Keith Mann is a British animal rights campaigner and direct action activist who acted as a spokesman for the Animal Liberation Front, and was alleged by police in 2005 to be a ringleader for the ALF.
14 Facts About Keith Mann
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Keith Mann was imprisoned twice, and is the author of From Dusk 'til Dawn: An Insider's View of the Growth of the Animal Liberation Movement.
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Keith Mann's lasting memory of his first job, on a dairy farm, is the cows crying out all day searching for the calves that had been removed from them.
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Keith Mann first came into contact with animal rights activists in 1982, when local hunt saboteurs were handing out leaflets in the street.
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Keith Mann espoused direct action and was considered by police to be the ringleader of the Animal Liberation Front.
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Keith Mann was imprisoned twice for illegal acts related to his activism.
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Keith Mann was arrested in 1991 after carrying out a series of fire attacks on slaughterhouse lorries in Oldham.
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Keith Mann escaped custody and went on the run for 10 months, working at an animal sanctuary run by the Celia Hammond Animal Trust under an assumed name.
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In 1994, Keith Mann was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment, eventually serving seven years, for 21 offences including arson, possessing explosives and escaping from custody.
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Keith Mann was arrested at his home and the mice were returned to the laboratory.
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Keith Mann argued that the tests were illegal because the product was being tested for cosmetic purposes, which is banned in Britain.
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In 2007 Keith Mann was involved in Gateway to Hell, a campaign aimed at airports, ports and freight firms importing animals for experimentation.
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Keith Mann stood in Oxford West and Abingdon against Liberal Democrat MP Evan Harris in the 2010 general election.
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Keith Mann received 143 votes and Harris lost the seat to Nicola Blackwood of the Conservative Party.