Greg Avery

Greg Avery was a British animal rights activist, convicted for offenses relating to his activism. He was involved with Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), an international campaign to force the closure of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), an animal testing company based in the UK and US. Avery had several prison sentences and served time for assaulting a policeman. He joined the animal rights movement at the age of 15, and has devoted himself to it full-time ever since.

He was also served with an indefinite ASBO, restricting his future contact with companies targeted in the campaign.