Cass demands crackdown on animal rights activists . . .

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10 June 2002
By Ananova

A tough new crackdown on animal rights activists has been demanded by a man awarded a CBE in the Queen's Jubilee Birthday Honours.

Brian Cass is the managing director of Huntingdon Life Sciences, one of Europe's leading animal testing laboratories.

Mr Cass, who received the honour for services to medical research, says "abuse, intimidation and violence" still occurs on a daily basis.

He was seriously injured when attacked with pick-axe handles by a masked gang outside his home last year.

"More must be done to protect those targeted by the activists if we wish to see bio-medical research in the UK realise its full potential," he said.

Writing in the Parliamentary House Magazine, Mr Cass, 54, produced a 10 point plan including making violent campaigns, whose main objective is the demise of a legitimate organisation, illegal.

He also wants to make any demonstrations at private residential homes illegal and find ways to control abuse and incitement on the web.

Mr Cass said: "This is a challenging list but it must be resolutely addressed so that UK researchers and their associates no longer have the prospect of intimidation and violence as an everyday part of their lives."

He says his company continues to adopt a policy of openness even when its employees and many other stakeholders are subjected to abuse, intimidation and violence.

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Chris Deacon MSFA, ACII, Chartered Insurance Practitioner.

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