October 2013 archive

Animal Liberation Front Boasts of Success in Ohio Mink Raid

By: Jesse Hathaway Media Trackers A recent Animal Liberation Front (ALF) announcement of a nighttime raid on a mink farm in Van Wert, Ohio has been disputed by the business’s management, who have not filed a police report in the matter. According to ALF and an affiliated extremist group, the farm is covering up activists’ …

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Arise America, Mink Raids – Interview with Will Hazlitt

Exclusive Skype interview with Press Officer Will Hazlitt over recent Mink Liberations on the rise.

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Fire causes more than $20,000 damage at Zimbal Mink Ranch (Wisconsin)

By: SheboyganDaily.com Staff OOSTBURG – Firefighters responded to Zimbal Mink Ranch in Sheboygan County for a reported fire Monday afternoon. The fire was reported inside a pole barn at the ranch, located at 6438 Abraham Court in Oostburg, shortly after 12 PM. According to the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office, a sawdust caught fire and caused between …

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Jailed Animal Rights Activist on Hunger Strike in Illinois

Kevin Olliff is on hunger strike until the Woodford County Jail book ban is reversed. by Peter Young Animal Liberation Frontline Background: Tyler Lang and Kevin Olliff are two Los Angeles animal rights activists who were arrested in rural Illinois for “possession of burglary tools.” After a traffic stop in which they refused consent to …

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Freed minks blamed for slaughtering ducks in Langley

Animal Liberation Front allegedly freed 800 minks in raid earlier this month CBC News Posted: Oct 24, 2013 A duck farmer in Langley, B.C., says some minks freed by an animal rights group viciously killed dozens of his ducks and he wants someone to take responsibility. Jae Woodlock lives in an area where several mink …

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After Releasing Dogs, Animal Rights Activists Violently Clash With Police

Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Animal rights activist Saturday clashed with police in front of a laboratory in southeastern Brazil that used dogs for drug tests. The clash came one day after activists broke into the Instituto Royal laboratory in Sao Roque and released 178 beagles being used to test for adverse effects of …

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“Move Marie” Color Brochure, B&W Flyer

The campaign to have Marie moved from her special isolation unit is underway! Please write a letter today. You can download the “Move Marie” pamphlet here: trifold color brochure (smaller version, 600KB) trifold color brochure (larger version) A black and white half-page flyer with a different design and dates for the upcoming events on the …

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Animal Rights Activists Raid Brazil Laboratory

Protesters seize hundreds of dogs from São Paulo research 19 October 2013 Al Jazeera Activists raided a laboratory in São Paulo, Brazil early Friday and took hundreds of dogs from the complex after claims that the lab was testing on animals. The protesters accuse Instituto Royal of mistreating animals for pharmaceutical purposes. The institute pushed back, …

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Known Snitch Jen Kolar “Recruiting” Vegans in Seattle Area

A former activist, Jennifer Kolar, who snitched on her former friends is now ‘recruiting’ vegans and animal rights activists in the Seattle area. It is unclear if she is trying to set them up for anything but she has snitched in the past and is clearly a threat. A photo of Jennifer and further details …

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New York Times: Raids to Free Minks Up Ante on Animal Rights

The New York Times Michael Wines October 16. 2013 NEW HOLSTEIN, Wis. — Next to their white clapboard house on a rural road here, in long rows of cages set beneath the roofs of seven open-air sheds, Virginia and Gary Bonlander are raising 5,000 minks. Or were, anyway, until two Saturdays ago, when the police …

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ALF Takes Credit for Abbotsford (Near Vancouver) Fur Farm Liberation

received anonymously: During the early hours of Wednesday, October 2, the Animal Liberation Front raided a mink farm near Lefeuvre and Downes Road in Abbotsford, about an hour from Vancouver. The entire perimeter fence at the back of the farm was cut before over 800 cages were opened to allow the mink a chance to …

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The Non-Violent War on Terror, 2013

How Animal Liberation Activists Are Destroying the Cruel Fur Trade in America The North American Animal Liberation Press Office October 12, 2013 While the American government and mainstream media have been fond of late of labeling every act of human and non-human liberatory effort as some form of terrorism, there is a far greater amount …

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Ecoterrorist pleads guilty, but won’t snitch on ‘the Family’

By Matt Pearce Los Angeles Times October 11, 2013, 6:30 a.m. They were called “the Family,” and if you were a member, you could never tell the police who else was. In 1997, the Family freed wild horses collected at a federal barn in Oregon before burning it to the ground. In 1998, Family members …

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Photos from inside a recent ALF target in Wisconsin

By Peter Young AnimalLiberationFrontline Oct 09, 2013 After the ALF targets the home of an executive, rare photos give a glimpse inside North American Fur Auctions. In August, the Animal Liberation Front took credit for flooding the home of Brian L. MacMillan, head of North American Fur Auctions (NAFA)’s trapped animal division. Every year, NAFA …

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No Leads in Release of Mink Near New Holstein

NEW HOLSTEIN, WI (WHBL) – The F-B-I and Calumet County authorities say they have no leads in the release of two-thousand mink from a farm near New Holstein last weekend.  The F-B-I calls the incident “domestic terrorism,” an indication that an animal rights’ protest group was responsible.  The Animal Liberation Front, which has pulled off several releases …

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