Farm Closes After Years Of Animal Rights Terrorism
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Farm Closes After Years Of Animal Rights Terrorism





After resisting the violence and intimidation of animal rights extremists for six years, a farm that raises guinea pigs for medical research has closed its doors.

The Darley Oaks Farm in Newchurch, England, owned by John and Chris Hall, endured firebomb attacks, hate mail, smear campaigns, vandalism and property destruction by animal extremists. The most shocking attack came in 2004 when the remains of Chris’s mother-in-law, Gladys Hammond, were stolen from their grave.

The family hopes that “as a result of this announcement, those responsible for removing Gladys’ body will return her so she can lie once again in her rightful resting place.”

The animal fanatics also targeted the farm’s suppliers, contractors and delivery firms. They even besieged the family’s local pub and golf course until they were banned from both.

Staffordshire police set up a unit of 20 detectives and spent more than £2.5 million protecting the farm from protestors, responding to 460 incidents and arresting 60 people since September 1999.

One hundred officers recently searched nearby woods for the missing corpse, which has not been recovered. The grave desecration investigation alone has cost hundreds of thousands of pounds.

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