Heather Nicholson (born January 30, 1967), also known as Heather James, is a British animal rights activist. She is best known for having co-founded three pivotal animal rights campaigns in the UK. In 1997, Consort Kennels in Hereford, which bred beagles for animal-testing labs, was closed after a ten-month campaign. In 1999, Save the Hill Grove Cats closed Hill Grove Farm in Oxfordshire, which bred cats for laboratories, after a two-year campaign.

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  • Heather Nicholson (born January 30, 1967), also known as Heather James, is a British animal rights activist. She is best known for having co-founded three pivotal animal rights campaigns in the UK. In 1997, Consort Kennels in Hereford, which bred beagles for animal-testing labs, was closed after a ten-month campaign. In 1999, Save the Hill Grove Cats closed Hill Grove Farm in Oxfordshire, which bred cats for laboratories, after a two-year campaign. In the same year, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) was set up with the aim of closing Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), a contract animal-testing company headquartered in Cambridgeshire. Nicholson was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment in January 2009 for conspiracy to blackmail in connection with the SHAC campaign. Six other senior SHAC activists were jailed for the same offences; all seven are alleged by police to be key figures within the Animal Liberation Front. Nicholson pleaded not guilty to the charges, and told Wales on Sunday from HMP Bronzefield, "Our government is big on allowing people the democratic right to protest but when you become effective at protesting they clamp down on you like the worst form of dictatorship. " She plans to open an animal sanctuary when released, which is expected in November 2012, taking into account time spent on remand.
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  • Heather Nicholson (born January 30, 1967), also known as Heather James, is a British animal rights activist. She is best known for having co-founded three pivotal animal rights campaigns in the UK. In 1997, Consort Kennels in Hereford, which bred beagles for animal-testing labs, was closed after a ten-month campaign. In 1999, Save the Hill Grove Cats closed Hill Grove Farm in Oxfordshire, which bred cats for laboratories, after a two-year campaign.
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  • Heather Nicholson
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