Sorry to see that this great man has died. That was an incredible book and a legacy of compassion he left behind.

Posted by: Susannah S | August 30, 2007 06:07 PM

i'm so sorry to hear this news - above all because i knew hans ruesch personally and we worked together during a great campaign against vivisection in 1985 in switzerland! he was an astonishing personality and he never rested! always when i saw him he talked about the animals suffering and i was with him when we looked his famous film 'the suffering of the animals'! he was a vegetarian and his secretary made me a vegetarian! she had a sister and the two women were the daughters of a butcher - but they gave all their life for the animals! hans ruesch also worked together with dr. milly schaer manzoli who wrote interesting books against vivisection, too!

so just i want to thank hans ruesch again for all he did for the suffering creatures during his lifetime and i'm sure that god shall receive him in his heavenly abode! i shall never forget you - you are a hero!

Posted by: animalfriend | August 30, 2007 06:37 PM

Oh my god wow I feel soo bad for these animals i cant beleve i ate that jerky wow this is flippin' sad.

Posted by: Chala McCormick | August 30, 2007 09:30 PM

This is a sad day for Animal Rights. Hans Reusch was a great man!

Posted by: Nadine Zimmer | August 30, 2007 11:59 PM

A truly great man,God bless you!

Posted by: antonio | August 31, 2007 04:07 AM

new edition of 'Slaughter' is available from Slingshot Publications

Posted by: SE | August 31, 2007 07:20 AM

my cat georgie (14)died exactly one day before him

Posted by: alex | August 31, 2007 08:22 AM

A Man Of Giant Stature among the Animal Welfare Brigade. Hans Ruesch Shone Light Like A Beacon In The Wilderness.

'' Long Live Peta & Ingrid Newkirk.''

Posted by: keith | August 31, 2007 08:38 AM

Thank God there are heros in this
crumbling world. The public needs to
know exactly how we are lied to, over charged for medical needs.We are being fed poisons in our air, food, and water.
Go vegetarian. That's the first step.
Thank you Mr. Ruesch for all you have done for the animals. May your work live on. GOD BLESS YOU!

Posted by: dee north | August 31, 2007 08:59 AM

Nice '' One '' Dee North..

Posted by: keith | August 31, 2007 12:09 PM

Wonderful Books and a wonderful advocate for animals!!!!

Chala McCormick

a jerk ate a jerky!

Posted by: Ana | August 31, 2007 12:49 PM

thank you SE. I am glad to see this book is still available.

it is a sad day for animal rights,indeed, Nadine.

Yes, Dee... may his work live on!

Posted by: 007 | August 31, 2007 02:12 PM

HR will go down in history as the father of scientific anti-vivisection

Also encouraging that a passage from 'Slaughter' is included in a book called 'Past to Present- Ideas that changed our World' aimed at college students for discussion, critical reading, etc, so hopefully new generations of young people will learn about his revolutionary work

Posted by: SE | September 1, 2007 08:38 AM

yes, a sad loss, but he left an outstanding legacy to the ages that will live forever.

Posted by: observer | September 1, 2007 08:41 AM

animalfriend,
how wonderful that you got to work with HR!your experiences will be valuable for historians of the AV movement

re Milly Schaer Manzoli, HR discredited her in Civis Bulletin no.10 (1990-91)(can be read on BAVA website)along with other individuals and societies. Arguably, the most important part of his work was alerting genuine AVs to infiltrators, phoney AV societies and their methods - a major reason vivisection has not yet been abolished

Posted by: SE | September 1, 2007 09:14 AM

I'm terribly sad that Hans Ruesch has died, he's taught me so much and I'll never forget him!

Posted by: Miranda | September 1, 2007 03:12 PM

SE,
thank you for commenting! here i think it's the moment to write a little bit more:
fact is that hans ruesch was traumatised by the bad treatment of animals! i approached him for to offer my help but he was very carefull about who he was putting inside because swiss pharma industry is a real mafia! during national voting for or against vivisection happened the following: hans ruesch and franz weber - who actually started the initiative - were invited to the tv-studio! for the public they said that the studio would just receive people from the town of solothurn where the studio was! so as i imagined the strategy of the chemical industry we went to the studio and said that we are against ruesch and they let us in immediately! inside ready for tv were sitting - all the heads of the basel pharma industry! that night on tv we were inside but we had a hard fight because they didn't let us to talk free! always when we wanted to put a question to a vivisector they asked us before, what we wanted to say! if we didn't say exactly that thing they took the microphone away!

the day of the actual voting the bureau for to put the vote was inside zurich railway station. when i appeared - you cannot imagine whom i saw behind the desk for to count the votes! mr salzmann from zurich university grundlagenforschung - the guy who killed the vivisected animals of vivisector dr. konrad akert!
when i asked him why he was sitting there - he answered me with a dirty smile on his face: do you live behind the moon?

