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| - Barry Horne (March 17, 1952 – November 5, 2001) was a British animal rights activist who died of liver failure in Ronkswood Hospital, Worcester in November 2001. His death followed a series of hunger strikes carried out while he served an 18-year sentence for planting incendiary devices in stores selling animal products — the longest sentence handed down to any animal rights activist by the British courts. Horne said he was willing to starve himself to persuade the British government to hold a public inquiry into animal testing, something the Labour Party had pledged but failed to do when it came to power in 1997. At the time of his death at the age of 49, he had not eaten for 15 days, but he had been left badly weakened by previous hunger strikes, the longest of which, in 1998, had lasted 68 days and had damaged his eyesight and kidneys. Media reaction to his death was hostile, particularly in the UK, where he was widely described as a "terrorist." Within the animal rights movement, in the UK and around the world, he continues to be viewed as an inspiration and a martyr.
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