2013 archive

Fred Coulston, still dead (Primate Freedom Project)

It’s been years. Eleven years actually. And it’s how people are remembered. Eleven years ago some of the horror at Alamogordo was ending. Despite years and years of animal cruelty violations, the USDA finally closed the infamous Coulston laboratory where unspeakable cruelty was inflicted on our closest relative, the chimpanzee. We’ve all heard about the …

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Japanese govt’s websites hacked by Anonymous over dolphin hunt

Japanese government’s websites, including the ones of the prime minister’s office, Taji, Wakayama Prefecture, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, have been cyber attacked by Anonymous, a group of “hacktivists” (hacker-activists) who primarily hack websites to bring about social change. “STOP these slaughters IMMEDIATELY, or get ready to …

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Earth Crisis and Liberator to Collaborate on New Comic Series

Press Office Note: Liberator is a revolutionary comic series about animal liberation, written by Matt Miner. We have seen Liberator blossom into a new and creative medium to reach other audiences (outside of preaching to the choir) about the importance of animal liberation and those who risk their freedom behind the mask to free others. …

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FBI Raids San Diego House Over Mink Farm Raids

By Animal Liberation Frontline First known house raid in connection with last summer’s Animal Liberation Front fur farm campaign. The following is a report of a house that was raided this week in San Diego, apparently in connection with the recent wave of mink releases. Since July, anonymous activists have raided 10 fur farms in …

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​What will happen after animals are legally recognized as persons?

by George Dvorsky The first real attempt to see chimps legally recognized as persons may have failed, but it’s an historic case that undoubtedly represents the first of many to come. It’ll only be a matter of time before chimps and other animals are no longer seen as mere property, but rather as subjects worthy …

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Daniel Andreas San Diego Listed on FBI’s Most Wanted (again)

from the SF Gate The FBI sought Friday to renew interest in the manhunt for Daniel Andreas San Diego, an animal rights activist accused of bombing two offices in the Bay Area a decade ago. San Diego, a 35-year-old former resident of Schellville in Sonoma County, is one of 25 of Northern California’s “most wanted” featured …

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Uniting Our Struggles: Where Animal Liberation and Anti-Oppression Meet

from Earth First! Newswire by liz gurley flynn Days ago, a supporter of the Animal Liberation Front issued a communique calling for movement support and action in dismantling the fur industry. At first glance, that this call was delivered to the Earth First! Journal Collective may seem peculiar. The North American Animal Liberation Press Office …

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Political Prisoner Steve Murphy Released, in Halfway Home

On December 11, 2013, Steve Murphy was released from federal prison in Texas. He will complete his sentence at a halfway house (his release date is February 25, 2014). Steve Murphy was sentenced to 5 years in prison in 2010 after pleading guilty to charges relating to an attempted arson at a luxury housing development …

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Why science is telling all of us to revolt and change our lives before we destroy the planet

By Naomi Klein, October 29, 2013.  Source: AlterNet In December 2012, a pink-haired complex systems researcher named Brad Werner made his way through the throng of 24,000 earth and space scientists at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, held annually in San Francisco. This year’s conference had some big-name participants, from Ed Stone …

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Leaked Security Alert #1: Aspiring Fur Farmer Outed, More

Animal Liberation Frontline By Peter Young Nov 25, 2013 The first in a series of leaked Fur Commission “security alerts” Animal Liberation Frontline will be posting over the next month. Background: Animal Liberation Frontline has obtained dozens of internal fur industry “security alerts.” These bulletins are sent to fur farmers via email and fax every …

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Animal rights activists contaminate SC Johnson’s Kiwi Mink Oil with cyanic acid

The Wall Street Journal By Jessica Rae Pulver-Adell In a supposed protest against the selling of S.C. Johnson & Son’s Kiwi Mink Oil, unnamed animal rights activists are sabotaging products with cyanic acid, which is a colorless and poisonous liquid – intended to ruin the leather it is intended to treat. 263 jars of Kiwi …

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McDonald’s, KFC Sabotaged in Midwest

Received Anonymously Four toilets were sabotaged at McDonald’s and KFC restaurants in the Midwest. In each restaurant, the back cover to the toilet was removed, and the flushing apparatus was broken off by hand. They will now need a plumber to repair the toilets. This only took seconds and required no tools. We hope the …

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Anonymous Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond’s Court Statement Upon Being Sentenced to 10 Years In Jail

By Jeremy Hammond [jeremy Hammond was sentenced to ten years in prison for hacking Stratfor communications, then releasing the personal account and email info of over 800,000 people, plus the credit card info of 60,000 people. This is his statement. ] Good morning. Thank you for this opportunity. My name is Jeremy Hammond and I’m …

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Colorado Mink Farm Raided, Closes for Good

Received Anonymously On the night of November 14th, the Earth Liberation Front visited the previously unknown Colorado mink farm of Monte Ages, located at 622 Valley View Drive in Moffat County. This is one of the smallest mink farms in operation, so opening nearly every cage took very little time. The mink understood our mission …

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Animal Rights Activists Attack (and Close) Brazilian Lab Experimenting with Animals

A group of activists for the protection of animals attacked Wednesday a Brazilian pharmaceutical research laboratory and removed the mice and hamsters being used for medical research – the same institution they attacked in October and freed 178 dogs. The laboratory in the city of San Roque, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Sao Paulo, was …

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