Despite the increasingly repressive measures by the state, it was only a matter of time before animal abusers felt like it wasn't enough to deter activists (because let's face it, it never is) so shac watch was launched is an attempt to try and name and shame who they see as 'animal extremists'. Not that we haven't been aware that they've always wanted our details for some time now and on many occasions have managed to collect or purchase them, but recently they've been getting more and more desperate. Such as recently as seasonal campaigners are being asked if they would like to turn informant or those hunters who love to film us - even at the SHAC national march! [1][2]

So what the hell is this all about? Imagine Redwatch but with fewer details, much more misinformation (mostly on purpose), a relaxed sense of hopeless optimism and a substantial dose of naivety. Few viewers wouldn't have laughed when to conclude World Week for Lab Animals, after HLS' top supplier had a truck torched in the US, 500 anti-vivisectionists march against Novartis in Horsham, where vivisectors also received home visits, and demos had taken place across the globe, the watchers posted a blog titled "SHAC is slowly dying". [3][4]

Then there were the raids against anti-fur campaigners in Austria for targeting Kleider Bauer, so this fool was quick off the mark to get his message across. It was quickly decided that the press article refering to the raids as targeting "an international network" wasn't good enough. Instead, "known as SHAC" was also included, despite being government filtered for that exact purpose. [5][6] It probably makes it funnier that it's coming from someone who despises direct action against animal abusers, whilst falsely reassuring readers that there isn't a threat from SHAC anymore, our question is - why have the site then? This foolish behaviour was then mirrored by falsely claiming AR2008 had been cancelled, only serving to expose the pipe dream further about trying to crush the animal rights movement. [7]

So what's this really about?

What we do know is that some activists really get up this persons nose! Whether its Dick, Nat, Chris or Alan, its clear that there are some personal grudges against these dedicated campaigners. The main focus is googling names and reading myspace comments for intelligence, which for some of us probably sounds familiar.

So who could be running this anti-anti-animal cruelty and NETCU watch watch website? From the description, it's probably fair to say it's somebody who enjoys animal cruelty and tactical coordination against extremism. The likely suspects are those idiots from Cambridgeshire known as NETCU, or the previously mentioned hunters. Whoever they are, the mystery is out there - the problem is we don't give a f**k! As NETCU Watch say "Check em out for some serious laughs…"

See also:
 http://netcu.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/shac-watch-seriously-no-seriously



Sources

[1]  http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6304.htm
[2]  https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/05/398835.html
[3]  http://shacwatch.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/one-year-on-an-shac-is-slowly-dying/
[4]  http://www.directaction.info/news_apr27_08.htm /  http://www.directaction.info/news_apr25_08.htm /  http://www.directaction.info/news_apr24_08.htm /  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/southcoast/2008/04/397230.html
[5]  http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5inG5EbZvaYbPPd4e8Fi-wsW3_pEg
[6]  http://shacwatch.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/nowhere-to-hide-shac
[7]  http://shacwatch.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/a-great-week