Vivisection
Brighton Vegan Activists urge university to “stop using vivisection”
On Tuesday 4 December a local news website, The Argus, reported a demonstration against Brighton University. It said a group called Brighton Vegan Activists had […]
Flashback: 12 August 1999 – more than 800 cats saved from torture as Hillgrove Farm closes down
On this day in 1999 Hillgrove Farm, the notorious breeder of cats for vivisection, closed down following a bitterly fought campaign which had been the […]
28 April: World Day For Animals In Laboratories March in Nottingham
This year’s World Day for Animals In Laboratories (WDAIL) will take place in Nottingham for the second time in four years. It is being organised […]
Flashback: 17 March 1990 – ALF liberates more than 100 animals from laboratory animal breeder Interfauna
On this day in 1990 one of the most famous Animal Liberation Front raids in history was successfully completed. Activists broke into Interfauna, a supplier […]
Monkey importer sends white powder to himself and colleague, then blames animal rights group
News has just emerged that Matt Block, the head of Worldwide Primates – a company which imports monkeys for experimentation – has received five years […]
Sven and Natasha sentenced for fighting animal torture
Natasha Simpkins and husband Sven Van Hasselt were sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on Wednesday 24 January. Both decided to plead guilty to a charge […]
Flashback: 5 November 1994 – Police called as rival factions clash at anti-vivisection group’s meeting
On this day 23 years ago the Britsh Union for the Abolition of Vivisection’s EGM descended into mayhem due to a long running dispute between […]
Debbie Vincent wins payout from Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Former animal rights prisoner Debbie Vincent has just been awarded £3500 from Avon and Somerset Constabulary. It admitted liability for unlawful arrest, imprisonment and assault […]
Animal Justice Project Blog: “Joining up our struggles” by Tom Anderson
Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), the world’s largest arms fair, will be held at the ExCel Centre in London’s Docklands from 4-11 September. There […]
Flashback: 1 May 2007: Operation Achilles – SHAC under attack
On this day in 2007 a massive police operation codenamed Operation Achilles was launched at dawn against campaigners trying to close down Huntingdon Life Sciences, […]
AR prisoner Debbie Vincent due for release next month
Infiltration of political and protest groups is sometimes spoken about as an historical phenomenon. The Pitchford Inquiry covers spycops from 1968 to 2010 but that […]
Free Sven and Natasha – campaign update
For most of us, the campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences is a piece of history. After trying for 15 years to close down this notorious […]
Friday 2 December: protest against cruel and misleading animal experiments at University College London
On Friday 2 December the Animal Justice Project is holding a demonstration against vivisection at University College London. UCL is the third largest user of […]
Labour’s summer of turmoil – should we care?
The momentous EU referendum has cast a long shadow over politics this summer. Those architects of austerity, Cameron and Osborne, have gone from office and […]
Black Flag magazine gives space to animal rights
It is unusual for anarchist publications, especially class struggle ones, to give coverage to animal rights. Black Flag, however, has done just that in its […]
Why Labour can’t be trusted: 2) animal protection
This article was originally written days before the 2015 general election to accompany a similar one on Labour and the working class. Due to technical […]
Flashback: 9 May 2006 – Operation Tornado: anti-vivisection campaigners under attack
On 9 May 2006 a series of dawn raids which took place at nine homes in Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, the West Midlands and Gloucestershire led […]
Matt Rayner and me protesting against Boots: the story behind the photo
Photos of me from the nineties, especially on protests such as this, are as rare as hen’s teeth. Taken 24 years ago on World Lab […]
On the frontline against vivisection: No New Animal Lab at the University of Washington
World Week for Laboratory Animals is upon us. There are a number of protests and events happening – not least the World Day for Animals […]