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  Huntingdon Life Sciences - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) is a contract animal-testing company founded in 1952 in England, now with facilities in Huntingdon in the United Kingdom, New Jersey in the United States, and Japan.
Huntingdon officials say these breaches were isolated cases [3] and that the staff responsible were sacked and prosecuted, but the company's labs have been repeatedly accused by animal-rights supporters of further similar offences.
Huntingdon Life Sciences by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivesection (BUAV)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Huntingdon_Life_Sciences   (905 words)

  
 W.A.R. Online - Huntingdon Life Sciences
The campaign to shut down Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) is fast becoming one of the most significant in the history of the animal rights movement.
The speed, methodology, and determination with which one of the world's biggest animal testing laboratories is being brought to its knees, entirely by the efforts of volunteer grassroots activists, denotes the endless possibilities of what what a small community of passionate campaigners can do.
Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) is one of the world's largest product testing labs.
www.war-online.org /hls.htm   (340 words)

  
 Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) is an international animal rights campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), Europe's largest contract animal-testing laboratory, based in Huntingdon and Occold, England, and East Millstone, New Jersey in the United States.
On September 7, 2005, the New York stock exchange asked Life Sciences Research, the name HLS is trading under in the U.S., to delay its listing.
Huntingdon Life Sciences an article by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivesection (BUAV)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stop_Huntingdon_Animal_Cruelty   (3713 words)

  
 Guardian | Huntingdon Life Sciences to list in the US
Huntingdon Life Sciences was accused of raising the white flag to animal rights extremists yesterday as it announced plans to quit the London Stock Exchange for a listing in the US.
Richard Michaelson, Huntingdon's spokesman, said: "The company's reputation in the financial community has been tarnished by so-called economic terrorists who seek to enforce their views on others by undermining our ability to do business." The move would remove the low-hanging fruit from activists, making it more difficult to identify and harass shareholders.
Life Sciences Research is incorporated in Maryland, where state law only permits shareholders' names to be disclosed to investors who have held a stake of 5% for at least six months.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4274023-103676,00.html   (414 words)

  
 Huntingdon Life Sciences   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
IDA is thrilled to announce several important successes in the battle to stop Huntingdon Life Sciences' (HLS's) cruelty.
In 1997, PETA conducted an eight-month undercover investigation at Huntingdon Life Sciences in NJ, documenting daily abuse to the animals and sloppy scientific practices.
HUNTINGDON Life Sciences (HLS), the drug testing group, yesterday announced that its biggest backer, Stephens Group, is to end its relationship with the company.
www.vivisectioninfo.org /HLS.html   (1152 words)

  
 Education | Huntingdon Life finds a friend
Huntingdon has been besieged by protesters who object to its work in testing drugs on animals.
Huntingdon turned to the US for backers after Royal Bank of Scotland refused to renew loan agreements.
Huntingdon's move to the US is through a $10m (£7m) takeover by Life Sciences Research, a newly incorporated company backed by millionaire Swiss businessman Walter Stapfer.
education.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4280645-103676,00.html   (295 words)

  
 The Daily Trouble: Wednesday, July 23, 1997, Huntingdon Life Sciences Group PLC
Huntingdon Life Sciences was hit with a double whammy that has sent shares tumbling since hitting highs in early April.
Huntingdon Life Sciences is a contract research firm that does pre-clinical and non-clinical testing for pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and engineering firms.
Huntingdon has launched a counterattack against PETA in the form of a lawsuit claiming the videos were obtained illegally.
www.fool.com /DTrouble/1997/DTrouble970723.htm   (503 words)

  
 Business Wire: Huntingdon Life Sciences Managing Director Wins... @ HighBeam Research
Huntingdon Life Sciences Group plc ("Huntingdon" or the "Company") announced that Brian Cass, Managing Director of Huntingdon Life Sciences, has won the UK "Pharma" Industry Achievement Award 2001, for the person who has achieved most for the pharmaceutical world in the past year.
Huntingdon Life Sciences Group plc is one of the world's leading Contract Research Organisations providing product development services to the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and biotechnology industries.
These statements are based largely on Huntingdon's expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond Huntingdon's control, as more fully described in Huntingdon's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, as filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:78781703&refid=ink_tptd_np   (434 words)

  
 BBC News | BUSINESS | Huntingdon agrees US buy out
Life Sciences Research (LSR) was set up for the purpose of buying Huntingdon - previously the target of a campaign by animal rights protesters.
It is unclear which interests lie behind the bid, although Huntingdon has said none of its current shareholders or creditors were involved.
Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) made it clear on Tuesday that it was committed to remaining in the UK.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/business/1589023.stm   (380 words)

