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Jul 31
Kavan Ranch Fur Farm Closed (Minnesota, USA)
We’re happy to confirm the closure of the Kavan Ranch in Le Center, Minnesota. The mink sheds and fox cages in the bottom photo (taken a few years ago), are gone in the top photo taken last month. The Kavan Ranch bred and killed mink and fox for decades. The fur farm is also notable …
Jul 30
ALF Liberates 80 Chickens (Trento, Italy)
According to local media, the Animal Liberation Front liberated eighty hens from a smallholding. The owner says this is the second time it has happened and that this time they just left the gate open so they wouldn’t destroy anything if they came back, claiming that the first time they cut the metal fence to …
Jul 30
ALF Liberates 80 Chickens (Trento, Italy)
According to local media, the Animal Liberation Front liberated eighty hens from a smallholding. The owner says this is the second time it has happened and that this time they just left the gate open so they wouldn’t destroy anything if they came back, claiming that the first time they cut the metal fence to …
Jul 28
20 Hens Liberated from Egg Farm (UK)
Received anonymously: We took action in the middle of the night to save as many lives as we could carry. Scummy egg farmers confine tens of thousands of hens into sheds filled with faeces and rotting dead birds and they get away with it. We targeted a free-range farm that was no better standards than …
Jul 28
20 Hens Liberated from Egg Farm (UK)
Received anonymously: We took action in the middle of the night to save as many lives as we could carry. Scummy egg farmers confine tens of thousands of hens into sheds filled with faeces and rotting dead birds and they get away with it. We targeted a free-range farm that was no better standards than …
Jul 27
ALF Rescues a Decoy Magpie and Destroys a Larsen Trap (Nottingham, UK)
Delayed report, winter 2023, Nottingham UK. Received anonymously: Just as the new year started we heard rumours of a scumbag shooting birds at the edge of a nature reserve. We decided to go check it out and we found one of the most grotesque scenes we could’ve ever imagined. All around the nature reserve, signs …
Jul 27
ALF Rescues a Decoy Magpie and Destroys a Larsen Trap (Nottingham, UK)
Delayed report, winter 2023, Nottingham UK. Received anonymously: Just as the new year started we heard rumours of a scumbag shooting birds at the edge of a nature reserve. We decided to go check it out and we found one of the most grotesque scenes we could’ve ever imagined. All around the nature reserve, signs …
Jul 27
Fire Destroys Storage Barn at Ruef Mink Farm in Oregon (USA)
Delayed Report: The fire destroyed a storage barn at Ruef Mink Farm, 12305 Ruef Lane, in Mt. Angel, Oregon on October 21, 2022. Officer Rossi said the 20,000 square foot barn was a total loss. The source of the fire remains under investigation. No communique claiming the action has thus far been received by the …
Jul 27
Fire Destroys Storage Barn at Ruef Mink Farm in Oregon (USA)
Delayed Report: The fire destroyed a storage barn at Ruef Mink Farm, 12305 Ruef Lane, in Mt. Angel, Oregon on October 21, 2022. Officer Rossi said the 20,000 square foot barn was a total loss. The source of the fire remains under investigation. No communique claiming the action has thus far been received by the …
Jul 25
Gays Against Traps Destroy a Hunting Cabin and Smash Traps Inside (Northhamptonshire, UK)
Received anonymously: On a leisure walk around the Northamptonshire countryside we discovered a little cabin next to a pheasant pen. The gamekeeper had secured it properly, with a hefty padlock keeping it shut. Luckily, they had also left a sledgehammer propped against the wall, so knowing we would be finding trinkets we popped the padlock …
Jul 25
Gays Against Traps Destroy a Hunting Cabin and Smash Traps Inside (Northhamptonshire, UK)
Received anonymously: On a leisure walk around the Northamptonshire countryside we discovered a little cabin next to a pheasant pen. The gamekeeper had secured it properly, with a hefty padlock keeping it shut. Luckily, they had also left a sledgehammer propped against the wall, so knowing we would be finding trinkets we popped the padlock …
Jul 24
Opinion: Think humans’ treatment of animals has improved in 50 years? Think again
Los Angeles Times BY PETER SINGER MAY 16, 2023 Fifty years ago, my first article arguing that it is wrong to treat animals as we do appeared in the New York Review of Books. Two years later my book “Animal Liberation” was published, subsequently to be credited with triggering the modern animal rights movement. Similar ethical perspectives are …
Jul 24
Direct Action Everywhere: Mice and Fish Rescued from Petco During Animal Liberation March in San Francisco
DxE Press Release June 10, 2023, San Francisco, CA – On Saturday afternoon, during the Animal Liberation March in San Francisco, as throngs of people from around the country demonstrated their support for the right to rescue animals from distress and exploitation, a small group of activists performed an open rescue of four mice and …
Jul 24
Direct Action Everywhere: Mice and Fish Rescued from Petco During Animal Liberation March in San Francisco
DxE Press Release June 10, 2023, San Francisco, CA – On Saturday afternoon, during the Animal Liberation March in San Francisco, as throngs of people from around the country demonstrated their support for the right to rescue animals from distress and exploitation, a small group of activists performed an open rescue of four mice and …
Jul 24
Animals Killed for Their Fur in US Decreased by 15% in 2022
The US Department of Agriculture has just released statistics on US fur production for 2022. There has been a 15% reduction in the number of animals killed for their fur since 2021. Total value of the animal skins was down 17% from the previous year, and the price per skin was only $29.40, down another …