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23. Further to the abovementioned statements in respect of horseracing, AR continues to
champion other disruptive action. Indeed, it appears to me that disruption remains at the
core of AR’s ideology as a method to achieve media attention and further its agenda, as Mr
Truesdale noted had been the case in 2024 (Truesdale 2, paragraph 17). By way of
example , and further to the references noted above under the pages of AR’s website
entitled “ Taking animal rights to trial ” and “ Our history” :
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Under the “ CAMPAIGNS ” section of AR’s website, AR includes a page entitled “ FREE
THE MBR BEAGLES. ” Here, AR celebrates its actions in 2022 by taking 18 beagle dogs from Marshall BioResources Acres, 36 a facility where I understand dogs are bred for the purpose of developing lifesaving therapies for humans - as well as for veterinary treatments for animals. 37 AR notes that a criminal trial in respect of the
actions of several of its supporters involved in the stunt would begin in December
2025, heralded by AR as “ the trial of the decade ”, which “ could not be more
important .”
A video post on AR’s X feed on 17 April 2025 38 showed AR supporters (including Mr
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Kidby and Mr Newman) on their way to Court in connection with charges brought
against them for their taking animals from the facility in 2022. One individual states
that he considered he was not guilty of burglary, because he did not go into the facility
with the intention of committing burglary but the intention of rescuing the dogs. Mr
Kidby stated that despite his fears of being away from his unborn child if sent to
prison, ultimately, he was “ proud ” of his actions, and that “ rescuing those dogs was
one of the best things I have ever done in my life ” . Mr Newman stated that he found it
very difficult to imagine that the jury would find them guilty.
A press release posted on AR’s website on 1 April 2025, 39 stated that four AR
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campaigners were found guilty in a trial of public nuisance, celebrating the
“ succession of nationwide actions taken by Animal Rising in September and October
2022, which saw dairy trucks immobilised, milk shortages on supermarket shelves,
milk pours at department stores and more.” Comments by Mr Newman included in the
press release, provided as follows:
“Those who took part in our peaceful campaign against dairy giants didn’t do
so lightly. They felt compelled to take action because of the environmental
destruction and animal suffering caused by this outdated, harmful system.”
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