2015 archive

At Least 21 Primates Freed from Laboratory in Puerto Rico

For Immediate Release July 1, 2015 According to news reports, late Saturday/early Sunday at the Sabana Seca Field Station of the Caribbean Primate Research Center, a cage was forced open and at least 21 monkeys were freed. The field station is located in Toa Baja, a town on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, where …

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New Animal Liberation Prisoner: Amber Canavan

Amber Canavan Sullivan County Jail 4 Bushnell Avenue Monticello, NY 12701 USA Amber was charged with burglary following the rescue of two ducks during an investigation at the Hudson Valley Foie Gras farm in Ferndale, New York. She pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of criminal trespass and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. …

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The Destiny of Activism is to Innovate Protest

Attracting millions of people to the streets no longer guarantees the success of a protest, says Micah White, 33, the cocreator of Occupy Wall Street. “Occupy was a perfect example of a social movement that should have worked according to the dominant theories of protest and activism. And yet, it failed,” says Micah in an interview …

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Animal-rights protester (Kevin Johnson) pleads guilty in mink release

By Stefano Esposito June 27, 2015 Chicago Sun Times One of two animal-rights protesters accused of freeing 2,000 minks from an Illinois fur farm two years ago pleaded guilty Friday in connection with the case. Kevin Johnson, who also goes by Kevin Olliff, pleaded guilty to “conspiring to travel in interstate commerce with the purpose …

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Press Officer Jerry Vlasak to Appear on TruthToTell Radio this Monday Morning

Join hosts Professor Tom O’Connell and Kel Heylfor for a show about Veganism. We’ll be discussing the moral, health and environmental reasons a person voluntarily foregoes eating meat, fish, fowl, dairy products and honey. Our first guest is Dr. Jerry Vlasak – a board certified surgeon who’s been a vegan for over twenty years. He …

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3 Crayfish Liberated from Live Seafood Market

received anonymously: June 2015 – In broad daylight, 3 crayfish were liberated from a live seafood market. Once they were in safe hands they were quickly released back into the waters in which they were originally captured. A small crayfish meat trade exists in the United States where live crayfish are captured in traps from …

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Animal rights group claims responsibility for blaze that destroyed two trucks

Mississauga News ByLouie Rosella MISSISSAUGA – Peel Regional Police is investigating claims by a North American animal rights group that its members set fire to two trucks in west Mississauga over the weekend. Police received multiple calls about a loud bang, flash of light and heavy smoke just after 3 a.m. Sunday. Officers responded and …

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Peel police investigating suspicious transport truck fire on Laird Road

Mississauga News By Jason Spencer MISSISSAUGA – Peel Regional Police are still on scene of a suspicious truck fire that took place on Laird Road early Sunday morning.Police received multiple calls about a loud bang, flash of light and heavy smoke just after 3 a.m. Officers responded and located a transport truck fully engulfed behind an …

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Animal Liberation Front Destroys Two HLS Trucks In Ontario, Canada

June 8, 2015 For Immediate Release Animal Liberation Front Destroys Two Trucks In Ontario, Canada Trucks Owned by Harlan Laboratories, a Huntingdon Life Sciences Company In a communique received anonymously by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office today, activists from the Animal Liberation Front claim they destroyed by fire two trucks owned by Harlan …

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ALF Burns Huntingdon Life Sciences’ Trucks in Ontario

received anonymously (photo: Andrew Collins @ACollinsPhoto): Mississauga, Ontario, Canada – Early in the morning of June 7, 2015, the Animal Liberation Front planted incendiary devices under trucks belonging to Harlan Laboratories. Harlan is a company owned by Huntingdon Life Sciences. They are responsible for supplying research animals and animal feed to vivisectionists. This action was …

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Mink breeders offer $75K to find out who set 1,600 mink free in St. Marys

Animals dying from exposure or getting hit by cars CBC News The Canada Mink Breeders Association is offering a reward of $75,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people who broke in to an Ontario fur farm and released nearly 1,600 mink from their cages Saturday night. “We thought …

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Activists claim responsibility for fatal mink liberation

Claudia Cudworth Toronto Sun STRATFORD, Ont. — Unnamed activists are taking responsibility for releasing 1,600 mink — many of which died — from a farm near St. Marys, Ont., on the weekend. The North American Animal Liberation Press Office in California issued a release saying a “communique” was sent to them from unidentified activists describing …

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Animal rights activists being blamed for releasing 1,500 nursing females into cold night

By Steve Rice Stratford Beacon Herald Animal rights activists are being blamed for the deaths of over 100 mink in a shocking weekend attack on a St. Marys area farm. Jeff Richardson was still catching a few loose mink at Glenwood Fur Farm on Monday morning after approximately 1,500 nursing females were released from their …

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1600 Captive Mink in St. Marys, Ontario (Canada) Liberated by Animal Activists

For Immediate Release June 2, 2015 1600 Captive Mink in St. Marys, Ontario (Canada) Liberated by Animal Activists In a communique received by the Animal Liberation Press Office, anonymous activists have taken credit for the liberation of approximately 1600 captive mink from an Ontario, Canada fur farm, mink destined to be killed so that their …

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1600 Captive Mink in St. Marys, Ontario (Canada) Liberated by Animal Activists

Received anonymously As many as 1,600 mink were released from cages at the Glenwood Fur Farm (4216 Perth Line 9) in St. Marys, Ontario late on May 30. According to media reports, fencing that surrounds the farm was cut and a gate opened. Animals in two sheds were released, and breeding cards removed.