May 03
Democracy Now! An animal rights activist has been sentenced to two years in prison on accusations of freeing mink from fur farms and vandalizing property linked to the fur and meat industries. Joseph Buddenberg had been charged under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, a 2006 law that elevates crimes like vandalism to terrorist offenses if …
May 03
The Canada Mink Breeders Association is offering up a $100,000 reward for any information leading to the capture of what it calls the “animal rights extremists” responsible for releasing 500 minks from a southwestern Ontario farm. Ontario Provincial Police were called to the farm in Brant County after a report of a break-in Saturday morning, after holes were …
Apr 30
Animal-rights ‘extremists’ blamed after holes were cut into walls in a Brant County farm overnight and minks set loose; newborn kits might die as a result, say OPP. By Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press Sat., April 30, 2016 BRANT COUNTY, ONT.—Police are investigating what they’re calling an act of vandalism — and what …
Apr 28
By Josh Saul Nicole Kissane and Joseph Buddenberg spray-painted the word killer in red on the front of Furs by Graf in San Diego, glued the locks, and sprayed smelly butyric acid into the store. The animal rights activists then walked to the homes of the store’s elderly owners, where they spray-painted animal murderer in …
Apr 19
Press Office note: The whole book is based on a lie; this so-called FBI agent never infiltrated the ALF, but posed as an animal rights campaigner for a year or two before being called out by activists. That’s it. Fortunately, no activist ever really suffered from her largely incompetent efforts, but she is no less the …
Mar 25
By Kelly Hayes, Truthout | Interview On Tuesday, animal rights activist Tyler Lang(above, on left) received a sentence of time served for his role in freeing 2,000 mink from a fur farm and spray-painting “Liberation is Love” on the side of a barn in Morris, Illinois, in August 2013. The fur farm closed down as …
Mar 23
Tyler Lang(left), an animal rights activist from California, was sentenced Wednesday for his involvement in freeing 2,000 minks from an Illinois fur farm in 2013. U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve sentenced Lang to three months time already served, six months of house arrest, six months community confinement and one year of supervised release. He is also required to make a $200,000 …
Mar 23
The altercation took place outside the camp of the Belly Wien circus, on the Greenhills Road in Tallaght, at around 2.30pm Six people were arrested earlier today following a brawl between members of a circus, and animal rights activists in Dublin. The altercation took place outside the camp of the Belly Wien circus, on the …
Feb 29
Chicago Tribune On a summer morning nearly three years ago, residents of downstate Morris awoke to a peculiar sight. Minks were everywhere. Running through yards, darting under parked cars, scurrying across farm roads on the way into town. Dozens of the animals lay dead in the road, killed by traffic. Others splashed in lawn sprinklers …
Feb 25
Maryland — Earlier this week, a Monsanto research facility in France was burned to the ground. Monsanto and investigators suspect an arsonist was responsible for the blaze. Monsanto representative Jakob Witten told Reuters that investigators “strongly suspect it was a crime as no electrical or other sources were found.”He added that “No Monsanto sites in Europe have …
Feb 20
By Kristina Davis San Diego Tribune San Diego — Two animal activists accused of carrying out a cross-country rampage on the fur industry admitted vandalizing a San Diego fur shop and freeing mink from farms, according to plea agreements reached this week. Joseph Buddenberg and Nicole Kissane each pleaded guilty Tuesday in San Diego federal …
Feb 11
GERARD HUTCHING Farmers are being urged to commit suicide by animal rights advocates. The level of vitriol against farmers has risen “dramatically”, say two women dairy workers who started up Facebook pages supporting farmers after abuse of bobby calves was made public late last year. Some of the posts to the pages have urged farmers …
Feb 03
Extremely cool idea! TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Tucson, Arizona, said pranksters convinced employees at a fast food restaurant to smash windows by pretending to be a fire-suppression company. The employees received a call around 1 a.m. on Tuesday saying that the gas levels were high and that the building needed to be …
Feb 03
Brianna Gurciullo Chicago Tribune The FBI has doubled to $10,000 the reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for last year’s arson at Noble Horse Theatre. The fire on Feb. 6, 2015, destroyed 13 horse-drawn carriages worth about $130,000, according to the FBI. It also damaged the building at 1410 N. Orleans …
Feb 03
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Tucson, Arizona, said pranksters convinced employees at a fast food restaurant to smash windows by pretending to be a fire-suppression company. The employees received a call around 1 a.m. on Tuesday saying that the gas levels were high and that the building needed to be evacuated. The prankster also …
