This site is meant to serve as a repository of important information regarding campaigns related to MBR (Marshall BioResources), MBR animals, or laboratory testing in general in the US. There is no organization associated with this site and there are no financial contributions from others.
The author of this site does not support the aggressive language used by CAFT (Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade) or SHAC (Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty). I also do not support the strategy of property destruction to inflict financial strain that we have seen with people associated with ALF (Animal Liberation Front) or SHAC.
Why is this site needed?
People have been sitting outside MBR NY and yelling at the owner for years and I have seen no meaningful progress from these efforts. Meanwhile MBR UK has had massive success with their pressure campaign. Within the first year of the campaign, over 40 suppliers have joined the boycott, MBR’s septic tank has been put out of use, their new offices remain half-built, and no company in the UK will supply them with heating gas, causing an internal crisis and secret meetings with the government to try to keep them open.. In the US we need a new strategy based less on intuition and more on results.
Pressure campaigns work when the power structure (company or gov agency) has less to loose than the primary target. An owner of a company will never want to change their entire life for your interests. A shipping company with many customers can cut ties with MBR. A government employee can do their job and enforce the AWA.
Our movement has been focusing on attacking the strongest parts of MBR; the owner and yelling outside the facility. Even Congressional representatives are professionals at ignoring the public. These efforts are like attacking the top tier of this structure. The middle tiers are the labs MBR sells to, their business as it exists could depend on animal testing. The weakest targets are the tooth picks at the bottom, those organizations with little to loose from cutting ties with MBR.
Contact Me
mbrpressure@gmail.com
