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Oct 09
If we care about justice, why not animal rights?
By Daniel Paz on October 9, 2014 Reposted from The Phoenix October 1 marked World Vegetarian Day, an annual celebration “to promote the joy, compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism” that was established by the North American Vegetarian Society in 1977 to bring awareness to the ethical, environmental, health and humanitarian benefits of adopting a …
Oct 07
Hip hop is not a crime: Lyrics used as evidence in mink release case
Reposted from Animal Liberation FrontLine Satirical hip hop lyrics, more used as evidence in mink release case. Since Animal Enterprise Terrorism charges were filed against Kevin Olliff & Tyler Lang in July, the FBI has released new information outlining the evidence against them. Background In August 2013, the pair were pulled over eight miles from …
Oct 05
Animal Testing Company Mary Kay Cosmetics Sabotaged
Received Anonymously Act of vandalism to Mary Kay headquarters front sign spray painted stop animal testing several gun shots fired at building smashing windows Note: After many years as a “cruelty free” company, Mary Kay began conducting animal testing again in order to sell products in China (currently, China requires animal testing for imported cosmetics).
Oct 01
‘Dangerous’ animal rights protestor should remain locked up, feds say
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) – A Californian animal rights protestor who allegedly freed 2,000 mink from an Illinois fur farm is a “danger to the community” who should be kept locked up, federal prosecutors say.Kevin Johnson, 27 and his codefendant, Tyler Lang, 25, allegedly released the animals from a mink farm in Morris, 65 miles …
Sep 30
Activist group says it broke into Iowa fox farm
Associated Press Tuesday, 30 September 2014 02:04 The FBI was looking into an attempt to release animals from a fox farm. An animal rights activist group admitted to breaking into an eastern Iowa fox fur farm and trying to free about 30 foxes. The group, Animal Liberation Front, said in a written release sent to …
Sep 29
Matt Miner’s new comic, Critical Hit, proves one night can make a difference
Matt Miner’s new comic, Critical Hit, proves one night can make a difference The continuation of Liberator is another instant classic By Nicoal R. Sheen Press Officer, North American Animal Liberation Press Office Critical Hit champions the idea that in one night, a well-planned and calculated direct action can change the course of history and …
Sep 29
ALF Liberates 30 Foxes from Iowa Fur Farm
The Animal Liberation Front is taking responsibility for the release of 30 foxes from a fur farm in Anamosa, Iowa in the late-evening of Thursday, September 25th 2014. 10 years after the 2004 raid of the University of Iowa, the ALF has returned to east-central Iowa. The farm targeted was: Robert Roman 23778 Fairview Road …
Sep 27
Activist group says it broke into Iowa fox farm
Associated Press ANAMOSA, Iowa (AP) – An animal rights activist group admitted to breaking into an eastern Iowa fox fur farm and trying to free about 30 foxes. The group, Animal Liberation Front, said in a written release sent to news organizations that it had released 30 foxes from an Anamosa farm that raises foxes …
Sep 27
Activist group releases foxes at farm
Des Moines Register Linh Ta, lta@dmreg.com An animal-rights activism group raided an Anamosa fox farm this week and attempted to release foxes from the property, officials said. The group, Animal Liberation Front, claimed responsibility for the act through a news release. “To be clear, our mission extends far beyond fur. We aim to eradicate all …
Aug 21
Hundreds of minks set free at farm accused of animal cruelty
By Anne Sutherland and Garrett Barry THE MONTREAL GAZETTE August 21, 2014 MONTREAL — Hundreds of minks were set free on August 19 at a farm in Montérégie accused of mistreating its animals. The farm’s owner called the Sûreté du Québec at 8 a.m. August 20, reporting that cages housing the minks had been opened. …
Aug 20
Daniel McGowan, Jailed For HuffPost Blog, Files Lawsuit Against Bureau Of Prisons
By Matt Sledge msledge@huffingtonpost.com Daniel McGowan may have been the first person thrown in solitary confinement for writing a HuffPost blog. Now he’ll be the first person to sue the Bureau of Prisons over it. The environmental activist and former prisoner filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the prison system over an April 2013 incident …
Aug 20
Bobcat fur farm for Roy, Montana? We Don’t Think So.
Missoula Independent Posted By Jessica Mayrer on Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 12:25 PM A proposal to open a new fur farm outside of Roy that would house bobcats in 4-by-6 pens before the animals are harvested for their pelts is prompting outrage from animal rights activists. “As an animal rights activist, I know what …
Aug 19
Calling for Anti-Capitalist Bloc at the People’s Climate March in NYC
from AnarchistNews On September 20, 2014, Bill McKibben’s 350.org and a host of other Green NGOs are calling for a massive march through New York City to demand “the world we know is within our reach: a world with an economy that works for people and the planet. A world safe from the ravages of …
Aug 19
Two Thoughts on the Animal Liberation Front
Posted by Eleventh Hour on August 6, 2014 by Ian Smith (Uncivilized Animals) Animals have claws; the animal liberation movement should too. And many animals, when cornered or threatened, won’t hesitate to scratch somebody’s fuckin eyes out if that is what is necessary to secure their freedom and safety. Activists speculate and pontificate about what …
Aug 14
Portland McDonald’s Sabotaged
anonymous report, from Portland Indymedia: Earlier this week, several pieces of heavy equipment, including a dump truck and water pump, located at the construction site of a Mcdonalds restaurant off 29th and Powell in S.E. Portland, were sabotaged by having bleached poured into their fuel tanks. Through the hyper exploitation of an ever growing precarious …