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In the nineties in one of the English villages there was a vicious campaign waged against a farm (Darley Oaks) that bred guiney-pigs for testing. For some years they vanadalized the equipments and the vehicles of the owners without let up. The local constabulary couldn’t stop their harrassment. With time the nature of their intimidation also became more aggressive. One of their acts was desecrating the grave of a woman and using it as a bargaining weapon. In the end the culprits were caught and given hefty prison sentences. Their animal activism was over.
The only point remains: did the plight of guinea-pigs cause a genuine campaign to spring up? Or the campaign was only a cover-up for some criminals to continue their criminality as before?( CF. W25, D5)
Tailpiece: During rehearsal the director of the production told Laurette Taylor (1884-1946) thus, ”This is your scene, Miss Taylor and I feel you should have the centre of the stage for it.”
She replied with her characteristic hesitant tone, “You know, this may seem odd to you but I always thought where I was- that was the centre of the stage.”
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