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Jake Conroy
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Jake Conroy is an American

vegan[1] who was involved with Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC),[2][3] an international campaign to force the closure of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), an animal-testing company based in the UK and US, for which he designed and maintained the SHAC websites.[4][5] Conroy had previously been a co-founder and activist for an anti-whaling group Ocean Defense International, formally called Sea Defence Alliance,[6] and director of Northwest Animal Rights Network.[7]

He has been recognized as top 100 most influential vegans by Plant Based News.[8]

Background

Conroy joined the animal rights movement in 1995 following an attack by the Animal Liberation Front on a restaurant in Bellevue, Washington near to where he lived.[9] He has been involved in a wide range of activism since graduating from art school volunteering with and organize various campaigns on local, regional, national and international levels.[10][11]

He was influenced by both his mother's involvement with

Hip Hop, Hardcore and Punk rock.[1][12]

Conroy works for Rainforest Action Network, an international environmental organization whose pressure campaigns help enact responsible corporate policies. He was featured in Joaquin Phoenix's 'The Animal People' documentary[13] about the SHAC7, and 'What the Health', a follow-up to the award-winning documentary Cowspiracy.[14]

He also co-founded

AIDS, & anti-death penalty campaigns.[1]

Ocean Defense International

Aged 22 years old, campaigning against the

U.S. Coast Guard for obstructing it while piloting a 19 foot RHIB
. It was the first ever disruption of a whale hunt in US coastal waters.

By directly putting themselves between the hunted and hunter in various vessels, Jake and ODI reduced the anticipated kill of 20 Pacific Gray whales down to one.[19][20]

SHAC campaign

On May 26, 2004, fifteen armed FBI agents broke small home in

pharmaceutical company. In its drug testing, HLS, a British firm, used dogs, primates and rats in vivisection experiments. "The group liken[ed] its activities to the Underground Railroad and the Boston Tea Party, and advocat[ing] protests, letter-writing, and what it call[ed] publicity stunts to disrupt Huntingdon Life Sciences".[23]

In 2006, branded as a "domestic terrorist", Conroy was sentenced to 4 years in prison for his involvement in the campaign against

Animal Enterprise Protection Act.[25][26][27] Their appeal was denied.[28]

SHAC introduced targeted strategy to direct action, including a knowledge of modern business organization which understood that businesses are sustained by a wide selection of secondary and tertiary businesses including insurers, investors, even cafeteria suppliers, and targeted its actions at them as well.[21] Conroy's use of the internet was key to its success.[29]

The Animal Enterprise Protection Act had been signed into law by President George W. Bush to provide animal research facilities with federal protection against violent acts by "animal rights extremists", defining “Animal Enterprise Terrorism" as "physical disruption to the functioning of an animal enterprise by intentionally stealing, damaging, or causing the loss of any property (including animals or records)."[30]

See also

Further reading

  • UNITED STATES v. FULLMER et al. Nos. 06-4211, 06-4296, 06-4339, 06-4436, 06-4437, 06-4438, 06-4447. Decided: October 14, 2009[31][32]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9781452943046
  2. ISBN 9780275990169
  3. ISBN 9780230611993
  4. ^ American Law Reports Annotations and Cases. ALR federal 2d · Volume 50 2010 p.682
  5. ^ Intelligence Report: A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Issues 105-108 2002. Klanwatch"
  6. ^ Violence and Terrorism 04/05, Thomas J. Badey, 2003 McGraw-Hill/Dushkin p.105
  7. ^ "NARN – Northwest Animal Rights Network – The Future is Vegan".
  8. ^ "REVEALED: Top 100 Most Influential Vegans of 2017". 8 April 2017.
  9. ^ This Country Must Change Essays on the Necessity of Revolution in the USA [1], Craig Rosebraugh, Jalil A. Muntaqim, Jonathan Paul, Arissa Media Group 2009
    ISBN 9781936900039
  10. ISBN 9780520294967
  11. ^ Rebel Music Resistance Through Hip Hop and Punk, Information Age Publishing, Incorporated 2015, Editors: Anthony J. Nocella, Martha Diaz, Priya Parmar, Scott Robertson
    ISBN 9781623969110
  12. ^ TEffective Activism & State Repression: An Interview with Jake Conroy on how the SHAC Campaign nearly bankrupt one of the largest animal testing labs in the world [2]
  13. ^ Lennard, Natasha (December 12, 2019). "In New Documentary, Animal Rights Activists Prosecuted as Terrorists". The Intercept.
  14. ^ "Facts". WHAT THE HEALTH.
  15. ^ WHALE HUNT UPDATE: By Josh Harper, September 08, 1999
  16. ^ Makah Indians Celebrate Whale Hunt, Associated PressTuesday, May 18, 1999 [3]
  17. ^ Lethbridge Herald Newspaper Archives, May 18, 1999 Page 31
  18. ^ "1999 Whale & Dolphin News - Whales on the Net". www.whales.org.au.
  19. ^ "Jake Conroy [International Animal Rights Conference: 10.-13.9.2015 - Luxembourg]". ar-conference.org.
  20. ISBN 9783825887544
  21. ^ a b c I Fought The Law: A Review Of Terrorists Or Freedom Fighters?: Reflections On The Liberation Of Animals, Edited By Steven Best & Anthony J. Nocella Ii, Matthew Liebman, Journal of Animal Law 151 (2005)[4]
  22. ^ Laville, Sandra. "Animal rights extremists still targeting lab" Archived 27 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, 24 December 2008
  23. ^ Hanley, Robert (May 27, 2004). "Seven Animal Rights Advocates Arrested" – via NYTimes.com.
  24. ^ Stabile, Nicholas C. (January 20, 2016). "Jake Conroy".
  25. ISBN 9780313364297
  26. ISBN 9780313082405
  27. ISBN 9781452292267
  28. ^ Animal Law: Welfare, Interests, and Rights Front Cover, David S. Favre. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 9 Dec 2014
  29. ISBN 0872865525
  30. ^ Radical Animal Rights Group Convicted of Inciting Violence, Stalking, March 9, 2006 [5]
  31. ^ "UNITED STATES v. FULLMER (2009) | FindLaw".
  32. ^ Animal Legal and Historical Center, Michigan State University College of Law [6]

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