Heather Nicholson

For the New Zealand geologist and handcrafts writer, see Heather Nicholson (geologist).

Heather Nicholson
Known forConsort beagles campaign
Save the Hill Grove Cats
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty

Heather Nicholson is a British animal rights activist.[1]

Nicholson set up Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) to close Huntingdon Life Sciences, a contract animal-testing company. That campaign was unsuccessful and closed in 2014.[1]

In 2009 Nicholson was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for conspiracy to blackmail in connection with the SHAC campaign. Six other senior SHAC activists, including Avery and Dellemagne, were jailed for the same offences. All were alleged by police to be key figures within the Animal Liberation Front.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Peachey, Paul (23 August 2014). "Animal rights group ends 15-year campaign against experiments at Huntingdon", The Independent.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Yeoman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Laville, Sandra (24 December 2008). "Animal rights extremists still targeting lab", The Guardian.