Animal Rights Group Halts NYSE Listing

Life Sciences Research Inc. was all set to begin trading today on the New York Stock Exchange. But less than an hour before the opening bell, NYSE officials told them that the listing was going to be postponed. No reason was given.

LSR engages in animal testing, so the company is used to receiving hate mail and death threats. But the threat must have been very serious for the NYSE to halt a listing.

On the Web site of the activist group Win Animal Rights, or W.A.R., a link off of the camouflage-pattern home page led to a page entitled “Puppy Killers on the New York Stock Exchange.” Readers are encouraged to write “polite letters and e-mails and make polite phone calls” to the exchange. The exchange’s address and phone numbers are listed, along with the names and work numbers of two members of the public relations department.
W.A.R. founder Camille Hankins confirmed that an unknown number of W.A.R. supporters made calls to the exchange. Hankins said she does not advocate threats or violence, and she urged her members to be reasonable and make well-informed arguments against LSR. But she added that she had no control over what others might do.

The NY Post has more.

Posted by on September 8th, 2005 at 5:58 pm


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