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SHAC/USA
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty/USA
PO Box 22398
Philadelphia, PA 19110

SHAC, which stands for "Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty", has decreed that Huntingdon Life Sciences "must be shut down for good" and they are willing to use terrorist tactics to see that comes about. British Animal Liberation Front (ALF) leader Robin Webb told protesters at a December 2002 SHAC rally:

"It doesn't matter if it's closed through economic pressure! It doesn't matter if it's closed because the employees are too scared to work there! And it doesn't matter if it goes out with a bang either!"

The rally was held within earshot of Huntingdon's New Jersey employees.

"...And it doesn't matter if it goes out with a bang either!" Who says that these people are non-violent! These people will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. The legality of the methods does not matter as long as their goals are accomplished.

As of August 14, 2004, Pamelyn Ferdin became the new president of SHAC-USA, and with her husband Jerry Vlasak as a spokesperson for the Animal Liberation Press Office, there is an absolute and direct relationship between SHAC, the ALF (Animal Liberation Front), and the ADL (Animal Defense League). SHAC, the ALF, the ELF, and the ADL are underground, loose-knit "domestic terrorist" groups. The ALF and its sister group, the ELF (Earth Liberation Front), have anonymously claimed responsibility for over $40 million in damage resulting from over 500 crimes during their 15-year U.S. terrorist campaign.

We have the SHAC Incorporation Papers below with the signatures of Pamelyn Ferdin and Kevin Kjonaas. Click on the individual pages to view the full size document.

Having been arrested numerous times, Jerry Vlasak, urges others to "get arrested." Referring to the terrorist-minded violent subset of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), he described himself during the convention as "heavily involved in the SHAC campaign." Then, in a stunning comment, Vlasak predicted a particularly violent future for his social movement:

"It won't ruin our movement if someone gets killed in an animal rights action. It's going to happen sooner or later. The Animal Liberation Front, the Earth Liberation Front - sooner or later there's going to be someone getting hurt. And we have to accept that fact. It's going to happen. It's not going to hurt our movement. Our movement will go on. And it's important that we not let the bully pulpit of the FBI and the other oppression agencies stop us from what we're doing. They are the violent ones. They are the terrorists... we have to keep doing what we're doing."

Pamelyn Ferdin moved from California to Connecticut in 1992 and plunged into the animal rights cause. She learned about Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, and met its president, Kevin Kjonaas and offered to use her celebrity to attract attention at a rally.

"My eyes were opened," she said. "I had found my mission. This was better than being a nurse. Patients could speak to me. If they were having pain or feeling sick, they could tell me. The animals needed me more than any patients did."

When Kjonaas and five others were indicted in May 2004, he asked Ferdin to take over management of the organization because he would need to concentrate on his legal defense. She agreed in November 2004, and now lives outside Los Angeles with her husband, the surgeon and animal rights activist Dr. Jerry Vlasak.

Dr. Steven Best and SHAC's Kevin Jonas

SHAC officially rejects the notion that it has a relationship with the Animal Liberation Front, but considering the new president, that is pretty hard to accept. In addition, three out of SHAC's four main directors in the U.S. have close associations to crimes claimed by ALF, and that the two keynote speakers at SHAC's December 2002 protest event, Rodney Coronado and Robin Webb are both convicted ALF criminals, no one really believes that there is no connection.

Members of the ALF have also made "Claims of Responsibility" for crimes committed against SHAC's publicly named targets. This allows SHAC to assert that it is a "non-violent" organization while the ALF and ELF spokespeople continue to remind everyone that no human has been hurt or killed as a result of those groups' "actions".

SHAC is one of those domestic terrorist groups that are directly affiliated with other like-minded terrorist groups. These people are exceptionally violent. Members of SHAC have used physical violence, large-scale vandalism, verbal and physical intimidation, financial extortion, burglary, grand theft, Internet piracy, mail fraud, and even identity theft to achieve there goals.

The SHAC7

The SHAC7 was a group of seven defendants that were accused of having conspired to incite others to break the law by posting information on people that were associated with Huntingdon Life Sciences on a website where terrorist acts were soon made against these people, their homes, and their families that resulted in vandalism, harassment, stalking, and identity theft.

The seven defendants of the SHAC-7 - Andrew Stepanian, 26; Kevin Kjonaas, 27; Lauren Gazzola, 26; Jacob Conroy, 29; Joshua Harper, 30; Darius Fullmer, 28; and John McGee, 26.

