Activists arrive at the New York Stock Exchange on Cousin Lane, London. It's been nearly 2 years since an early morning demonstration took place there. A few minutes after their arrival, staff realised they were there and rushed to close the shutters. The activists were only just handing out leaflets and holding placards. There wasn't even a megaphone in sight. Remaining at the site for an hour and a half they received a fantastic response from the public and workers of NYSE with many asking what they could do about the situation and a nice variation on the usual, boring "get a job!" - "go back to bed".

Just before midday activists met with others and headed for HLS and NYSE top shareholder, Barclays Bank, on King Street. A pretty good location, they again got a good response from the public while they handed out leaflets, chanted and informed the public and Barclay's customers about who the bank supports. As the largest shareholder in both companies, Barclays can have a massive amount of influence over the stock exchange and can put pressure on them to de-list HLS. It is the financial support that their shareholders are providing that is keeping them open. Barclays prove to us that they support animal torture in HLS by owning a large number of HLS shares themselves.

On to target number 3: AXA at 7 Newgate Street. Activists stayed there for around an hour. It appears they have sold their handful of HLS shares (about 7,000) like we were informed last week, wanting to appear a "responsible company" but they still own their shares in the NYSE. They were reminded that the responsible thing to do would be to put pressure on NYSE Euronext.

Fleet Street and Goldman Sachs were up next, owning over 10,000 shares in HLS and over 3 million in the NYSE. While the majority of the activists stayed outside the main entrance of the building, chanting and informing passers-by of what the demo was about, 2 others decided to do a spontaneous moving demonstration around the building. There were quite a few curious on-lookers who were informed of why the protesters were there and seemed very supportive. Goldman Sachs must be so ashamed of the business that it seems to be company policy not to put their company name on their buildings! Maybe the CEO could buy one out of his obscene £30+ million bonus!?

Last to come was Barclays, just across the road from Goldman Sachs. This was a shorter demo, just to remind the bank that wherever they are, they can expect demonstrations until they make the ethical decision and help us to close down HLS for good.

All in all, a great day of demos. Remember, the SHAC campaign will not cease until the doors of HLS close permanently. Until that day, whatever the weather (today: occasional light showers) you can expect to find us out on the streets.

Get yourself psyched up (and your masks out) for Scary Science Week - coming soon!