Novartis CEO's hunting lodge destroyed

received anonymously:

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Daniel Vasella's Hunting House
Oberbach, A-6653 Bach, Austria
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night 02-03 August 2009
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As well as butchering animals at HLS, Novartis Chairman and CEO Daniel Vasella likes to butcher animals in his own private hunting estate in Austria. He had it personally built in a town called Bach, up in the mountains. There is a large cooling unit and an area for preparing his kills, which he sometimes supplies to the local restaurant. There is also a large garage, that we guess holds the car that picks him up from the neighboring town (the rich scumbag flies in on his personal helicopter!)

You could tell it was his house from a distance - the skulls of deer we saw hanging from the walls outside and inside only made us more determined.

60 litres of petrol was concentrated in two places around the house - the roof sheltering the front entrance was packed full of petrol bombs with most of the petrol containers placed under it by the door to catch the wood inside, and around the side the wooden garage door and angled roof supports were targetted with the second group of devices.

It hasn't been your week has it, Daniel? Understand this: This will continue until you sever all ties with Huntingdon Life Sciences. We will attack your private life wherever possible. If you think it's fun killing animals in your own forest in Austria and bring them to your hunting estate, we will destroy it. Have you got any more hobbies Daniel? We will destroy them. We will destroy your life. Just remember one thing, dealing with HLS means dealing with US.

DROP HLS NOW!

MFAH Austria - if it can burn, it WILL..."

http://www.directaction.info/news_aug05_09.htm

"Dealing with HLS means dealing with US." - MFAH Austria

In an act of direct action against top Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) customer Novartis, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Vasella had his hunting lodge in the town of Bach, in Tyrol, Austria, destroyed by fire (see photos). The Militant Forces Against HLS (MFAH) claimed responsibility for the arson in an anonymous communique, calling on Vasella to sever all ties with HLS. The activists reported that Vasella butchers animals at HLS, Europe's largest and most exposed vivisection laboratory, through contracts made with Novartis, as well as butchering animals in his own private hunting estate. A spokesperson for Novartis said he has now decided to sell the property that was burnt with 60 litres of petrol.

The MFAH formed in April this year and have targeted HLS customers in France, Germany, Belgium and now Austria. They are relatively unknown and adhere to no guidelines, although are affiliated with the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). In recent months the militant group have reportedly targeted Novartis in France, burning down a sports centre and in Germany, vandalising the Vice Chairman's cars and home, returning a month later to place incendiary devices under his two cars. They have also targeted HLS customers Sandoz, Sanofi-Aventis, Bayer, Schering Plough and Pfizer.

On July 27th in Chur, Switzerland, media reported that the ashes of Vasella's mother were stolen and her gravestone defaced with "Drop HLS Now". Additionally, about three weeks ago, graffiti slogans against Vasella and Novartis were written on the church in Vasella's village of Risch in central Switzerland. Messages were also left on the road near his home including "Vasella is a killer. We are watching you. Death to Vasella. We'll be back."

Furthermore, the Animal Liberation Brigade in June claimed setting fire to the Novartis directors cars in Switzerland. ALF activists also said they vandalised the property of four Novartis executives in May, painted the house of another worker in April and painted slogans against company offices in Mexico and the UK.

According to Novartis, attacks on houses and cars of the company employees as well as on Novartis property have grown in recent months, no doubt due to the MFAH, ALF and attacks by other individuals. This is despite the crackdown against Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) by imprisoning seven UK SHAC activsits, with the campaign group denying any involvement in the Novartis attacks.

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/08/435773.html

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[scorpk8]

until every last cage is empty...

[Soulisscool]

If you tell me what you're talking about, I'll be able to answer you.

[tamiyaboy100]

yes go burn the fukers lodge down these guys are awseome

[Soulisscool]

@KevinDolin ha ha Nice try at turning it around....ha ha

You havent offered ANY arguments whatsoever because you havent GOT any! Take 'my kind' seriously??? ha ha ha ! Youre speaking of a variety of highly esteemed world experts who have put forward extremely valid and vital arguments appertaining to the health of the public. They are already being considered seriously!! This is just another example of your total lack of knowledge & the real reason why you have said NOTHING of any import!!!!

[KevinDolin]

@Soulisscool Frankly, you aren't worth the effort. You've already demonstrated that you don't understand the issue and you'd rather hear your own hyperbole than actual facts.

I'll rest secure in the knowledge that nobody with any authority on the issue takes you or your kind seriously. You're part of a fringe group of ill-informed nutcases who have no authority and your opinions are inconsequential.

[Soulisscool]

@KevinDolin I made my point clearly. You have said nothing relevant or responded about specifics and you still havent. All you've done is attack me, some argument eh? There's far too many very serious side effects for them to be dismissed. Shame on you. Theyre brushed under the carpet but research reveals horrors! Youve chosen to ignore fatalitites, typical, also TGN1412 trials which showed that animals react totally differently to humans. Testing on animals shows how animal react, not humans.

[KevinDolin]

@Soulisscool What is there to argue about regarding side effects? Medications have side effects. Everyone knows this. This is common knowledge.

The fact that some medications will have negative side effects for some says nothing about the good they do for everyone else.

When medications are found to have an overall negative effect, which is incredibly rare nowadays, they are banned from the market.

What is your point?

[Soulisscool]

@KevinDolin Where have you argued about medicine? Youve said NOTHING about it. Youve not responded about any of the many failures, serious side effects, fatalities, birth deformities, thalidomide, seroxat, avandia, catastrophic TGN1412 (elephant man) trials.. ! all youve done is name call, leave that for the playground, it's not for adult conversation!! I wont answer again unless you actually have something of value to say!

[Usuck573]

stupid animal rights terrorists cant even burn down a house..... ._.

[KevinDolin]

@Soulisscool Who said doctors are never wrong? Doctors can be as wrong as anyone else.

But when a doctor is arguing about medicine with a random idiot who isn't even qualified to discuss medicine, the random idiot is far more likely to be the one who is wrong.

You are the random idiot.

[Soulisscool]

@KevinDolin How on earth can it be a statement of fact? ha ha

You're Dr?....hmm and so what if you were? Does that mean Drs are never wrong? I think a lot of patients would disagree with that. Many Drs have come out and spoken against animal research! Guess youre not a progressive thinking Dr eh? How many times have I got to say it, It's not my opinion, its documented facts & figures, thought you would know about them being as you're a Dr? I seem to know more about it than you.

[KevinDolin]

@Soulisscool Calling you a moron is not a personal attack, it's a statement of fact. You are a nitwit who doesn't know what he's talking about.

I am a doctor. You are an internet idiot with more opinions than brains. These aren't personal attacks, they're facts. Go spread your idiocy elsewhere.