August 2013 archive

Animal Liberation Front Floods House of Fur Auction VP

Received Anonymously: Around 7:00am on August 26, a cell of the Animal Liberation Front entered the back yard of Brian L. MacMillan, 1245 Mockingbird Lane in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Brian is the Vice President of Wild Fur Operations at North American Fur Auctions, the largest fur auction house in North America. Brian is a terrorist …

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Search continues for ‘liberated’ mink, fox from fur farm

Sun News (Canada) August 29th, 2013 MONTE SOLBERG | QMI AGENCY SIMCOE, Ont. — A handful of animals remains at large following a break-and-enter at a fur farm east of Simcoe this week when nearly 420 mink and 80 fox were sprung from their cages. Individuals claiming to represent the Animal Liberation Front have taken …

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Third fur farm raid in one month: 2,000 mink released in Illinois

by Peter Young Animal Liberation Frontline Saturday, Aug 28, 2013 In yet another large action this summer, 2,000 mink are released from a small farm in Illinois. Local media is reporting 2,000 mink were released on August 14th from a fur farm in Morris, Illinois. Police state they received a call at 5am on August …

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Animal rights group claims responsibility for vandalism at Lapeer County meat facility

MLive (Michigan) By Gary Ridley | gridley@mlive.com August 28, 2013 NORTH BRANCH, MI — Law enforcement officials believe “radical” animal activists are responsible for vandalism at a North Branch-area meat production facility. Lapeer County Sheriff Lt. Gary Parks said detectives from his office are investigating an incident that occurred early Monday, Aug. 26, at McNees …

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Animal rights group vandalizes Michigan slaughterhouse

Brett Wessler Drover’s Cattle Network 08/28/2013 An animal rights group allegedly claimed responsibility for vandalizing a Michigan slaughterhouse and one of its vehicles and freeing cows from the facility Monday morning. The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) released an email following the incident at McNee’s Meats. Members of the group spray-painted “Meat is Murder” on the …

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Fox, mink sprung from fur farm (800 liberated from Simcoe Ontario Fur Farm)

By Monte Sonnenberg Simcoe Reformer August 27, 2013 SIMCOE – Animal rights activists have taken credit for the mass release of fox and mink at a fur farm east of Simcoe this week. Nearly 500 animals in all were released sometime early Monday morning at the Bollert Fur Farm on Highway 3 west of Renton. The culprits …

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800 Captive Mink and Fox Liberated from Simcoe, Ontario Fur Farm

Received Anonymously: In the early morning of August 26, 2013, the ALF raided Royal Oak Fur Farm in Simcoe, Ontario. We approached the fur farm and laid down in the tall grass so we could watch the guard’s building for any sign of movement. Once we were satisfied it was empty, we cut the bands …

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Michigan Slaughterhouse Wrecked, Cows Released

Received Anonymously: In the early morning of August 26th two ALF members traveled three hours to a small town called North Branch, MI to vandalize and liberate a family slaughterhouse called ‘Mcnee’s Meats’ -years prior the beef they sold was even tested positive for E. Coli. One member glued the ignition to the transport truck …

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San Francisco Fur and Leather Shop Sabotaged, Twice

Received Anonymously: Last week, a lone volunteer with the Animal Liberation Front paid a visit to B.B. Hawk Fur and Leather at 25 Division Street in San Francisco. A window was destroyed with glass etching cream. A police car drove by at slow speed so an exit was made before more damage could be done. …

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Minneapolis Fur Shop Sabotaged

Received Anonymously: Two windows smashed, in addition to locks glued, at  on the night of August 22. William Ribnick, be warned: As long as you continue to profit off of the captivity, electrocution, and gassing of wild animals, we will be back time and time again. We would like to dedicate this action to Marie …

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Trucks Sabotaged at Ontario, Canada Slaughterhouse

Received Anonymously: Today in Ontario, Canada, the ALF superglued the ignitions of trucks at the slaughterhouse called Abingdon Meat Packers. All the trucks were left unlocked, so the keys were taken and replaced with small pieces of metal from roofing staples and then super glue. Abingdon Meat Packers exclusively kills baby animals and gluing these …

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Mexican Cattle Auction Website Hacked

Received Anonymously: In these images you can see the before and after of our visit, you can see a small modification. Similarly other modifications were made to the website which, though not visible on the main page, surely will take them a few hours to return to how they had it, if they can. On …

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San Francisco Butcher Held Accountable

Received Anonymously: This was our first action, inspired by the amazing work of animal liberationists in Costa Mesa, Montana, Idaho, Portland, and elsewhere this summer. Around midnight on August 12, we held local animal abuser Dave Evans and Marin Sun Farms accountable for the lives they’ve destroyed. We took action on behalf of the thousands …

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Payback: Whale Drags Down Boat With 12 Traditional Hunters on Board in Eastern Indonesia

The Jakarta Globe By SP/Yoseph Kelen http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/whale-drags-down-boat-with-12-traditional-hunters-on-board-in-eastern-indonesia/#more-‘ Kupang. Authorities in the eastern Indonesian district of Lembata continued to mount search efforts on Friday after a harpooned orca whale dragged down a boat with 12 traditional hunters on board, officials said. “Four made it to Mulandoro but the  eight others have yet to be found,” Lamalera …

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ALF Releases Captive Pheasants and Quail in Oregon

Received Anonymously: On the night of August 15th the masked liberators of the Animal Liberation Front carried out the rescue of wild pheasants and quail from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife game bird exhibition pens at the EE Wilson wildlife area (north of Corvallis). Wire cutting tools were used to completely cut open …

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