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Animal activists dig up womans remains |
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Written by DeadGirl
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Friday, 15 October 2004 |
10/13/2004
By JONATHAN BROWN
The theft of a grandmother's remains from a grave in a quiet country churchyard in Staffordshire was being claimed by extremists yesterday as a victory in the global war for animal rights.
The Florida-based website of direct action magazine Bite Back hailed the removal of 82-year-old Gladys Hammond's coffin as a successful "sabotage" operation.
Displaying the slogan "more than one action a day, every day" the site listed the exhumation with other strikes in recent weeks. Among them: a paint stripper attack on a German businessman's home in Dusseldorf, the "liberation" of mice from a laboratory in Russia and the defacing of billboards at a greyhound stadium in Ireland.
Police believe the reason Gladys Hammond, who died in 1997, was targeted was because she was the mother-in-law of one of two brothers who run Darley Oaks Farm in Newchurch, Staffordshire, where guinea pigs are bred for medical research.
Campaigners claim the animals are kept in appalling conditions in three locations in the villages of Newborough and Newchurch - allegations the family denies.
The farm has found itself at the centre of an increasingly pernicious protest thought to be conducted by members of the Animal Liberation Front. Not only have the farm's owners, David Hall and his two sons, Chris and John, been targeted, but the entire village in which they live has come under fire in what the Home Office regards as the most extreme campaign of its kind.
The Halls, their friends and neighbours have been subjected to personal threats, attacks on their property and smear campaigns. Policing the situation has already cost the local force £500,000 ($1.3 million).
The windows of a 70-year old woman's home were broken. The landlord of the local pub was threatened with arson after rejecting standing up to demands to bar the brothers. Veterinary staff, the village hotel, and the local solicitors have all been warned not to co-operate with the Halls, while the greens of their golf club were dug up.
Police believe it would have taken at least two people up to four hours to dig up the grave at St Peter's Church, Yoxall, sometime last Wednesday.
Detective Chief Inspector Nicholas Baker said "most of the remains" of the "much-loved lady" were missing. "This incident has gone far beyond anybody's understanding of what constitutes a protest. It's difficult to find words to describe what's taken place."
Campaigners have already halted a project to build a primate research centre at Cambridge because of the excessive costs of protecting staff while plans to build an animal laboratory at Oxford are now seriously delayed.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3599971&thesection=news&thesubsection=world |
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