Haaretz.com Behind Closed Doors, an organization which campaigns against animal experimentation, categorically denies any involvement in the assault. Five suspects have been arrested by Jerusalem police for allegedly assaulting a veterinarian involved in breeding animals for scientific experiments. A gag order prevents publication of the names of the suspects, who police suspect assaulted the victim …
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Dec 08
Interview with Jerry Vlasak of the Animal Liberation Press Office
December 8, 2015 hudsonvalleyearthfirst By: Gregston Van Pukeston of HVEF! 1. Can you describe what the animal liberation front is? Although many groups and individuals fight animal oppression in legal ways, the stark fact is that every year, more animals are exploited, oppressed tortured and killed than the year before. Members of the ALF and …
Nov 16
Anonymous Hacks Japanese Websites in Support of Whale and Dolphin Killing
According to media reports, dozens of Japanese websites have been targeted in DDoS attacks in reaction to whale and dolphin hunting. The hacktivist network Anonymous has claimed responsibility. The attacks, which made the websites inaccessible, began in September and have continued into November. The affected websites include the Taiji town government, Taiji Whale Museum, Japan …
Nov 07
Matt Miner Gets the Spotlight He Deserves for His Animal Rights Comics
By: Lindsay Patton The comic book universe is a whole lot more awesome thanks to Matt Miner. The New York City-based writer uses his talent to help animals. Miner’s Liberator/Critical Hit book series features two bad-ass vigilantes whose mission is to rescue animals and give animal abusers the justice they deserve. Miner contributed the story, …
Nov 01
Things to see at the 66th AALAS National Meeting
Going on now in Phoenix, Arizona. Feel free to stop by and express your opinion about torturing, abusing and killing animals for profit!! We’ll be happy to immediately publish all accounts of mahem. There’s plenty to see at the 66th AALAS National Meeting, which starts on Sunday. Nonetheless, here are a few sessions, booths and …
Oct 30
Crowdfunding Site to Assist Captured Activists
Just launched http://SupportAnimalActivists.com, a craigslist-style platform for crowdfunding donations for animal activists directly from visitors. The goal is eventually having all arrested activists under one hub in order to facilitate interacting with donors, as well as save future arrestees the time and money of creating independent websites for each.
Oct 28
Anonymous – Operation Safari Kill #OpSafariKill
Published on Oct 28, 2015 Anonymous – Operation Safari Kill #OpSafariKill Operation Safari Kill Engaged. We Are Anonymous. We Are Legion. We Do Not Forgive. We Do Not Forget. Expect Us. BREAKING: Anonymous Pledges To Put An End To Safari Clubs and Canned Hunting Called on by animal lovers all over the world, Anonymous recently …
Oct 05
On Bullshit
The hideous pollution case I stumbled on illustrates our failure to see the harm caused by animal farming. By George Monbiot the Guardian’s website Eat less meat and fish, drink less milk. No request could be simpler, or more consequential. Nothing we do has greater potential for reducing our impacts on the living planet. Yet …
Oct 02
How animal rights activist Gary Yourofsky ‘turned 8% of Israel vegan’ after comparing slaughterhouses to the Holocaust
Deni Kirkova for Metro.co.uk Gary Yourofsky is a name that will ring a bell with most vegans. The animal rights activist, from Detroit, Michigan, is credited with singlehandedly turned more people vegan – including 8% of Israel – than anyone else in the world, after an hour-long speech he gave at Georgia Tech was recorded, …
Oct 01
Activist Update from Barcelona
after going to tordesillas to ocupy foy the fourth year running to try to stop the brutal killing of a bull in the street(this years victim was Rompesuelas) we went to LONDON AND HUNG THE BIGGEST BANNER EVER FROM TOWER BRIDGE…the police kept the banner (all 70 metres of it) and they took all our …
Sep 20
Activists target E.E. Wilson bird pens
BENNETT HALL Corvallis Gazette-Times Animal rights activists attempting to thwart a pheasant hunt cut open a holding pen at E.E. Wilson Wildlife Management Area, but state game officials say only a handful of birds escaped. According to Rick Hargrave, a spokesman for the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, 565 pheasants were being kept in …
Aug 06
Rash of break-ins at mink farms in Southwestern Ontario leaves region’s fur-bearing industry on edge
By Kate Dubinski The London Free Press Also appeared in the Star Phoenix Are they liberators or terrorists? Militant activists who free farmed animals have struck in Canada before, and there’s speculation they could be behind three recent break-ins at mink farms in Southwestern Ontario. Anonymous activists have claimed responsibility for one of the Southwestern …
Aug 05
We Disagree! (Some) Animal rights activists condemn vandals who hit home of lion killer
By David Hodges Collier County reporter MARCO ISLAND, FL – Animal activists are condemning vandalism at the house of Dr. Walter Palmer, the man who killed Cecil the lion. The spray-painted phrase “Lion Killer!” on Palmer’s garage was still there a day after police first saw it. The pigs feet were removed but the animal crackers remained. In …
Aug 05
When Does Animal Rights Activism Become Extremism?
By Jeremy Lybarger San Francisco Weekly On July 28, the FBI arrested Joseph Buddenberg and Nicole Kissane, two Oakland-based animal rights activists accused of releasing thousands of mink from fur farms during multiple cross-country sprees in 2013. The couple were also charged with vandalizing property owned by the meat and fur industries, including, allegedly, a …
Jul 31
From “Terrorism” to Activism: Moving from the Green Scare to Animal Rights
from Common Dreams by Lauren Gazzola Eleven years ago, when I was arrested along with six other animal activists on domestic terrorism charges, I was already tired of looking for lawyers. The campaign I was working on, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), had already garnered its fair share of lawsuits and arrests. The situation had …