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Jul 05
Western Star Fur Farm (Astoria, Oregon) Shuttered and For Sale
Carl Salo of Astoria, Oregon died in 2023. Now the fur farm that he owned, Western Star Fur Farm, is empty and for sale. 300 mink were liberated from Western Star in 2011. Astoria was once the largest mink farming town in Oregon. Five mink farms were active in 2010. The Ylipelto Mink Farm in …
Jul 02
Hunting Lodge Destroyed by Arson (Casalecchio, Italy)
Via Sansnom. On the night of May 12/13, while the National Association of Alpine Hunters were celebrating their 95th annual gathering, one of their premises was set on fire a little over a hundred kilometers away. It happened in Casalecchio (Emilia-Romagna), where the chalet that housed their activities, including a dog unit, is now covered …
Jul 02
ALF Liberates 12 Chickens (Denmark)
Received anonymously: We’ve all heard the story of backyard chickens, about how ethical it is, and how it can be a great way to teach children about animals. This is a lie! It’s always exploitation of the chickens, and they often murder them as well. A small school in Denmark was spreading the same lies, …
Jul 02
5 Hunting Towers Burned (Germany)
According to local pro-hunt media, five separate hunting seats were attacked with wire in the south west of Germany during the afternoon of the 30th of June. One of the arsons was extinguished by a cyclist that found the tower on fire and used their water bottle to bring the flames down. Another one was …
Jul 01
Bulgarian Law Banning Mink Farms in the Country is Upheld
Administrative Court Sofia – city rejected the mink farm’s appeal against the Order issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to ban the import and breeding of the “American mink” in Bulgaria. The court’s decision can be appealed to YOU. Administrative court of Sofia – city came out with a decision in the …
Jul 01
Write to Swedish Detained Animal Liberation Activist Sindre
UPDATE 1st JULY: Sindre has been granted longer leaves from detention and is sometimes sleeping at home now. He is still serving his sentence, which does not have a final date and psych hospital has the last word on when Sindre is done serving a sentence that without the mental hospital would’ve been a four …
Jun 24
Underground Badger Syndicate Liberates Mutilated Bird, Sabotages Hunt (UK)
{editor’s note: Over the past month, UBS has been reporting on their actions against a shoot that mutilated a bird used as a decoy in a trap. We have compiled the reports below} Via Underground Badger Syndicate FB: When the wild things come at night Instagram: @undergroundbadgersyndicate 21st May, UK THE GENDER REVEAL …
Jun 23
ALF Liberates 5 Chickens (Argentina)
Received anonymously: ENGLISH (translation): With happiness we claim responsibility for the liberation of five chickens. Searching to avoid the passivity complicit with speciesism we found one of many places where humans exploit chickens, who they’ll kill so despicable beings eat them. With the quietness of wild animals we managed to take a few from the …
Jun 21
Fur Farm Liberations Begin, What Are You Doing This Summer?
In an anonymous communique received by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, activists state they released every last fox from Schmuecker Fox Farm in Luzerne, Iowa. The communique reads, in full: June 20th All cages were opened, all breeding cards were scattered or destroyed, and perimeter fences were leveled at Schmuecker Fox Farm …
Jun 20
If Not You, Then Who? If Not Now, Then When?
There’s nothing better than on the ground research. A fur farm that looks like it might be in operation in aerial images (Google Maps) can look very different in person. For example, activists visited the Sargent Fur Farm in Morgan, Utah. The sheds that once held mink were found to now be used for storage …
Jun 18
Animal Liberation Prisoner Marius Mason Needs Urgent Support
Marius Mason is an activist serving a 22 year sentence after being found guilty of arson at a laboratory and on logging equipment. Marius was approved for gender affirming care in 2022 when he was moved to FCI Danbury, a male prison. He was then transported to FMC Fort Worth where he was supposed to …
Jun 17
Bird Freed, Trees Spiked, Machines Destroyed (Oregon, USA)
via: Rose City Counterinfo Over the weekend, two simultaneous attacks occurred at construction sites for a major refined petroleum pipeline running through the forested hills of Portland OR. Work is ongoing to upgrade the pipeline, which is run by Kinder Morgan and carries diesel and gasoline between Portland and Eugene. The pipeline is an essential …