The SHAC 7

The Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty U.S.A (SHAC U.S.A) originally comprised of seven animal rights activists that were working to close down a product-testing lab in Huntingdon. Under an act that exists in the U.S.A called the “Federal Animal Enterprise Protection Act” they were charged for their work on this goal with a charge of terrorism. No one has ever been charged under this act before, and the SHAC 7 were charged for their verbal expression of their views on this lab, what would seem to be a violation of the idea of free speech.

I was an employee at the local S.P.C.A in Dartmouth for almost two years. Surprisingly, the fact that something like this would happen doesn't surprise me one bit. I found that traditionally, working at the S.P.C.A, that the government generally supports things like these labs or stores like Pets Unlimited because they generate income and help build the economy. There is such a process in Nova Scotia to be able to take people's animals away or to shut down businesses or breeders without getting in trouble with the law that it makes it rather difficult to do.