Annette Crosbie recently became the new president of the UK-based League Against Cruel Sports, which is actively engaged in campaigns against fox hunting, stag hunting, hare coursing and hunting, and mink hunting. Crosbie also runs Greyhounds UK which seeks tighter regulation of greyhound racing in the UK.
Crosbie summed up her philosophy by telling The Mirror’s David Edwards,
When I think about it, I think humans are the nastiest species of animal on the planet . . .
Crosbie is a whole-hearted proponent of animal rights terrorism, including activists who break into labs and campaigns of harassment such as those carried out by Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty. Crosbie told The Mirror,
The campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences has been very clever — to frighten the banks into backing off is wonderful.
. . .
Apart from rescuing animals [during break-ins at laboratories] they [activists who commit such acts] focus people’s attention on what’s going on. You cannot get politicians to pay attention until you get out on the streets and do something.
Describing how she will go about directing the campaign against hunting, Crosbie said,
Of course as the new president, people will say I’m just an ageing luvvie getting in on the act, but I won’t be paying much attention to things like that and, goodness knows, I’m not afraid of ruffling a few feathers.
But I’m not worried about that. You see, I’m impatient, intolerant, judgmental, tactless — I’m not very nice, I’m really not. And if you don’t do it my way, by God you’ll be sorry.
Well, at least there will be five things that animal rights activists and hunters will be able to agree about Crosbie.
Source:
I’ll be victor in the fight for animal rights . . . and you’d better believe it; Annette Crosbie on her most important role. David Edwards, The Mirror (UK), Jan. 10, 2003.