  
 Candlewest Systems Group Ltd.
Huntingdon Life Sciences needed an intuitive, reliable, flexible and customizable solution that could integrate various reporting and financial management needs.
Founded in 1952, Huntingdon Life Sciences is one of the world's foremost product development companies covering with a wide variety of products, including pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, industrial chemicals, veterinary products, foods and flavorings, to help manufacturers develop safer products for the market.
Prior to Huntingdon Life Sciences’ implementation of Microsoft Business Solutions, reporting tasks were cumbersome, the customization of invoices was time-consuming and real-time access to data was non-existent.
www.candlewest.com /sub_page.php?inc=about_us&sub=about_us_huntingdon   (399 words)

  
 BUAV - British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection - Undercover - Huntingdon Life Sciences   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Huntingdon Research Centre (now Huntingdon Life Sciences) is Europe's largest contract testing laboratory carrying out toxicity tests on animals.
Subcutaneous and skin toxicity tests also occurred, as did infusion studies where the dogs were strapped into a harness for up to eight hours a day to have substances pumped directly into their bloodstream.
Yet, seven years later, Sarah Kite was involved in another exposé of the research facility, now called Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), this time with Channel 4 TV.
www.buav.org /undercover/hls.html   (1215 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | England | Childcare group warned of 'hell'
They administered a scheme for Huntingdon Life Sciences to give employees child care vouchers which can be used at any nursery.
A spokesman said they were not aware that any children from Huntingdon Life Sciences attended their own nurseries.
Huntingdon Life Sciences carries out cancer and other medical research on animals, which the government has described as vital, but have come under fire from campaign groups.
news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/england/4295706.stm   (343 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Critter Country (Life Sentence)
Huntingdon Life Sciences is offering to pay cash for cats and dogs rescued from New Orleans.
Huntingdon Life Sciences isn't a rescue at all.
I am writing in response to your email to Huntingdon Life Sciences, and particularly about the email, alleged to have been written by Carol Auletta, that is making the rounds among several animal rescue list servers, indicating that Huntingdon Life Sciences is attempting to purchase rescued dogs and cats.
www.snopes.com /critters/crusader/huntingdon.asp   (484 words)

  
 Huntington Life Sciences | aucklandanimalaction.org.nz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) is Europe’s largest contract animal testing laboratory.
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty was set up in 1999 with the sole aim of closing HLS down.
Huntingdon Life Sciences have a criminal record from a British court of law for breaking the Companies' Act.
aucklandanimalaction.org.nz /2/hls   (442 words)

  
 www.webhost4u.org - Science Online, International News, Ideas, Innovation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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www.webhost4u.org /content/chapter79.html   (14689 words)

  
 BBC News | BUSINESS | Animal lab firm to abandon London
The controversial drug-testing firm Huntingdon Life Sciences has won approval to transform itself into a US-listed company, a report has said.
A shell company - Life Sciences Research - was created in October to facilitate the transformation.
Huntingdon Life Sciences has had trouble securing finance in the past, largely because investors feared retaliation from protesters.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/business/1726823.stm   (363 words)

  
 Huntingdon Life Sciences, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK
Huntingdon Life Sciences, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK Huntingdon Life Sciences is one of the World's foremost product development companies with a history and heritage dating back 50 years.
Many of Huntingdon's scientists share their experience and expertise by lecturing and presenting at meetings and seminars around the world.
Huntingdon is at the forefront of pioneering various in-vitro techniques.
www.kompass.co.uk /directory/companyinfo/Huntingdon|_Cambridgeshire/Huntingdon_Life_Sciences_Ltd/82297849.htm   (145 words)

  
 Huntingdon Life Sciences   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Because of our campaign, Huntingdon's stock has fallen to as low as.25 per share (from a high of $30 in 1997), which means they no longer meet the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
As a result, Huntingdon was removed from the NYSE on December 27.
The UK-based Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty and US-based In Defense of Animals are waging a hard-hitting campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences, a death camp for 180,000 animals annually who are forced to ingest, inhale and endure all manner of toxic chemicals.
www.vivisectioninfo.org /HLS12.html   (893 words)

  
 Life Sciences   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Virtual community for the bioresearch and life sciences industry featuring daily news, product updates, discussion forums, and online chat with information on manufacturing, technology, equipment, supplies, software, and careers.
Distributes equipment for the life sciences industry, including blood banks, research labs, hospitals, clinics, and universities.
Metahelix Life Sciences is a company that specializes in scientific consulting, contract research, application software and product development in the emerging areas of life science informatics and genomics.
www.agorafind.com /index.php?c=647   (266 words)

