Anti-vivisection protest

Press, 12 January 1981, Page 11

Anti-vivisection protest

JZPA London it The Animal Liberation) 'rent has started a paint-i: laubing campaign onlt dentists’ homes in : al irotest against vivisection.)< the group claimed responsi-

bility in telephone calls to< The Press Association. j i Most attacks were on: i scientists’ homes in the Ox-1 Iford and Cambridge areas. I I The group has caused Idamage estimated at a mil-; lion pounds ($2.4 million) in' its four-year history. 'j Mr Ariun Sahgal, aged 35,; of, Catells Lane, Cambridge,; said, his house had been) painted with several swear i words and “Murdering Vivisectionist.” “I am shocked,” he said. "I work within the framework of society’s laws for the betterment of mankind’s knowledge. I care very much for animals and am not cruel. These people think they can

ii ride roughshod over the jlaws. But they will change i nothing that way.” ■I Mr Sahgal said he experimented only rarely on I animals. He dealt with the -’effects of drugs and alcohol Jon the mind in an attempt ito improve memory. ,! . A spokesman for the ,'a.L.F. said Mr Sahgal’s i i house had been painted be■icause he was one of the ■iscie n t i s t.s' who “experimented on the brains of . animals.” - The police are looking for • the daubers.' ; Last year the group i claimed responsibility for releasing 500 . mice from a i breeding centre. '