ALF attacks Wachovia executive's home, car
This entry was posted on 3/12/2007 4:34 PM and is filed under Animal News.
PORTLAND, Oregon -- Animal Liberation Front members have claimed responsibility for vandalizing the home and car of a Wachovia executive.
In an anonymous communique sent to the North American Liberation Press Office (NAALPO) on March 10, the ALF activists reported that they had spray-painted the car and home of Wachovia Securities First Vice President Jason Bratt on March 6. According to a March 12 NAALPO press release, the activists went after Mr. Bratt because Wachovia "invests heavily" in GlaxoSmithKline, a major pharmaceutical company with investments in Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), a UK-based research firm notorious for its animal experimentation.
According to the press release, HLS has been found to have killed 500 dogs, primates and other animals daily testing products including pesticides and oven cleaners. These findings were uncovered in six undercover investigations of animal abuse and animal welfare violations at HLS. The company lost its listing on the London Stock Exchange more than four years ago and its New York Stock Exchange in September, thanks to a campaign by animal rights activists.
The communique read, "On the early morning of March 6, the ALF visited the home of Jason Bratt...[in] Portland, Oregon. The phrase 'Drop SSK' [GSK?] were [sic] painted on his garage door and the letters ALF were scrawled across the side of his car in black spray paint. Jason Bratt is the First Vice-president of Wachovia Securities in Portland, Oregon, an investment firm which owns over half a billion dollars in shares in GlaxoSmithKline. GlaxoSmithKline is the largest customer of Huntingdon Life Sciences. This is a warning to Wachovia; sell your shares in GSK or the ALF will continue to target the homes and property of your employees."
The author(s) of the communique also included Mr. Bratt's home address.
Many banks and insurance and investment companies, including Charles Schwab and TD Waterhouse, have stopped trading in HLS shares or conducting any business with the testing company because of animal liberationists' warning and their increasing awareness of HLS's reputation for animal cruelty.
The attack is similar to one on a Barclay's bank branch, for which the ALF also claimed responsibility, in a February 27 communique received by the NAALPO. Barclay's is an investor in HLS.
In an anonymous communique sent to the North American Liberation Press Office (NAALPO) on March 10, the ALF activists reported that they had spray-painted the car and home of Wachovia Securities First Vice President Jason Bratt on March 6. According to a March 12 NAALPO press release, the activists went after Mr. Bratt because Wachovia "invests heavily" in GlaxoSmithKline, a major pharmaceutical company with investments in Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), a UK-based research firm notorious for its animal experimentation.
According to the press release, HLS has been found to have killed 500 dogs, primates and other animals daily testing products including pesticides and oven cleaners. These findings were uncovered in six undercover investigations of animal abuse and animal welfare violations at HLS. The company lost its listing on the London Stock Exchange more than four years ago and its New York Stock Exchange in September, thanks to a campaign by animal rights activists.
The communique read, "On the early morning of March 6, the ALF visited the home of Jason Bratt...[in] Portland, Oregon. The phrase 'Drop SSK' [GSK?] were [sic] painted on his garage door and the letters ALF were scrawled across the side of his car in black spray paint. Jason Bratt is the First Vice-president of Wachovia Securities in Portland, Oregon, an investment firm which owns over half a billion dollars in shares in GlaxoSmithKline. GlaxoSmithKline is the largest customer of Huntingdon Life Sciences. This is a warning to Wachovia; sell your shares in GSK or the ALF will continue to target the homes and property of your employees."
The author(s) of the communique also included Mr. Bratt's home address.
Many banks and insurance and investment companies, including Charles Schwab and TD Waterhouse, have stopped trading in HLS shares or conducting any business with the testing company because of animal liberationists' warning and their increasing awareness of HLS's reputation for animal cruelty.
The attack is similar to one on a Barclay's bank branch, for which the ALF also claimed responsibility, in a February 27 communique received by the NAALPO. Barclay's is an investor in HLS.
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