{"id":780889,"date":"2026-04-07T09:37:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=780889"},"modified":"2026-04-07T10:01:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:01:57","slug":"martin-whybrow-how-long-shall-these-things-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=780889","title":{"rendered":"Martin Whybrow: ‘How Long Shall These Things Be?’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The author, Martin Whybrow, speaks to pioneers, the NGOs, today\u2019s grassroots campaigners, and those devising new tactics. He reports from the factory farms to the protest camps, from the countryside ravaged by hunting and the badger cull to street protests. Whether liberating animals, investigating factory farms, standing in front of hunters, spreading the word through outreach, using the law to block factory farms, or buying and re-wilding dairy land, there are plenty of heroes out there. And they need you to stand with them.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

VOICES FOR THE ANIMALS:<\/strong> The book \u2018How Long Shall These Things Be?\u2019 captures the voices of many of the inspirational people fighting to improve the lives of animals across all areas of exploitation. Whether liberating animals, investigating factory farms, standing in front of hunters, spreading the word through outreach, using the law to block factory farms, or buying and re-wilding dairy land, there are plenty of heroes out there. And they need you to stand with them…<\/em><\/p>\n

The title stems from an inscription on a statue put up in Battersea Park, London, in 1906 of a small dog, \u2018done to death\u2019 in a university laboratory after enduring two months of vivisections. It asked: \u2018Men and Women of England How Long Shall These Things Be?\u2019…<\/em><\/p>\n

The author, Martin Whybrow, speaks to pioneers, the NGOs, today\u2019s grassroots campaigners, and those devising new tactics. He reports from the factory farms to the protest camps, from the countryside ravaged by hunting and the badger cull to street protests…<\/em><\/p>\n

The story starts in the formative years of the 1980s, 1990s and into the 2000s, when direct action complemented the rise of today\u2019s mainstream charities. Fire-bombing, mass animal liberations, hunt sabbing and even grave-digging were among the grassroots tactics.<\/em><\/p>\n

The protestors were often sent to prison and, on a few tragic occasions, lost their lives. This book carries their stories and many that have followed, including those out there today on the front line, often putting their physical and mental health at risk for a cause that they cannot let go. SOURCE<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Kim Stallwood interviews book’s author Martim Wybrow. <\/em>SOURCE<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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