AstraZeneca Sues Animal Rights 'Terrorists'

[The Straight Story]

LOS ANGELES (CN) - AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals claims that Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, "a militant 'animal rights' group with a long history of violent terrorist acts," is terrorizing its employees in Los Angeles. It's the second such complaint against the group this month.

AstraZeneca, like money manager BlackRock3 weeks ago, claims Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) and its members threaten and terrorize employees of companies that have indirect links to Huntingdon Life Sciences, which tests pharmaceutical, agricultural and veterinary products on lab animals.

An AstraZeneca spokesperson, who asked to remain anonymous, told Courthouse News the drugmaker seeks a restraining order against Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty and its members because they have "repeatedly harassed employees at their homes with escalating levels of violence."
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"(T)he cycle of harassment, threats and violence against AstraZeneca and Aptium employees has followed a well-documented pattern of target employees at their homes and in front of their families. As discussed below in more detail, SHAC has been targeting and harassing AstraZeneca and Aptium employees at their homes and in front of their children through raucous, disruptive and threatening activity. SHAC has publicized its 'protests' against AstraZeneca, Aptium and their employees and identified those employees by name on its website. Recently, the attacks have escalated. SHAC terrorized two employees' families, pounding on the doors of their homes and shouting threats and invective in the middle of the night. In addition, a SHAC group committed felony vandalism at a third Aptium employee's home while her family (including her young daughters) were asleep, spray-painting threats on her house and destroying her car that was parked in her driveway. SHAC has promised the campaign and escalation will continue."

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/11/22/41640.htm

[dtexdem]

1. One doesn't have to love drug companies to hate the PETAphiles.

They really are terrorists.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

2. SHAC are violent scum.

I live in Cambridge, where they've been active.

They've decided that since they can't get their way through democracy, they're going to use violence and intimidation. I sincerely hope that more of them end up in jail than already have.

[MilesColtrane]

3. "Terrorists' is such a harsh term.

Can't we call them "hate-kittens"?