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. …
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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 …
Jan 27
Animal rights activists set fourteen cattle trucks ablaze
January 27, 2012 Homeland Security News Wire Earlier this month fourteen cattle-transportation trailers were set on fire at California’s largest feed yard by an animal rights group. Immediately following the attack the Animal Liberation Front ( ALF ) released a statement that indicated an anonymous group of activists had executed the attack against the “horrors of …
Jan 26
Interview with Walter Bond by Paula Ricciulli for the Columbian Magazine Cartel Urbano
Do you think there will be a time when mankind stops relying on Animals? I think there will come a time when humanity either stops using Animals’ dead bodies for food, research, clothing and all other reasons or humanity will reap the consequences of environmental destruction due in large part to Animal agriculture and industrialized …
Jan 20
Activists’ arson crosses line into terror
Friday, January 20, 2012 Editorial Capital Press (The West’s Ag Website) The Associated Press and several other media outlets last week reported that 14 big-rig tractors and several trailers at California’s Harris Farms Fresno County cattle operation were destroyed by fire. Firefighters responding to the early-morning blaze at a feedlot storage area found the 14 …
Jan 20
Cause of Colorado Horse Lab Fire Ruled “Undetermined”
Damages at Colorado State University Equine Research lab estimated at $12 million, cause is “undetermined”. By Peter Young Animal Liberation Frontline January 20, 2012 As reported on Animal Liberation Frontline over the summer , a mysterious fire broke out overnight on July 26th at one of the country’s premier horse genetics labs in Colorado, completely …
Jan 19
Groups compare recent activist activity to agro-terrorism attacks
Thursday, January 19, 2012 BY JEFFREY HOFFELT, LIVESTOCK EDITOR Agri-ViewWords turned into action Jan. 8 as an estimated 14 trucks and cattle-transporting trailers were intentionally set on fire at the largest feed yard in California. An animal rights extremist group quickly took credit for the arson attack in the San Joaquin Valley.Though the cause of …
Jan 15
The Story of the 17 Rabbits Liberated from Portland Meat Collective
By Peter Young Animal Liberation Frontline January 15, 2012 In a strange development, a rabbit rescue is forced to return 17 rabbits liberated from a Portland butchery school. PDX Meat Collective butchers reclaim “stolen” rabbits Overnight on January 8th, news broke on the ” Portland Meat Collective” website that somewhere between 18 and 23 rabbits …
Jan 13
Where’s the legal line drawn in animal-rights activism?
Sacramento Bee By Michael Doyle Friday, Jan. 13, 2012WASHINGTON — A federal courthouse in Boston and a ranch in California’s San Joaquin Valley present competing faces of the animal rights movement. One side is peaceful. The other, decidedly, is not. Both can feel the weight of the law and the sting of being called a …
Jan 11
California Activists Torch Cattle Trucks
January 11, 2012 Agriculture Proud “Containers of accelerant were placed beneath a row of 14 trucks with four digital timers used to light four of the containers and kerosene soaked rope carrying the fire to the other 10,” the e-mail said. “We were extremely pleased to see all 14 trucks ‘were a total loss,’ ” …