Keep White Coat Clean

remember Barry Horne, the British hero who died for animal liberation

The Patriot will leave Bobby Sands' starving for freedom of the Irish.

Barry Horne and left to die of hunger for the freedom of animals.

Times have changed, but the English institutions have shown again their brutal nature by creating the conditions for the physical destruction of a human being.

Barry Horne died Nov. 6 at 8:30 am in the hospital in Ronkswood after the fourth hunger strike in his life: he had refused food, water and medical interventions since Oct. 21. Barry was 49 years. He was born in Liverpool and was a dustman. He had been married twice and had two children.

had served 18 years in prison because one of the most feared labeled as eco-terrorism. He was interned for five years in the department's most dangerous criminals. A disproportionate punishment as was recognized even by the Court that charged him as a sentence of 18 years in prison was a political condemnation at the conclusion of a political process, because the animal liberation actions performed by Barry had always been directed against structures, not against living beings.

But the rogue

Law that allows men to dismantle and destroy animals as if they were things, can not allow a man attentive to the sacred figure of the property threatening simple objects! Barry was arrested when police, which has long dogged him, caught him with packs of cigarettes a fire in a British Home Store and a store for cancer research at Bristol. Horne had been arrested repeatedly since 1997 for its work in defense of animals. In 1980 he had burned, the Isle of Wight in Newport, some Boots stores causing over 2.8 million pounds of damage. He was arrested after a campaign by incendiary bombs which caused, total, 3 million pounds of damage.

Judge Darwall-Smith described it - during the process - the work of Barry as urban terrorism, while accepting the idea that Horne would not affect humans. In that time, Barry had said a fighter for the cause of animal fighting to defend vivisected animals in laboratories. He demanded an immediate end to all practices of vivisection, which is not medical science, in particular those made by the research center Portland Down, for the immediate closure of the Animal Procedures Committee (the state sponsor of Vivisection) and a commitment to the end of all practices vivisezionistiche by early 2000.

Horne in the courts, he repeated his declaration of war against those who torture animals. The detective who tailed Horne stated that he was a ruthless man fanatically devoted to the cause of animal liberation. The police were also convinced that he saved Bristol from "horrific" attack by incendiary bombs. He was also convinced that Horne was not worried about causing the death of humans during the arson attacks.

Horne, in prison continued to receive dozens of letters from other members of the Animal Liberation Front and had been informed of the slaughter of cattle and sheep British after the outbreak of foot and mouth. It was for this very agitated. He had petitioned for this massacre was suspended. He had not received any response.

His protest was directed against the terrible cruelty that he believes the animals had to be British. Barry had earlier suspended a hunger strike in February 1997 when New Labour promised to abolish vivisection. But they did nothing in this direction, the Home Office after meeting with representatives of the Committee in support of Barry Horne.

in 1998 with his protest, however, Barry was able to get a great result: the establishment Ban on animal testing for cosmetics manufacturing, a project of some Labour remained blocked for years because of pressure from manufacturers, he had also requested the establishment of a "Royal Commission" to seriously address the issue of vivisection. But nothing was done.

Meanwhile, his health had become increasingly precarious. Horne died of liver complications. His liver had become particularly vulnerable because of previous long fasts lasted 35, 46 and 68 days. When his health had become precarious a few months ago, a dozen of his comrades had left a message and never threats against judges, scientists and laboratories involved in animal research.

The animal knew that Barry Horne had decided to give his life for the cause. He received in prison an average of 40 letters a day from people who considered him a holy animal. His fame in the United Kingdom was remarkable and reached its peak after the death.

The ALF has condemned the Labour Party for failing to keep its promises regarding the Committee on vivisection. The animals think that his death will make their movements more radical. Barry's animal considered a martyr and most extreme will surely inspired by the death of Horne.

The ALF claims that Barry will spur the sacrifice of animals in the United Kingdom to radicalize their struggle. His protest was inspired by events such as those against the establishment of Hillgrove cat vivisection, which has resulted in several arrests and several prison sentences.

Movements Horne hailed as a hero are

People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty Animal Aid

Viva League Against Cruel Sports

British Union For The Abolition Of Vivisection
Animal Liberation Front
Isa Movement

These were the collective Rebirth Animalista unites his voice promising to humans of good will can easily find all the roads that could one day lead to the recognition of those inalienable rights for which Barry has been dropped.