13 years ago, armed with paint stripper, spraypaint, glue, butyric acid, and glass etching solution, the ALF closed San Diego’s only independent fur store. The storefront and the homes of the owner and manager were sabotaged. Illegal direct action achieved in one night what twenty years of protest could not. “These actions were taken to …
Category: North American Communiqués
Jul 19
Windows Smashed at Animal Abuse Establishment Twice in Two Nights (St. Louis, USA)
From a local news report: ST. LOUIS — A South City restaurant is cleaning up after being targeted repeatedly this week by a vandal who shattered multiple windows before running away. According to St. Louis police, officers were first called to Steve’s Hot Dogs on South Grand around 3:15 a.m. Monday, after a man threw …
Apr 30
Chick-fil-A Bellingham Vandalized One Week Before Scheduled Opening (Washinton State, USA)
A newly constructed Chick-fil-A location in Bellingham was vandalized this week, just days before its anticipated grand opening. Photos shared with Bellingham Metro News show red spray-painted graffiti across the exterior wall of the restaurant, located on Cordata Parkway. The message appears to reference opposition to meat consumption, with wording directed at “carnists,” a term …
Mar 05
Activists Visit Ohio Fur Farm (USA)
Received anonymously: Last night, some friends and I visited Rich Valley mink farm in Van Wert OH. As you know, it’s almost breeding season. Our hope was to prevent babies from being born into captivity. After realizing just how large this fur farm was, we figured a drone would be helpful. The drone captured lights …
Dec 23
2 Fur Farms Visited, Sabotaged; One Empty, One Abandoned (USA)
Received anonymously: On November 15th I visited two fur farms. At the first I spent 20 minutes or so taking down a few hundred feet of fencing before heading in to get to the prisoners. I noticed it was suspiciously quiet and soon, to my delight, discovered that the farm had been completely shut down, …
Dec 03
Gengel Mink Farm in Lake Villa, Illinois Has Closed (USA)
After 65 years in operation, and the slaughter of too many mink to count, we can confirm that the Gengel Mink Farm in Lake Villa, Illinois has closed. Ron Gengel was an important figure in the mink industry, serving as president of Fur Commission USA for many years. Ron and his son Gerry also owned …
Dec 03
Rich Valley Furs Re-opens on former Lion Farms site (Ohio, USA)
Rich Valley Furs has officially opened on the former Lion Farms property in Ohio (2707 Hoaglin Rd, Van Wert, OH 45891), bringing mink farming back to the area following the previous facility’s closure. Much of the experienced management team is staying on, providing stability and day-to-day expertise. The new owners plan to modernize operations with …
Nov 20
2 Hens Rescued From Abandoned Mink Farm, in Solidarity With Zoe Rosenberg (USA)
Received anonymously: Two weeks ago, we visited one of the mink farms at a location not mentioned here for security reasons. After trudging through the woods and blackberry bushes for hours, since the farm was in such a remote location, we saw the sheds we were looking for for so long, and heard dogs barking …
Oct 22
2000 Captive Mink Liberated From Mink Farm in Woodbine, Iowa
For Immediate Release October 22, 2025 2000 Captive Mink Liberated From Mink Farm in Woodbine, Iowa Although an anonymous communique has yet to be received by the Press Office, animal liberation activists have apparently freed 2000 captive mink last night from David Tremel Fur Farm (2017 Troy Trail Woodbine, IA 51579), according to Fur …
Oct 22
ALF Liberates Every Last Fox from Aeschleman Fox Farm (Illinois, USA)
Received anonymously: October 14th: Not even so much as a fence surrounded the barn at Aeschleman Fur Company (1574 County Road 1600 E Roanoke, IL 61561), from which we could already hear the foxes cries of distress. Could they sense we were there? Smell us perhaps, or hear us digging feverishly under the barn’s wall? …
Sep 16
ALF Destroys Insect Glue Traps (West Florida, USA)
Received anonymously: Following the first action a few years ago, work has kept up work on finding and removing insect glue traps. Three were removed in a recent outing bringing the total to about fifteen. so far. It’s funny seeing the government employees placing them in increasingly hard-to-reach areas to deter their removal. Good fucking …