As Huntingdon Life Sciences has remained steadfast despite violent acts against it and its employees by animal rights activists, the activists have targeted third parties who often have only tangential (and in a few cases, nonexistent) relationships with Huntingdon Life Sciences. One of the more bizarre such attacks was an Animal Liberation Front-claimed act of vandalism at the Meadowbrook Golf Club.
Follow the logic here. Marsh Insurance provides insurance to Huntingdon Life Sciences. Frank Tasco is the president and CEO of Marsh, and planned to attend a golf tournament to be held at the Meadowbrook Club in late July and early August. So obviously, destroying four greens and holes at the club is a way to strike a blow “for the animals.”
The attack came just a few days after Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty publicized the golf tournament on its web site the suggestion that, “There are many companies and individuals who are in prime positions to get hammered! Give em hell!”
Source:
Press release. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, August 1, 2002.
Frank TASCO, ACAP and Legacy Marsh and Market Makers. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, July 29, 2002.