Greg Avery Explained

Greg Avery
Nationality:British
Occupation:Animal Activist

Greg Avery is a British animal rights activist and former criminal.[1] [2] He has been involved with Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), an international campaign to force the closure of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), an animal testing company based in the UK and US. Avery has several prison sentences and served time for assaulting a policeman.[1]

Early life

Avery was born and raised near Buxton in Derbyshire, one of six brothers.[3] He joined the animal rights movement at the age of 15, and has devoted himself to it full-time ever since.[3]

Arrests and convictions

On 1 May 2007, after a series of raids involving 700 police officers in England, Amsterdam, and Belgium, 32 people linked to SHAC were arrested, including Avery and Dellemagne, who were charged with conspiracy to blackmail in connection with the SHAC campaign.[4] [5] [6]

He was also served with an indefinite ASBO, restricting his future contact with companies targeted in the campaign.[7]

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Topping. Alexandra. 2008. Profiles: Heather Nicholson and Gregg Avery. The Guardian. en-GB.
  2. Web site: Halfpenny. Martin. 2009. Animal rights activists jailed for blackmail. The Independent. en-GB.
  3. Boggan, Steve. Money talks The Guardian, 1 June 2006.
  4. Web site: Animal rights extremism – police arrest 32 people. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927074535/http://www.netcu.org.uk/media/article.jsp?id=249 . 27 September 2007. National Extremism Tactical Coordination Unit press release. 1 May 2007.
  5. Web site: Operation Achilles – twelfth person charged. https://web.archive.org/web/20070824114400/http://www.netcu.org.uk/media/article.jsp?id=255 . 24 August 2007. National Extremism Tactical Coordination Unit.
  6. News: Animal rights activists involved in bid to shut lab among 30 arrested in raids. The Guardian . https://web.archive.org/web/20200825055214/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2007/may/02/businessofresearch.ukcrime . 25 August 2020. 2 May 2007 . Laville . Sandra .
  7. Bowcott, Owen. Court jails Huntingdon animal test lab blackmailers, The Guardian, 21 January 2009.

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