July 2013 archive

Company to start slaughtering horses next week, despite arson and lawsuit

By John Upton A New Mexico slaughterhouse plans to begin killing horses for meat on Monday — despite a looming lawsuit and an apparent arson attack. Refrigeration units at the Valley Meat Co. in Roswell., N.M., lit up in flames on Tuesday. Firefighters extinguished the blaze, but not before five compressors were damaged beyond repair. The …

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Mink Farm near Burley Raided by “Animal Liberators”

Boise Times-News By Mychel Matthews – mmatthews@magicvalley.com BURLEY • A mink farm southeast of town was hit last weekend by a group of self-avowed “animal liberators.” On Sunday evening, 4,800 mink were released from the Moyle mink farm at 575 E. 120 S., said Cassia County Sheriff Jay Heward. An estimated 90 percent of the …

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Liberator (Comic) Issue #2 Available!

A comic inspired by the real men and women who actually carry out clandestine actions in order to liberate animals from abuse, confinement and exploitation. Order here: http://liberatorcomic.wordpress.com/buy-liberator/ See our review of Liberator Issue #1

First Fur Farm Raid of the 2013 Season: FCUSA Board Member in Idaho

2400 Captive Mink Freed from Farm of Fur Commission Board Member Cindy Moyle Received Anonymously July 30, 2013 On the evening of July 28, 2013, friends of wildlife entered the Burley, Idaho, mink farm of Fur Commission USA Board Member Cindy Moyle, compromised the perimeter fencing, and set up roving surveillance of the on-site night …

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ALF Releases Captive Pheasants From Farm in Riverside, California

Ash Grove Pheasant Farm Targeted (Received Anonymously) Riverside, CA: In a communique received by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, the Animal Liberation Front has taken credit for liberating captive pheasants from four out of six pens at a Riverside, California farm on July 22nd. According to documents posted at the Wildlife Farm Database …

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LP Hoopla Interview with Press Officer Nicoal R. Sheen

http://www.lphoolpa.org/2013/07/animal-liberation-front-press-office.html Recently I interviewed Nicoal of the Animal Liberation Front Press Office. This is an organization I have heard a bunch of but knew very little about so decided to shine some light on them. Even if this is not my personal approach to being vegan for some it is and understanding is always helpful. …

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NY Times: Can We See Our Hypocrisy to Animals?

A NEW documentary, “The Act of Killing,” explores the human capacity for mass murder. It addresses the Indonesian fratricide of the mid-1960s, in which a million people may have been killed. The slaughter was monstrous, but it was also mystifying — which is the way it often is. I’ve interviewed war criminals in a half-dozen …

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Smash HLS: Post-PETA Gorilla Tactics

By Kyle Swenson Thursday, Jul 25 2013 On a scalding Saturday afternoon, nearly a dozen Miami Beach Police cars are jammed up on the lawns of a shady residential street near Mount Sinai Hospital. Cops lean against their cruisers as a mangy group of about 20 protesters spills out onto the overgrown lawn before a …

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FBI INVESTIGATING SAN DIEGO FURRIER SHOP ATTACK

FBI, police, deputies look into claims by animal-rights activists By Teri Figueroa July 23, 2013 SAN DIEGO — The FBI and local authorities confirmed Monday they are investigating vandalism that self-styled animal-rights “anarchists” claimed to have done last week at San Diego’s only fur shop, as well as at the homes of the store’s owners. …

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San Diego Fur Shop, Owner, Manager’s Residences Sabotaged by ALF

received anonymously: In the early morning hours of July 16, 2013, anarchists in San Diego took action on behalf of the millions of fur-bearing animals who are trapped, enslaved, and killed to sustain the global fur industry We first visited Furs By Graf at 7670 Claremont Mesa Boulevard in the Claremont neighborhood. Every single piece …

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Number of animal experiments in Britain jumps 8% to 4.1million despite Coalition pledge to reduce them

Animal rights groups describe the figure, highest since 1982, as ‘shocking’ By Fiona Macrae The number of animal experiments carried out in the UK topped four million last year with a sharp increase in the number of monkeys used in laboratories. Home Office statistics show that 4.11million experiments were carried out in university, charity and …

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Locks Glued at Portland Butcher

anonymous report: Last week, locks were glued at the Laurelhurst Market butcher shop located off E. Burnside. Your chic urban facade can not cover up the reality of the products you sell: ducks being force fed though tubes and baby cows being stolen from their mothers. This modest act should be a small reminder of …

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Woman gored during final bull run in Spain

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-world/20130714/EU–Spain-Running.of.the.Bulls/ PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — A bull gored an Australian woman and left her seriously injured during the final bull run of this year’s annual San Fermin festival in Spain on Sunday. Four other runners were hospitalized with cuts and bruises. The 23-year-old woman, identified only as J.E., was gored in the back and suffered …

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An Overview of Bombing and Arson Attacks by Environmental and Animal Rights Extremists in the United States, 1995- 2010

Final Report to the Resilient Systems Division, Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityMay 2013. Click the link below to read the PDF document. BombingAndArsonAttacksByEnvironmentalAndAnimalRightsExtremists_May2013

Locks Glued at Oregon Slaughterhouse; Owners Outed

anonymous report, from Portland Indymedia: Nicky USA Exotic Meats operates a slaughterhouse in Dallas, Oregon. They are responsible for the deaths of rabbits, quail, deer, elk, bison, and other animals. Jace Hentges works as their ‘master butcher,’ and murders these animals, day in, day out. We glued the locks on their offices located at 223 …

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