for this i emigrated to france! i never forget this what happened in switzerland in 1985! of course we lost - we had just 30 pct of the votes and the big pharma bosses laughed about us! this was really a dirty rascal play - you hear me - yes it's me again: claudia marrapodi! i never shall forget you switzerland - never!

about hans ruesch: infact he discredited all of us insiders but milly schaer is a really great woman and does everything for the animals and i was a close friend to her husband! but we have to understand hans ruesch because it was hell he lived inside because he had to look at all these horrible pictures and to go undercover to these places! i was also undercover once - so i never believe the pharma industry anymore! if they are so scientific - why then is it that all the animals they are experimenting on are living in such dirty abandoned places!!!??? so i hope i could give to you all a little image of those times!!!

Posted by: animalfriend | September 2, 2007 02:52 PM

Rest in peace sweet man

Posted by: carolyn | September 2, 2007 07:22 PM

great man, will be remembered.

Posted by: cd | September 3, 2007 01:53 AM

Dear,dear Hans Ruesch.

What a terrible lost!
What a wonderfull man this was.

Thank you for fighting against the abusive vivisection industry!

You will always be my inspiration.

I am fighting for animalsrights too Hans; because of the books you wrote !

R.i.p dear friend

Posted by: E.Huiberts- Belgium | September 3, 2007 09:19 AM

The AR movement has lost a great man. I love reading about people like Hans Reusch. The AR movement has had a very rich history. He will be missed.

Posted by: Tina | September 3, 2007 11:02 AM

thanks for yr story,animalfriend!

For anyone interested, the latest edition of 'Slaughter' 2003 by Slingshot publications, 444 pages

Preface by Marco Mamone Capria PhD, University of Perugia, Italy,

and Martin J Walker, MA, London, England.

The latest edition has a slightly larger typeface than previous editions but retains the page layout, thus ensuring continuity of reference).

To order Slaughter of the Innocent: Please send a cheque/PO for £11 per copy to: BAVA PO Box 73, Chesterfield S41 0YZ. It is the policy of the BAVA to sell all educational materials at cost price, and so prices shown are inclusive of P&P.

Posted by: SE | September 4, 2007 06:36 AM

Hans Ruesch was my inspiration. "Slaughter of the Innocent" was this first animal right's book I read.
It changed my perception towards animal suffering and I am iternally grateful.
What a man.
Gemma Davies
East Croydon
Surrey
UK

Posted by: Gemma Davies | September 4, 2007 01:48 PM

SE

I took a look at your website--fabulous!!!! I am an abolitionist so I was greatly pleased to read the site.

Can "Slaughter" be ordered in the USA??? Through a bookstore or abolitionist org? Thanks for the info of how to purchase "Slaughter".

Posted by: Ana | September 4, 2007 03:59 PM

I am glad to see a tribute to the father of our movement (even though it should have been on the front page, not the back)! Hans Reusch was a man of great courage, conviction, intelligence and insight. He has been the lone voice crying in the wilderness for too long, it is time for everyone to speak out for LAB animals!!!!!

Posted by: Susan Davis | September 4, 2007 06:15 PM

It seems you can also order the book from Lifeforce in Vancouver, Canada. I phoned them up and they indicated the title is new and in stock. Price was 8.50C AN plus shipping. Here's the link:

http://www.lifeforcefoundation.org/gallery.php

Posted by: Mike Quinoa | September 4, 2007 07:29 PM

Thanks,Ana.

Pls contact BAVA

info@BAVA.org.uk

re purchase of 'Slaughter'in the US. I'm sure they'll be able to help

Posted by: SE | September 5, 2007 02:33 AM

THANK YOU HANS RUESCH for your firm, consistent discovery AND publication of the truth against animal vivisection - all in detail. For denouncing the medical and pharmaceutical industries as the exploiters they are of both nonhuman animals and humans. Your departure is a great loss for all in the animal rights movement, but thanks to your works, we will carefully re-read, study and follow up your works to continue your wonderful efforts to liberate all nonhuman animals! Rest in Peace!!!

Posted by: Adela | September 9, 2007 10:50 PM

The greatest tribute to Hans Ruesch will consist in unflinching determination to persist in the quest for justice for animals.

Posted by: J. B, Suconik | September 10, 2007 10:20 AM

My particular interest is in motor racing and I've been able to find so little about his early racing history. Does anyone know details of his funeral/burial, please as I wish to write a memorial page for him?
Paul

Posted by: Paul Narramore | September 16, 2007 06:43 AM

What was the relationship between Hans Ruesch and Milly Schaer Manzoli?

Posted by: anna salmaso | December 17, 2007 06:48 PM