Veteran animal activist John Curtin has been arrested at Camp Beagle, an encampment right outside of MBR Acres (Cambridge, UK), where Curtin has been living for the past five years in protest of animal experimentation. Officers were called to the facility on September 29 after reports that ‘a number of dogs’ were allegedly taken from the site. A 43-year-old woman from Inverness was also arrested on suspicion of burglary, with the incident believed to be linked to an ‘open rescue’ at the site.
ANIMAL ACTIVISM COLLECTIVE: Veteran animal activist John Curtin has been arrested at Camp Beagle, an encampment right outside of MBR Acres, where Curtin has been living for the past five years in protest of animal experimentation. A 43-year-old woman from Inverness was also arrested on suspicion of burglary, with the incident believed to be linked to an “open rescue” at the site.
No one knows yet why Curtin has been arrested or what he’s been charged with, although in a recent interview with Jeremy Loeb, Curtin said “I wouldn’t be surprised if the police arrested me for this, but I’m okay about that because I didn’t plan it, I didn’t organize it. I deliberately, at Camp Beagle, don’t break any laws because the cops are always watching everything I do,” referring to the recent liberation of beagles at MBR Acres…
Cambridgeshire Constabulary confirmed that officers remain at the scene as part of investigations into an alleged burglary at the controversial facility. Officers were called to the facility on September 29 after reports that “a number of dogs” were allegedly taken from the site…
Video footage posted by Camp Beagle shows at least two activists that were masked using tools to break through the doors of MBR Acres whereas one activist, Bee, purposefully stayed behind unmasked and was subsequently arrested for the rescue.
Animal Activism Collective discovered that Curtin had been arrested moments before going live on AAC’s YouTube channel to talk about recent direct action rescues of animals around the world. Curtin was supposed to be on the panel, but instead is sitting in a jail cell.
Stay tuned to Camp Beagle’s pages for updates and tune into Jeremy Loeb’s YouTube channel tomorrow at noon eastern to watch the interview he recorded with Curtin before his arrest.
Our thoughts are with John, Bee, all of Camp Beagle, and of course the dogs languishing senselessly at MBR Acres and all of Marshall BioResources. SOURCE
RELATED VIDEOS: