Sunday, February 17, 2008 Protest Heartless Monsters that do business with HLS Demo #1: Staples - 1280 Lexington Ave. - HLS Supplier One of the most popular Staples stores in New York City is the one at Lexington Avenue just off E. 86th Street. This is where activists choose to begin their day of action against the heartless monsters that do business with the puppy killers at Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS). New posters showed graphic images of the horrors of HLS and accused Staples of being their undercover supplier (Staples was caught delivering to HLS with unmarked trucks). Shoppers were stunned and several turned away from the store in disgust, making the ethical choice to take their business elsewhere. A moment of drama came when two potential Staples customers were so distraught by the signs that they yanked a poster out of a protester’s hands and tore into the store determined to confront the Manager and demand an explanation. They came out a short time later and gave activists a big thumbs up and told them that they had definitely gotten their point across.  Demo #2: Sandra Holleran, Bristol-Myers Squibb Vice President Next stop was the hi-rise apartment building of Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) Vice President, Sandra Holleran. BMS is a long time customer of Huntingdon Life Sciences and their contracts insure that the killing of beagle puppies, monkey, monkey, cats and kittens, mice and rats continues at HLS. Activists conversed with neighbors who came out of their building to see what was going on. Literature was distributed and the chanting was loud and spirited. Passion and caring for animals runs high in this neighborhood. Many were displeased to find that one of their neighbors supports the animal abusing scum at HLS. Do the right thing, ask your company to drop HLS, Sandra. Demo #3: Noemi Rosa, Novartis - International Marketer Protesters traveled down to 300 E. 40th Street to the luxurious building of Novartis International Marketer Noemi Rosa. Activists were pleased to find that the set up at the building allowed them to be directly across from the doorway seperated by a private circular drive. The shouts of the activists must have filled the lobby everytime the very active doorway was opened. Drawn by the loud chanting of the group, many of Noemi’s neighbors stopped to chat and to take literature. They learned about the relationship between Novartis and HLS and many promised to call Novartis to express their disapproval. “We will keep coming back, until Novartis cuts it’s ties with Huntingdon Life Sciences”….was the promise made to Noemi that day. Demo #4: Staples - 205 E. 42nd St. - HLS Supplier The Staples at Third Avenue and 42nd Street is well know to activists, as it is a short block away from Pfizer world headquarters, where many protests have been held when Pfizer was an active customer of HLS. The cold and wind did not dampen the enthusiasm that activists displayed in getting the message across to Staples. Sundays are not very busy at this midtown location, but weekdays are a different story. Activists vowed to come back during the work week until Staples makes the humane and compassionate decision to stop selling supplies to animal abusers. Demo #5: Staples - 730 Third Ave. - HLS Supplier Last demo of the day was the nearby Third Avenue Staples store. Better foot traffic here as this location is a very short distance from New York’s Grand Central Station. Many stopped to ask why activists had chosen to protest Staples. After explaining about their supplying HLS and that HLS kills 500 animals every day, potential shoppers walked away in disgust and vowed to call Staples headquarters to complain. Staples personnel at this location taunted the protesters and jeered through the window. We wonder if they ever stopped to think that activist groups spend a lot of money on supplies? “We’ll stop, when you stop, Staples….until then, we will keep coming back”. |
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