Andy Stepanian - lettersforandy@shac7.com
Andy hails from Long Island where he enrolled in a college environmental studies program. He works part time with a local historical society, volunteers every weekend to help feed the homeless, and participates in countless peace and justice causes. For a number of years, he has been an animal protection advocate and speaks in classrooms around New York on such issues.

Convicted of conspiracy to violate the Animal Enterprise Protection Act. Sentenced to 3 years. Andy Stepanian was released from prison on 18 December 2008. He was sent to a halfway house in New York and will be able to return home in the coming months.

ANDREW STEPANIAN #26399-050
FCI BUTNER MEDIUM II
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
P.O. BOX 1500
BUTNER, NC 27509

Kevin Jonas - lettersforkevin@shac7.com
Kevin earned a degree in political science from a Midwestern university. He has been a volunteer in nursing homes and a camp for disabled children, worked with a PIRG chapter, started an Amnesty International chapter at his college, and has campaigned tirelessly for non-violence and animal protection issues.

Convicted of conspiracy to violate the Animal Enterprise Protection Act, Conspiracy to Stalk, three counts of Interstate Stalking, Conspiracy to Harass using a Telecommunications Device. Sentenced to 6 years.

KEVIN KJONAAS #93502-011
UNIT I
FCI SANDSTONE
P.O. BOX 1000
SANDSTONE, MN 55072

Lauren Gazzola - lettersforlauren@shac7.com
Lauren is a magna cum laude graduate of NYU. She has worked as an assistant teacher in an urban school, volunteered with an animal group that won the release of laboratory primates to a sanctuary, and is currently studying for her law school entrance exam. She is mentored by, and aspires to become among, the leading first amendment attorneys in the US.

Convicted of conspiracy to violate the Animal Enterprise Protection Act, Conspiracy to Stalk, three counts of Interstate Stalking, Conspiracy to Harass using a Telecommunications Device. Sentenced to 4 years, 4 months.

LAUREN GAZZOLA #93497-011
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
FCI DANBURY
ROUTE #37
DANBURY, CT 06811

Jacob Conroy - lettersforjake@shac7.com
Jake grew up in Connecticut and worked in an animal hospital. He lived in Seattle for seven years where he finished art school, worked with a charitable fundraising organization, served on the board of a large animal protection group, and helped to stop a controversial whale hunt.

Convicted of conspiracy to violate the Animal Enterprise Protection Act, Conspiracy to Stalk, three counts of Interstate Stalking, Conspiracy to Harass using a Telecommunications Device. Sentenced to 4 years.

JACOB CONROY #93501-011
FCI VICTORVILLE MEDIUM I
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
P.O. BOX 5300
ADELANTO, CA 92301

Josh Harper - lettersforjosh@shac7.com
Josh is from the Pacific Northwest. He is a former drama school student who now runs his own video production company. Josh has made short features on animal and earth protection issues, is a vocal supporter of anti-war efforts, and speaks at universities across the country about current political topics.

Convicted of conspiracy to violate the Animal Enterprise Protection Act, Conspiracy to Stalk, Conspiracy to Harass using a Telecommunications Device. Sentenced to 3 years.

JOSHUA HARPER #29429-086
FCI SHERIDAN
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
P.O. BOX 5000
SHERIDAN, OR 97378

Darius Fulmer - lettersfordari@shac7.com
Dari is a proud New Jersey native. He has been a longtime animal protection volunteer throughout the state, helping clear land for animal habitats, has campaigned to stop bear hunts, and led educational rallies about the cruelty of fur. Darius works as an Emergency Medical Technician during the week, and is an avid hiker by weekend.

Convicted of conspiracy to violate the Animal Enterprise Protection Act. Sentenced to 1 year, 1 day.

DARIUS FULLMER #26397-050
FCI FORT DIX
P.O. BOX 2000
FORT DIX, NJ 08640

John McGee
Charges were dropped.

Updates on the SHAC 7 can be found on their website at www.shac7.com.

You can see where they are now. These are intelligent people, yet they chose to participate in the terrorizing families and that is exactly what they do. Andy Stepanian admitted it in a statement to the court. While they cannot do too much while they are in prison, one day they will be back out and free to continue their acts of terrorism and you can rest assure they will return to their old ways.

These are Terrorists and they must be stopped before they kill someone! And by their own words, they consider murder to be a sound and acceptable tactic!!!

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