the better of him. Tell, Mr Cobb, hopefully the viewers at home will have a chance to see us shoot you a little later, but IEl finish my story first.
Tou see, viewers, when Nick Cobbt lawyers found out that the little girlt parents were suing for all the damage to her digestive system, they decided to defend the case on the grounds that the amount of damage done by the Cobb Cleanse was being grossly exaggerated by her lawyers.
To prove this fact, Cobb Cleanse Inc paid Malarek Researcht US laboratory twenty-three thousand dollars to run an experiment. In the tests Nick Cobb commissioned, one hundred and eight rabbits were made to drink Cobb Cleanse sink and worktop cleaner. Once the cleaner was administered, the rabbits were left for three days while their insides slowly burned away. They weren't even allowed a sip of water. At the end of three days, eighty-one rabbits had died from internal bleeding and the remainder were gassed. Their bodies were then cut up to examine the extent of the damage done by Cobb Cleanse.?
Jay cut to another graphic:
CRUELTY FACT No 2.
Since 1995 more than 80,000 animals have died in laboratory experiments carried out not for scientific purposes, but to provide evidence in lawsuits.
Viv shook his masked head grimly. Do you know, Mr Cobb, I think that authorising those tests makes you an evil man. The Animal Freedom Army has brought you here today to avenge those one hundred and eight dead bunnies.
Te're going to put you in our cage and give you a nice refreshing drink of Cobb Cleanse sink and worktop cleaner. Then, we're going to point our cameras at you and let all our viewers watch you suffer for twenty-four hours. Doesn't that just sound absolutely yummy??
33. NETWORK
CNN, ITN, BBC, NBC and even the business news channels showed the live feed of Nick Cobb being dragged across the set. James, Mark and Adelaide were squeezed together on a sofa in Whitley Bay, watching the story unfold.
This is terrorism meets reality TV and the power of the web,?the commentator said. Appalling and yet compelling in a way that makes you utterly unable to look away from the screen.?
James watched as Cobb was forced into the cage by Viv and two masked teenagers her met briefly the night before. Cobbt neck was locked into a brace so that his head poked between the bars and the door was slammed shut.
This is exactly how they did it with the bunnies, Cobby,?Viv explained. And Ir just like to emphasise that my colleagues and I have no medical training, just like the laboratory assistants at Malarek Research.?
The cage door slammed as Viv was handed a pint glass and a bottle of Cobb Cleanse.
Mmm ?pine fresh,?Viv grinned, as he squeezed the viscous blue liquid into the glass. Doesn't that make your tummy growl when you look at it? Maybe the viewers at home can place bets on whether youEl live or die? Or if you're watching via our website, why not vote in our online poll??
Cobb moaned desperately as Viv pinched his nostrils together to force him to breathe through his mouth, while one teenage assistant tried to prise his jaws apart and the other moved in with a feeding tube and funnel.
Come on, Cobby Wobbly,?Viv said exuberantly. Be a good bunny and eat all your din dins.?
The picture on the little TV blacked out for a second, before cutting to the face of a slightly startled newsreader. Tell, it appears that our director has cut away from those deeply disturbing scenes. But we will continue to follow this rapidly unfolding story.?
Mark flipped through all the news channels, but every news director in Britain and America had drawn the line at seeing a celebrity having a feeding tube forced down his throat.
Adelaide tutted. Te're only showing a procedure that happens to thousands of lab animals every day.?
Can we get the Internet??James asked.
Sot in this flat,?Adelaide said. Theret not even a telephone.?
James shrugged. Does anyone fancy another cup of tea??
Definitely,?Adelaide grinned.
Count me in,?Mark nodded. Three sugars.?
James squeezed off the middle of the couch and wandered through to the kitchen. He filled up the kettle and tried to think as he watched it boil. He realised that her got too wrapped up in Liberation TV and hadn't put any serious thought into his main task: finding a way of getting the information about Hummingbird Farm to Zara without endangering Kyle.
Nobody at the farm had been in contact since theyr arrived at