Who's next on Hugs for Puppies' enemies list?
By: David Martosko
Newspaper: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Commentary writer Nick Cooney's claim of concern for "small family farms" and his feigned ignorance about animal-rights terrorism are both laughable ("Farming's true enemy," April 24). Cooney's organization, the oddly named Hugs for Puppies, is the Philadelphia chapter of SHAC - short for Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty. On Nov. 12, 2002, the group publicly announced that "SHAC Philly will now be referred to as Hugs For Puppies. Do not let the innocuous name fool you, we have a serious commitment to animal liberation."
Six SHAC leaders were convicted in March on federal domestic terrorism charges. Their long-standing campaign of violence and intimidation targeted a medical testing company that uses animals to test AIDS and cancer medicines.
Activists with "a serious commitment to animal liberation" shouldn't pretend to care whether chickens are raised on small farms or big ones. Like other militant animal-rights groups, Hugs for Puppies stands for the abolition of all food that comes from animals. Hurting the largest and most visible companies is just a first step. Smaller, family egg farms are on the movement's list of enemies as well.
By: David Martosko
Newspaper: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Commentary writer Nick Cooney's claim of concern for "small family farms" and his feigned ignorance about animal-rights terrorism are both laughable ("Farming's true enemy," April 24). Cooney's organization, the oddly named Hugs for Puppies, is the Philadelphia chapter of SHAC - short for Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty. On Nov. 12, 2002, the group publicly announced that "SHAC Philly will now be referred to as Hugs For Puppies. Do not let the innocuous name fool you, we have a serious commitment to animal liberation."
Six SHAC leaders were convicted in March on federal domestic terrorism charges. Their long-standing campaign of violence and intimidation targeted a medical testing company that uses animals to test AIDS and cancer medicines.
Activists with "a serious commitment to animal liberation" shouldn't pretend to care whether chickens are raised on small farms or big ones. Like other militant animal-rights groups, Hugs for Puppies stands for the abolition of all food that comes from animals. Hurting the largest and most visible companies is just a first step. Smaller, family egg farms are on the movement's list of enemies as well.
