Social media has been a catalyst for much of this campaigning... It does bring a lot of pressure on family businesses and farmers.
RT NEWS: ‘Activists spray painted ‘Stop Killing Animals. Go vegan’ and the logo of the Animal Liberation Front across the front of Marlow Butchers in Kent. The business has received dozens of threats, including one message that said the shop would be petrol bombed, along with slightly less sinister one-star reviews on Facebook… Henry Washington Hutchings left a one-star Facebook review, stating that: “Chopping up the corpses of innocent animals and using their flesh for food is barbaric”…
Another user, named Avril Elaine Sims said that Marlow’s is a “terrible place that profits from the sales of animal body parts. No different to others that trade in elephant, tiger or rhino body parts. In fact it’s worse as farmed animals are born only to be murdered.” A spokesman for Kent Police said officers are investigating the report of “malicious communications and harassment” aimed at the business…
Chief executive of rural advocacy group the Countryside Alliance Tim Bonner told The Telegraph that attacks on butchers, markets, and even abattoirs are on the rise. “It’s an extension of animal rights campaigns we have seen around other areas, using the same tactics including online abuse,” he said… “Social media has been a catalyst for much of this campaigning, both in terms of bringing together international groups and, if they find the right independent business, it does bring a lot of pressure on family businesses and farmers”.’ SOURCE…
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