Court ruling will help protect victims of animal rights terrorism (4/18/2003)

Britain's High Court has issued a temporary injunction against animal rights terrorists who have targeted a company that uses animals for research.

Mr. Justice Christopher Pitchers ruled on April 16 that, until a full hearing on May 14 takes place, animal rights protestors may not come within 50 yards of the homes of employees of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), a drug-testing company. Protestors are also banned from "assaulting, molesting, harassing, pestering, threatening or otherwise interfering with" company employees, their families and anyone "setting out to visit them."

Restrictions have also been placed on protests outside the company's headquarters in England. A maximum of 25 protestors will be able to picket the company only once per month.

The injunction was issued against Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), Animal Liberation Front, London Animal Action and nine individuals. SHAC supporters oppose the use of animals for research and have targeted anyone who is remotely affiliated with HLS. The fanatics have besieged the home of an HLS shareholder, torched employees' cars, temporarily blinded an HLS executive in a chemical spray attack and beaten the managing director with a baseball bat.

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