In 1979, I joined my first demo against nuclear power plants. In the following years, I participated in the campaign for access to the green gardens of the Emperor's Palace in Vienna, and in 1984, I occupied together with 7.000 other people a primeval forest to protect it from cutting. In early 1985, I started my first animal rights group and joined a lot of campaigns, including the famous ones in the UK of live animal exports, Consort Beagles, and Hillgrove Cats. After that, I helped develop our own campaigning style in Austria with VGT, the Association Against Animal Factories. This led eventually to aggressive state repression, 105 days in prison on remand, and 14 months of trial, being accused of coercing governments to introduce more animal-friendly laws. But still, the list of successful campaigns is quite long!