By Alyssa Newcomb Feb 25, 2012 4:44pm ABC NewsThe FBI is asking the public for help in identifying a group of “eco-terror criminals” who took responsibility for destroying 14 trucks at a ranch owned by California’s largest beef producer in January. During the early morning hours on Jan. 8, 2012, a group of animal liberation …
February 2012 archive
Feb 24
New Information in Earth Liberation Front Prosecution
by Will Potter Green is the New Red February 24, 2012 Animal rights activist David Agranoff has agreed to cooperate with government as part of a plea agreement related to Earth Liberation Front crimes in Bloomington, Indiana, more than 10 years ago. The prosecution is related to an April 30, 2000 arson in Bloomington, Indiana, …
Feb 24
Daniel McGowan Goes to the Oscars!
Daniel McGowan Goes to the Oscars! Well, not really, but, the film made about Daniel’s case, If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, was nominated for Best Documentary Feature this year! Although Daniel will not be able to see the film until his release, he is excited to know the film …
Feb 24
Re: Self-Proclaimed Animal-Welfare Activist in Ohio (Allegedly) Tried to Hire Someone to Kill Fur-Wearer
For Immediate Release North American Animal Liberation Press Office Statement In a widely reported story in the mainstream media, an animal rights activist in Ohio has been charged with soliciting a hit man to fatally shoot or slit the throat of a random fur-wearer. Meredith Lowell, 27, appeared Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Cleveland …
Feb 22
Ohio animal rights activist Meredith Lowell charged with hiring hitman to murder random fur-wearer
By Crimesider Staff CBS News February 22, 2012 Police say an animal rights activist in Ohio has been charged with soliciting a hitman to fatally shoot or slit the throat of a random fur-wearer. Meredith Lowell, 27, appeared Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Cleveland where a judge ordered her held by the U.S. Marshals …
Feb 22
Animal Rights Activists Charged in Murder Fur Hire Plot
ABC News By ALYSSA NEWCOMB Feb. 22, 2012 An animal activist planned to pay a hitman $730 to gun down a random person wearing fur outside of a Cleveland library. A criteria for any gunmen considering the offer was that they do not wear “anything that looks remotely like fur,” according to a police affidavit. …
Feb 21
$100,000 reward posted for information on the attack on Harris Farms last month
Cattle Network: Sheriff’s officials said a $100,000 reward will be given to anyone with information leading to the arrest of the arsonist responsible for the attack on Harris Farms last month. The Associated Press reports the fire at California’s largest beef processor destroyed 14 tractors and several cattle trailers. The loss was estimated to total …
Feb 21
$100K reward in arson attack at CA beef processor
The Associated Press Feb. 21, 2012 FRESNO, Calif. — Fresno County authorities are offering $100,000 for information leading to an arrest in last month’s arson attack at the state’s biggest beef processor. Sheriff’s officials announced the reward Tuesday. The Jan. 8 fire destroyed 14 big-rig tractors and several trailers at Harris Ranch near Coalinga. Harris …
Feb 21
New Information on Informant in Earth Liberation Front Prosecution
by Will Potter February 21, 2012 Green is the New Red Animal rights activist David Agranoff has agreed to cooperate with government as part of a plea agreement related to Earth Liberation Front crimes in Bloomington, Indiana, more than 10 years ago. The prosecution is related to an April 30, 2000 arson in Bloomington, Indiana, …
Feb 14
Camille Marino Arrested — Are Animal Rights Activists a “Hate Group”?
by Will Potter February 14, 2012 Green is the New Red Two activists with the animal rights group “Negotiation Is Over” (NIO) have been arrested at a protest in Florida. Group founder Camille Marino was arrested on an out of state warrant, and is awaiting extradition to Michigan. In Michigan, NIO is campaigning against an …
Feb 10
Music and the Animal Liberation Movement – by Josh Eldridge
I’m from a small town. The place I grew up had less than 1,000 people living in it and it was very uncommon to have a meal – any meal – that didn’t have meat in it. There was no vegetarians or vegans but there was music and that’s what I clung to. Music opened …
Feb 06
Two animal-rights activists arrested at protest
By Nathan Crabbe February 6, 2012 Gainesville Sun Two animal-rights activists were arrested on Saturday at a protest of the University of Florida’s use of primates in research. Camille Marino and Lisa Grossman, part of the animal rights group Negotiation is Over, were protesting outside the Gator Gala awards ceremony at Emerson Alumni Hall. Gainesville …