group ''Intelligence Report'', Fall 2002.
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*Townsend, Mark. [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,940033,00.html "Exposed: secrets of the animal organ lab"], ''The Observer'', 20 April 2003.</ref>
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*Townsend, Mark. [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,940033,00.html "Exposed: secrets of the animal organ lab"], ''The Observer'', 20 April 2003.</ref>
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SHAC maintains a decentralized approach with no official central leadership, allowing activists throughout the UK and North America to act autonomously, though ''The Guardian'' described Avery in 2008 as the ''de facto'' leader.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/24/profile-animal-research-activists "Campaigns, protests and prison terms: how activists formed militant cell"], ''The Guardian'', 24 December 2008.</ref> After Avery was jailed, another activist, Thomas Harris, ran the group in the UK until he was imprisoned in 2010.<ref name=Weaver>Weaver, Matthew. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/oct/25/animal-research-animal-welfare "Animal rights activists jailed for terrorising suppliers to Huntingdon Life Sciences"], ''The Guardian'', 25 October 2010.</ref> Before their convictions, Nicholson, Avery, and Dellemagne would publish reports on the SHAC website and by mail, and provide press information and interviews; in April 2004 they were reported to be living together rent-free in a cottage provided by a supporter, Virginia Jane Steele.<ref name=DowardApril2004>Doward, Jamie. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/animalrights/story/0,11917,1189921,00.html "Sex and violence allegations split animal rights campaign"], ''The Observer'', 11 April 2004.</ref> SHAC also obtains income from fundraising stalls. According to ''The Times'', one stall in London's Oxford Street could generate £500 in a single day, and in total around £1 million in donations had been raised by 2008.<ref name=TimesYeoman>Yeoman, Fran. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5391799.ece "The £1m hate campaign paid for by high street collections"], ''The Times'', 24 December 2008.</ref>
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SHAC maintains a decentralized approach with no official central leadership, allowing activists throughout the UK and North America to act autonomously, though ''The Guardian'' described Avery in 2008 as the ''de facto'' leader.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/24/profile-animal-research-activists "Campaigns, protests and prison terms: how activists formed militant cell"], ''The Guardian'', 24 December 2008.</ref> After Avery was jailed, another activist, Thomas Harris, ran the group in the UK until he was imprisoned in 2010.<ref name=Weaver /> Before their convictions, Nicholson, Avery, and Dellemagne would publish reports on the SHAC website and by mail, and provide press information and interviews; in April 2004 they were reported to be living together rent-free in a cottage provided by a supporter, Virginia Jane Steele.<ref name=DowardApril2004>Doward, Jamie. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/animalrights/story/0,11917,1189921,00.html "Sex and violence allegations split animal rights campaign"], ''The Observer'', 11 April 2004.</ref> SHAC also obtains income from fundraising stalls. According to ''The Times'', one stall in London's Oxford Street could generate £500 in a single day, and in total around £1 million in donations had been raised by 2008.<ref name=TimesYeoman>Yeoman, Fran. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5391799.ece "The £1m hate campaign paid for by high street collections"], ''The Times'', 24 December 2008.</ref>
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