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Novartis: (Animal rights) Activists steal ashes of CEO's mom (set fire to Austrian hunting lodge)
AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/4/09 | Thomas Brunner - ap

Posted on 08/04/2009 9:53:14 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

BERN, Switzerland – Drug maker Novartis AG said Tuesday that animal rights activists have stolen the ashes of its CEO's mother and set fire to his Austrian hunting lodge.

Swiss authorities, however, said they didn't know who was behind the attacks.

In the latest incident, CEO Daniel Vasella's Tyrollean lodge in Bach, Austria, was badly burned early Monday morning.

"It was arson with a professional fire accelerator," Novartis spokeswoman Isabel Guerra said in Basel.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: activists; animalrights; animalwhackos; arson; huntinglodge; novartis; pharmaceuticals; switzerland; theft

1 posted on 08/04/2009 9:53:14 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Send this to drudge to show these leftist nuts are the real danger.


2 posted on 08/04/2009 9:59:21 AM PDT by joinedafterattack
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To: joinedafterattack

Ummmm, animal rights activists are stuck on stupid. Novartis makes drugs that folks give to their animals to keep them healthy and ummm, alive!


3 posted on 08/04/2009 10:33:09 AM PDT by Cyclone59 (Everything that hits the fan is not evenly distributed)
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To: NormsRevenge

I’m actually mystified that a group of PETA nuts hasn’t gotten themselves killed yet. A lot of their criminal acts are inherently dangerous, and sooner or later their violence will be “misinterpreted” by some security officer who is armed.


4 posted on 08/04/2009 11:06:18 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

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5 posted on 08/17/2009 8:53:57 AM PDT by seton89
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