June 2016 archive

Animal rights group claims responsibility for bus arson

A Finnish animal rights group has reportedly claimed responsibility for setting fire to several long distance buses parked at a bus depot in Vantaa, which caused more than one million euros in damage Friday morning. The activist group said the action was a protest against the bus company Pohjolan Matka, saying the firm cooperates with …

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USDA publishes 2015 Animal Research Statistics

From “Speaking of Research”, a pro-vivisection, anti-activists website. by Editor Congratulations to the USDA/APHIS for getting ahead of the curve for a second time and making the US the first country to publish its 2015 animal research statistics. Overall, the number of animals (covered by the Animal Welfare Act) used in research fell 8% from …

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320 Birds, 3 Foxes Liberated in Mexico City

anonymous report, from Earth First! Newswire: “At 4am, while so-called mexico city was blanketed by police, pollution, and restless capitalism, 320 birds and 3 foxes were liberated from Mercado Sonora, a crowded distribution point of nonhuman creatures kidnapped from their homes and crammed into horrid conditions of human negligence. All the human-labeled bird species that …

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ALF Burns Banner at Dolphinarium in Ukraine

anonymous report, from Green Rainbow: “Animal Liberation Front (Kyiv) burned the banner at the dolphinarium ‘Nemo’. We consider that the existence of any concentration camps in the world is unacceptable. The image of burning dolphin on the banner symbolizes the suffering of these wonderful and extremely intelligent animals in captivity. We insist on the immediate …

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ALF Liberate Nine Quail in Venice (Italy)

Received anonymously During the night between May 30-31, Animal Liberation Front activists released nine adult quail, kept locked in a small cage with very little light, little air, fed scraps of food, in Mestre (Venice), near the Forte Marghera park, in a former military structure – municipal today – squatted for years by an individual …

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Grafitti in Arauco Province (Chile)

Received anonymously Anti-authoritarian messages were painted on walls in Arauco Province on the night of May 22, including “fire to slaughterhouses, destroy butcher shops.” claim of responsibility (Spanish): “Rayamos diferentes muros de la provincia de arauco con mensajes con contenido antiautoritario en la noche del 22 de mayo, de los variados rayados dejamos unas fotografías …

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