Animal Rights Activists Nationwide Protest CEO of Company Building Underground Animal Lab
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In a weekend of protests dubbed #StormSkansa, animal rights activists from across the country travelled to New York to stage massive protests at home and office of Richard Cavallaro, the President and CEO of Skanska USA, a multi-billion dollar global construction company. Skanska was hired by the University of Washington to build a $90 million underground animal research facility in Seattle. According to organizers, Cavallaro was targeted because, as the head of Skanska USA, he has the power to shut down the project.
The convergence was co-organized by activists with the NYC Animal Defense League and the No New Animal Lab campaign, which was started in Seattle by grass roots activists who, in late 2014, discovered that thousands of animals would be held captive, abused and killed in the university’s proposed hidden laboratory.
On Friday night, activists staged a disruptive protest at the Empire State Building, where Skanska’s main office is located. To the delight of activists and pedestrians who recognized him, actor and social justice activist James Cromwell participated in the protest. Following the protest, Mr. Cromwell gave a rousing speech about his advocacy during a Know Your Rights seminar at NYU Law School.
While No New Animal Lab was created to shut down the University of Washington animal lab, the organization has morphed into a modern day incarnation of Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty (SHAC), an activist group in the U.K. and U.S. that employed non-violent direct action to shut down the multinational animal research laboratory, Huntington Life Sciences.
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Please visit No New Animal Lab to learn more about the group’s campaign and to join and/or support their efforts.
I’m a Animal Right’s Activist myself. I believe no harm should come to any animal. I applaud myself and those out there that believe so strongly against animal abuse that they protest on street corners to be heard. After watching some of the video’s I was appalled at how loud and cruel the protesters were. Do you win over with badgery? Maybe that’s why there so much constant ridicule from bypassers. The mega phone, really? How about winning over bee’s with honey not vinegar. I do plenty of street protest about animal cruelty that are silent. People take our hand outs and read our signs. That’s what gets there attention. NOT YELLING IN PEOPLE’S EAR, CLIMBING ROOF TOPS, AND VANDALIZING PROPERTY. Other than that, keep up the great work.
MORE SUFFERING HELL HOLES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.EXPOSED.THERE IS ENOUGH CRUELTY WITHOUT ADDING MORE
Karma w get you
Hope are greedy bastard have a horrible life of pain and suffering.