Aug 06
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
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
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 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 …
Jul 29
Contra Costa Times OAKLAND – An animal rights activist accused of freeing mink from mink ranches and vandalizing businesses pleaded not guilty in federal court in Oakland Tuesday to a charge of conspiring to violate the U.S. Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Joseph Buddenberg, 31, of Oakland, entered the plea before U.S. Magistrate Donna Ryu. Buddenberg …
Jul 28
by The Rancid Honeytrap East Bay Indymedia While many on the ostensible Left continue to point and laugh at animal rights activism, the US government continues to regard it with deadly seriousness. Yesterday the FBI arrested Joseph Buddenburg, and Nicole Kissane, for allegedly releasing minks from mink farms and vandalizing fur retailers. The pair are …
Jul 28
by Glenn Greenwald The Intercept The FBI on Friday announced the arrests in Oakland of two animal rights activists, Joseph Buddenberg and Nicole Kissane, and accused the pair of engaging in “domestic terrorism.” This comes less than a month after the FBI director said he does not consider Charleston Church murderer Dylann Roof a “terrorist.” The activists’ alleged crimes: …
Jul 28
Hear NAALPO Press Officer Jerry Vlasak interviewed on Pacifica Radio. http://pacificaeveningnews.blogspot.com/2015/07/animal-rights-activists-charged-as.html Two Oakland-based animal activists have been charged with Terrorizing the fur-industry. Joseph Buddenberg and Nicole Kissane are accused of traveling more than 40,000 miles releasing thousands of Minks from farms as well as vandalizing the homes and businesses of fur industry members. Animal rights …
Jul 25
Katy Terhune KTVB Television, Boise, ID BURLEY, Idaho — A pair of animal activists accused of wreaking havoc at an Idaho mink farm during a cross-country crime spree are now facing federal charges. Thirty-one-year-old Joseph Buddenberg and 28-year-old Nicole Kissane were indicted Friday on charges of conspiracy to violate the Animal Enterprise Anti-Terrorism Act. …
Jul 25
By Kristina Davis San Diego Union Tribune SAN DIEGO — The missions were completed under the cover of darkness, in the name of animal activism. Joseph Buddenberg and Nicole Kissaneare accused of vandalizing a family-run fur shop in San Diego, freeing thousands of minks from Idaho to Pennsylvania and trying to flood the home of …
Jul 25
By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Two California animal rights activists were arrested on Friday over accusations that since 2013 they had wandered the country vandalizing stores and homes and releasing minks and other animals as part of an anti-fur campaign. Joseph Buddenberg, 31, and Nicole Kissane, 28, are charged in a six-page indictment …
Jul 14
By Steve Rice Stratford Beacon Herald Canadian mink producers have upped the reward money for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for breaking into two St. Marys area farms over the last six weeks. A reward of $75,000 was posted by the Canada Mink Breeders Association (CMBA) shortly after approximately 1,500 …
Jul 09
By Steve Rice Stratford Beacon Herald Kirk Rankin acknowledges that he may have been targeted by animal rights activists or whoever released nearly 7,000 mink at his St. Marys area farm overnight Tuesday. But the president of the Canadian Mink Breeders Association responded with a firm “no” when asked if it would change anything about …
Jul 09
Cara McKenna, The Canadian Press Published Thursday, July 9, 2015 12:50PM EDT Last Updated Thursday, July 9, 2015 6:21PM EDT TORONTO — Fur farmers in southwestern Ontario are rattled after more than 8,000 mink were released during two recent break-ins. Police said about 6,800 mink were let out of four sheds at RBR Fur Farms …
Jun 27
By Stefano Esposito June 27, 2015 Chicago Sun Times One of two animal-rights protesters accused of freeing 2,000 minks from an Illinois fur farm two years ago pleaded guilty Friday in connection with the case. Kevin Johnson, who also goes by Kevin Olliff, pleaded guilty to “conspiring to travel in interstate commerce with the purpose …