  
 Video reveals holocaust in progress at Huntingdon Life Sciences
Their hearts went out to the animals on that screen and their ears were hurting from the sounds being projected.
Huntingdon Life Sciences researchers have admitted that animal research is “only reliable 5-25 percent of the time.” Undercover investigators have also seen evidence of falsified or distorted data related to testing.
So when we look at Huntingdon Life Sciences, it’s not just the animals that are being harmed and killed, it’s humans as well.
www.flagteaparty.org /Publications/Headlines/Pages/2002/July_2002/Animal_Testing.html   (999 words)

  
 CLOSE HUNTINGDON LIFE SCIENCES!
Huntingdon Life Sciences(HLS) is the world's second largest animal testing laboratory.
This is the cruelty that takes place behind the closed doors of Huntingdon Life Sciences.
There are people who are directly responsible for the poisoning, torture and death of 500 animals a day,180,000 a year at Huntingdon Life Sciences - and these people have home addresses.
www.freetheanimals.homestead.com /closehls.html   (647 words)

  
 Telegraph | News
For two days and nights, employees of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) will face an even greater likelihood of having bricks thrown through their windows, their cars covered in paint-stripper, incendiary devices put through their letter boxes and hooded men attacking them as they walk from the car to the front door.
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) was formed in 1999, two years after an undercover reporter working for a Channel 4 documentary infiltrated HLS's research centre at Huntingdon and obtained secretly-recorded footage of technicians abusing a beagle.
Andrew Baker, the chief executive of Life Sciences Research, HLS's parent company, spoke last week of his anger that the Government is not doing more to combat attacks.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/07/27/nhls27.xml   (1456 words)

  
 Online Petition - STOP HUNTINGDON LIFE SCIENCES, Europe's largest vivisection lab
Huntingdon Life Sciences is Europe's largest vivisection lab.
They have labs Situated in Huntingdon (UK),Occold (UK) and in NJ (USA).70,000 animals including dogs,cats,rabbits,monkeys and guinea pigs are imprisoned in poor conditions.
The "STOP HUNTINGDON LIFE SCIENCES, Europe's largest vivisection lab" Petition to "SHAC" was written by "Andrew Brown".
www.gopetition.com /online/1241.html   (280 words)

  
 Huntingdon Life Sciences Petition
Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) near Cambridge, England, is the largest commercial animal testing lab in Europe.
They have 70,000 animals imprisoned in their labs including 1,000 dogs, 200 cats, 1,000 monkeys and many others including birds and fish, and their website claims to carry out experiments on donkeys, horses and deer.
The Huntingdon Life Sciences Petition to U.K Home Secretary was created by and written by Terry Pritchard.
www.petitiononline.com /hls114/petition.html   (151 words)

  
 Bank of England to help Huntingdon Life Sciences... - visordown
Huntingdon Life Sciences have done some sterling work.
Huntingdon Life Sciences do work that has probably helped even you.
I'm sorry I just cannot support an organisation like Huntingdon Life Sciences and I think you are wrong in thinking that it is the loud minority that feel like this.
www.visordown.com /forums/showthread.php?t=22050   (1593 words)

  
 Huntingdon Life Sciences v Curtin
The immediate background to the present situation is a hunger strike presently being conducted by Barry Horne who is presently in HMPG Bristol.
It was not only the directors who were harassed in this way but also members of staff who during the course of September have been harassed by masked demonstrators, masked men with hoods visiting their front doors and damage to their property at various points during this month.
At the Huntingdon site again people have been harried albeit to a lesser degree and at the Eye site so far nothing has happened but it is believed that protesters have plans to meet at this site on 4 October and they may now meet beforehand.
www.freebeagles.org /caselaw/CL_hs_Curtin_full.html   (1449 words)

  
 Huntingdon Life Sciences - Welcome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) are the largest contract testing lab in Europe.
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) campaigns for the closure of HLS due to the fact that they abuse animals as well as harming humans with their unsafe practices.
Since the start of this campaign HLS has been driven to the verge of bankruptcy and they have been publically abandoned by both financial institutions and customers alike.
www.huntingdonsucks.com   (206 words)

  
 portland imc - 2004.12.01 - Huntingdon Life Sciences Anniversary BASH!
Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) is an international contract animal testing laboratory, and is known to be one of the cruelest and sloppiest in existence.
Five undercover investigations have revealed numerous violations of Good Laboratory Practice laws, and atrocities such as HLS employees dissecting a conscious monkey into death, and punching beagle puppies (as if solitary, lifelong confinement in a cage in a laboratory, being subject to numerous painful procedures isn't enough).
I'm not opposed to animal testing if it's done to advance medical science, and if in the process, the animals are kept well and treated compassionately.
portland.indymedia.org /en/2004/12/304895.shtml   (2668 words)

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