Archive for May 1st, 2007
Rescue centre raid ‘heavy handed’
Via the Beeb: Rescue centre raid ‘heavy handed’ The manager of a Merseyside animal welfare centre raided by police looking for animal rights activists has condemned the action as “heavy handed”. Dave Calendar, of Freshfields Animal Rescue Centre in Ince Blundell, Merseyside, said some of his staff were injured by police during the raid. But [...]
Police raid Freshfields Animal Rescue
Via the Echo: Police swoop on pet rescue home May 1 2007 by Luke Traynor, Liverpool Echo A MERSEYSIDE animal rescue home was today at the centre of a huge international police probe into animal rights extremism. Teams of officers from Special Branch and the Merseyside force swooped at dawn on Freshfields Animal Rescue Centre [...]
Police raids all over the UK
Via the Beeb: Thirty held over animal extremism Thirty people have been arrested for alleged animal rights extremism in raids across the UK and Europe. About 700 police officers and support staff were involved in the early morning operation at 32 addresses in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands. Police say the raids were one [...]
