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We are non-hierarchical grassroots coalition of animal liberationists. We aim to fight for and win battles against the animal torture industries through protest, education and direct action. We support all forms of resistance and encourage others to follow their conscience.
Disclaimer: This video is for educational information only. North Carolina Animal Defense League is not affiliated with Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty.
What's wrong with HLS?
Huntingdon Life Sciences is one of the world's largest contract-testing facilities, which means they are paid by other companies to test their products. They have facilities in the US (New Jersey) under the name Life Sciences Research and two in England (Europe's largest). HLS has been caught in five undercover investigations committing blatant animal abuse such as violently shaking and punching four-month-old beagle puppies in the face on tape. Employees accidentally transplanted a frozen pig's heart into a babboon without thawing it out first. During their xenotransplantation experiments, they breached the Good Laboratory Practices guildelines 520 times. They have lost animals, including a babboon, on site for days. Their own records show that technicians were seen drunk, on drugs, and trying sell illegal drugs at work, but were never fired. They have been exposed falsifying scientific data and breaking animal welfare laws. These investigations have resulted in HLS employees being convicted of animal cruelty, fined by the USDA and almost shut down by the UK government. Activists world-wide are campaigning to finish the job and shut them down for good.
It doesn't end there.
Researchers have admitted that animal research is "only reliable 5-25% of the time." A worker, once questioned on the correctness of a procedure, replied "Nope. Not supposed to, never saw it, never did it, can't prove it." They have described animals in their care as "rotting, but still alive." To be concise, we have decided not to list all of their many transgressions. See here for more detail. Right now there are 70,000 animals imprisoned inside the walls of Huntingdon Life Sciences. These include dogs, cats, monkeys, birds, rabbits, fish, mice and farm animals. These experiments are often done by forcing a tube down the animal's throat and pouring chemicals into the stomach of the victim. Technicians are told not to play with the animals, because it is "a waste of time." All the animals used and mistreated in the barbaric experiments at HLS will die at the end of their miserable lives, alone and in their own congealed blood, feces, and vomit.
But isn't this "life-saving research?"
No. HLS' areas of research include testing the toxicity of pesticides, herbicides, food colorings, household products, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Animals die so that we can have a sweeter coffee sweetener, a better tanning lotion, or tooth paste. Here you can find a list of health care professionals who agree that HLS is a fraud.
Everyday, 500 animals are tortured and killed in the labs of Huntingdon Life Sciences and their U.S. facility, Life Sciences Research. Activists from around the world vowed to shut HLS down, and in 2005, HLS is on the edge of financial collapse. Let's finish them off!
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