"According to a statement from the St. Louis Alliance for Medical Progress: While PETA has been fighting the cat lab from afar for five years, it was collaboration with our on-the-ground grassroots group that pushed the issue in front of the local public and amped up the pressure on Washington University’s directors. Between having a big national group on their backs and having committed local animal activists in their front yard, Washington University was quickly faced with a wall of voices that were not letting up until the animals were safe and Bo Kennedy’s lab was closed for good. The campaign included a variety of tactics, from PETA’s undercover video leak to AMP’s photo leak from inside the vivarium; from a mass mailing to Wash U’s directors to phone-in days that included calls from activists around the world; from targeted leafleting in the community to weekly protests outside the medical school campus." Read more: care2/causes/victory-washington-university-ends-cruel-cat-lab.html#ixzz2VOUjP600
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:09:46 +0000
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