3 November, 2011
For Immediate Release
Home and Car of
AstraZeneca Executive Vandalized by Animal Liberation Operatives
Support of Animal Testing Firm Huntingdon Life Sciences Cited as Motive
Los Angeles: In an anonymous communique received by the North American
Animal Liberation Press Office today, animal liberation operatives claim to
have used spray paint, paint stripper and etching paste to deface the home
and automobile of a vice-president of Aptium Oncology, a subsidiary of
AstraZeneca. AstraZeneca, a self-described biopharmaceutical company, is in
turn a customer of Huntingdon Life Sciences, against which a campaign has
been waged for years as a result of their needlessly killing of
approximately 500 innocent animals per day testing pharmaceuticals, cleaning
products and other substances.
The communique reads in full:
On the night of October 27, the ALF decided to help Michele Bollinger, VP of
Business Development and Consulting for Aptium Oncology, get into the
Halloween spirit. We showed up at the house she shares with her husband
Jeremy at [redacted] Pelham Ave [Los Angeles] and redecorated her walls and
vehicle, with the aid of a little bit of red spraypaint, stripper, and
etching paste. The ALF wants to let all the kids in the neighborhood know
about the house of horrors that Michele and Aptium, as an AstraZeneca
subsidiary, support at Huntingdon Life Sciences. We are so close to shutting
this hellhole down for good, let's make it happen by hitting AstraZeneca
where it hurts. Get out there and get active!
Huntingdon Life
Sciences (HLS) has been exposed in seven consecutive undercover
investigations demonstrating lab technicians simulating sex with animals,
punching beagle puppies and violating numerous animal welfare regulations.
The company kills 500 dogs and other animals every day testing such products
as oven cleaners, pesticides and pharmaceuticals. Before losing their NYSE
listing several years ago, HLS lost their listing on the London Stock
Exchange after UK campaigners exposed atrocities occurring inside HLS
facilities; the company currently teeters on the brink of bankruptcy.
SHAC (Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty) was formed more than a decade ago
to combat the atrocities occurring at the Huntingdon Life Sciences
facilities around the globe. More information on the campaign, including
additional targets worldwide, is available at
www.shac.net
