Guest guest Posted November 23, 2002 Report Share Posted November 23, 2002 SHAC activists storm top hotelPosted on Friday, November 22, 2002 - 10:49 GMT An animal rights campaigner barricaded herself into a hotel room in protest against a company taking part in a pesticide conference. Lynn Sawyer piled furniture against the door of room five of the Kent Suite at the Hilton Metropole Hotel on Brighton seafront yesterday, while delegates of the British Crop Protection Council conference were taking a lunch break. Ms Sawyer, a midwife from Worcester, had travelled to Brighton to join a group of campaigners from Sussex and other parts of Britain who were campaigning against vivisection laboratory Huntington Life Science (HLS), which had a stand at the conference. Ms Sawyer said the protest was peaceful and added: "I'm in this for the animals and the people affected by the pesticide industry. It's nothing personal against the hotel but if they will host animal abusers then this is what they will get. "I got into this because I was delivering babies and thought of what sort of world was I bringing them into." She blamed the pesticide industry for birth defects and damage to the environment. Other protesters stormed the building and said they got into rooms reserved for conference delegates before being ejected. One campaigner, Joseph Dawson from London, said: "We are warning the conference delegates that if they work with Huntington, we will demonstrate against them too." Police arrested two people. One was arrested on suspicion of burglary, the other for burglary and theft of passes and for allegedly drinking three bottles of beer. A spokesman for the hotel said: "We are not involved in the agenda of the conference and we are not a political organisation." Story from: http://www.thisisbrighton.co.uk/brighton__hove/archive/2002/11/19/NEWS620ZM.html "Live in peace with the animals. Animals bring love to our hearts, and warmth to our souls." Colleen Klaum "He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." Immanuel Kant Be the voice for the voiceless, join our group today: CorrectTreatment/ Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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