This Netflix Doc Is ‘Tiger King’ for People Who Care About Animals
Queer editor/producer Sasha Perry chats with ‘Tenderly’ about ‘The Animal People,’ the story of six imprisoned animal rights activists
As we all make our way through this unprecedented global lockdown and pandemic, everyone and their mother seem to be taking a moment to glorify Tiger King animal abuser Joe Exotic. Instead of watching glossed over animal cruelty for fun, I recommend instead turning every ounce of frustration you’re feeling in quarantine towards efforts to end animal testing.
Animal People centers around six animal rights activists who were convicted of terrorism and imprisoned for their protests against Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), Europe’s largest contract animal-testing lab. Greg and Natasha Avery and Heather Nicholson founded the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) campaign in late 1999, eventually rallying thousands of activists across the UK and North America. HLS tortures more than 75,000 animals every year by rubbing caustic…
