Global Vigil in memory of Jill Phipps

Jill Phipps was a British animal rights activist. Jill became an activist at the age of 11 when she joined her mother to fight the fur trade. She joined the Animal Liberation League and took part with her mother in a campaign that led to the closing down of a local fur store and fur farm. At the age of 22, together with family members and other activists, she raided a vivisection laboratory. The group was prosecuted and found guilty, receiving custodial sentences. Members of her family were sent to prison, while Jill was put on a suspended sentence because she was pregnant.