- Brian Cass
Brian Cass is the managing director of
Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), an animal-testing research company based inHuntingdon , England, andNew Jersey in the United States. Before moving to HLS, Cass was a director ofCovance . He was awarded a CBE in 2002. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2045218.stm] __TOC__Campaign
HLS has been the target since 1999 of
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), a campaign run by British and American animal-rights activists, who seek to close the company down.The campaign has involved acts of intimidation and violence, including against Cass, who sustained head injuries when he was attacked outside his home in February 2001 by three men armed with pickaxe handles and
CS gas . A neighbour who tried to help him was sprayed with the gas. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1494924.stm Jail for lab boss attacker] , BBC News, August 16, 2001.] Detective Chief Inspector Tom Hobbs of Cambridgeshire police told reporters: "It's only by sheer luck that we are not beginning a murder inquiry." [Goodwin, Jo-Ann. "The Animals of Hatred", "Daily Mail, October 15, 2003.] Dave Blenkinsop, who had previously engaged in actions using the name of theAnimal Liberation Front , was jailed for three years for the attack.In 2007, Cass criticized the British financial community for failing to work with HLS after they "took fright" at intimidation by animal rights activists. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=450710&in_page_id=1770&ito=newsnow]
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