A group of animal rights activists calling themselves Pirates for Animal Liberation claimed responsibility this week for sinking a yacht belonging to bank of new York executive Brian G. Rogan. Rogan is BNY’s President of Capital Markets.
The group targeted Rogan because BNY provides financial services to Huntingdon Life Sciences. In a communique claiming responsibility for the act, the activist said,
As the boat began to take on water it was cut loose and pushed out to sea, we left before confirming whether or not the boat sunk. Both the boat and his [Rogans’s] personal dock were left covered with painted slogans denouncing BNY’s involvement with Huntingdon Life Sciences…
Upon escape we cut through his estate to his personal Flag Pole, his Amerikkkan Flag was lowered and discarded like the trash it is, and replaced with the only flag that matters, a pirate flag!
Although it claims to only follow legal tactics, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty welcomed the property destruction. In its press release on the matter, Frontline Information Service quoted an unnamed SHAC spokesperson as saying,
SHAC is a legal campaign and the P.A.L.’s action was unsolicited, but enthusiastically welcomed. HLS has been warned for the 500 animals they murder every day there is 500 different strategies the animal rights movement will use to shut them down. I would anticipate seeing more creative and hard-hitting tactics like this in the future.
Source;
“HLS: Thar She Blows” – Animal ‘Pirates’ Sink Bank Exec’s Yacht! Press Release, Frontline Information Service, July 25, 2001