Biography
Jake Conroy is an American animal rights activist and vegan who became widely known for his role in Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC USA), an international campaign targeting Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) — a biomedical research company that used animals in testing. Conroy helped design and maintain SHAC’s websites, which coordinated campaigns to pressure companies and individuals to sever ties with HLS. In May 2004 he was one of the seven activists arrested in the SHAC 7 case and subsequently convicted in March 2006 under the federal Animal Enterprise Protection Act and related charges for running websites that prosecutors said “incited” third-party illegal actions against HLS targets. Conroy was sentenced to 48 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution alongside other defendants.
