"Activists at this demo all wore a purple ribbon in memory of Jill Phipps. Her courage and dedication continues to inspire around the world.

Activists came out in full force at the home of Ludwig Hantson, 3130 Jean Girard, Montreal, QC, H3Y 3L2, (514) 932-2854, President of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada. Ludwig lives in a multi-million dollar home paid for with the blood of thousands upon thousands of tortured animals.

We were greeted by about 10 police vans that escorted us to Ludwig's gated front door. You know you're evil when your front door looks more like a prison cell- where Ludwig deserves to be. As we marched down his street it was eerily silent and even though it was a bright sunny day every single blind was drawn; either this is a cultish community or they were informed of the SHAC attack. Apparently there was alot of time and effort invested into trying to hide the awful truth from his neighbours. Fortunately the 25 activists were loud enough to penetrate the walls of the mansions, and we noticed that behind most closed blinds one or two heads peeked out.

Passers-by got pamphlets warning to keep companion animals close at hand, and to check out the website www.xenodiaries.org where they could see the horrors of Novartis' xenotransplantation program at HLS. We will continue to go to Ludwig Hantson's home. Ludwig will not always have a warning that we are coming and his family and neighbours will be repeatedly informed and reminded about his company's sick ties with HLS.

The police spending so much money for this "security" operation found it necessary to get some of it back by giving out jay walking fines at the end of the protest.

The next day we received an email informing us that the whole neighbourhood had been leafleted with a picture of Ludwig denouncing him as the criminal that he is."