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After an outcry from Dubai citizens and concerned people everywhere, the local government ordered the Atlantis Hotel to release their 13-foot whale shark in October.

Regardless, the hotel has still not released the shark nor said when they intend to do so. So… what’s the hold-up?

British activists may receive up to 14-year jail sentences for blackmail and conspiracy to blackmail executives of and suppliers to Huntingdon Life Sciences, a company notorious for testing on animals. Three of them pled guilty to conspiracy charges, while four others denied the charges and were found guilty of conspiracy. One person was cleared.

They were all members of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, an organization known for using radical tactics and threats. The organization has been known to send fake bombs and needles claiming to be contaminated with AIDS to employees of HLS and companies that do business with them.