Apr 09
USA Today New collection features a slew of fresh stories, including one by creator Matt Miner Any animal lover with a dog, cat, hamster, rabbit or other pet in their life can probably connect to Liberator differently than most comic books. The first collection Liberator: Rage Ignition, out Wednesday, collects the first four-issue miniseries that …
Mar 27
The Lawyer On 12 March, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) released recommendations regarding response to threats by animal rights (AR) extremists. Counsel and responsible officials at organisations with animal research programmes may find it useful to review FASEB’s guide and consider implementation of its recommendations. Approximately 220 illegal AR extremist incidents …
Mar 27
by Jessica Stugelmayer Lake County Leader RONAN — A local fur farm was the target of vandalism from animal right’s advocates earlier this month, when masked suspects trespassed on the property and destroyed breeding records. The Leader received several emails from animal rights groups, Bite Back and the Animal Liberation Front, who forwarded an …
Mar 25
Democracy Now Radio Over the past decade, Ryan Shapiro has become a leading freedom of information activist, unearthing tens of thousands of once-secret documents. His work focuses on how the government infiltrates and monitors political movements, in particular those for animal and environmental rights. Today, he has around 700 Freedom of Information Act requests before …
Mar 20
from Animal Liberation Frontline Fur farmers distribute new “Wanted” poster to convenience stores, coffee shops, more. The fur industry’s hunt for the Animal Liberation Front just go weirder. After the Fur Commission issued bulletins telling fur farmers to call the police if their address is on the internet, and to be on alert for the …
Mar 18
Southern Daily Echo AN animal rights activist has been convicted of conspiring to blackmail customers and suppliers of an animal research company. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) activist, Debbie Vincent, 52, was found guilty at Winchester Crown Court. The court heard she and other members of the group aimed to ‘close down’ Huntingdon Life Sciences, …
Mar 12
By Jana Winter The FBI’s decade-long hunt for a suspected environmental terrorist believed to have bombed two buildings in California has narrowed to Honolulu, where authorities are aggressively advertising a $250,000 reward for information leading to his capture. Daniel Andreas San Diego, 36, a Berkeley, Calif.,-born hard-core vegan and self-styled “animal liberationist,” is believed to …
Mar 12
Science Insider Animal rights activists have dramatically shifted their tactics over the last decade, targeting individual researchers and the businesses that support them, instead of going after their universities. That’s the biggest revelation to come out of a report released today by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), the largest coalition of …
Mar 01
The FBI is putting up billboards in Buffalo as part of a nationwide search for an animal rights activist accused of domestic terrorism. The billboards ask the public to contact the agency if they think they have seen Daniel Andreas, a San Diego man who has been on the run for 10 years. The FBI …
Feb 26
PE: For those unfamiliar with your past, could you introduce yourself? YES SIR, INMATE #03895-000…oh wait, sorry, old habits… Hi my name is rod and I’m from the desert southwest, but live in the great lakes bioregion now. I’ve spent my life fighting for the earth and animals and have just finished a 5 year …
Feb 21
Posted by Negotiation Is Over Brian Vaillancourt M42889 3820 East Main Street Danville, IL 61834 Earlier today, Brian was moved from Stateville to Danville Correction Center in Illinois. Because he was unable to retain competent counsel, he accepted a plea deal on February 3, 2014, was convicted of aggravated arson, and was sentenced to 9 …
Feb 12
I was hauled in front of US Congress as part of their attempt to stop the work of the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front. Thanks to my good friend and attorney Stu Sugarman who represented me during the hearing, the Congressional inquiry was a failure, an embarrassment for Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Scott McInnis, …
Feb 08
Opposing Views By Michael Allen Jose Ochoa died after a rooster stabbed him in the leg during an illegal cockfight near Tulare County, Calif. The rooster had a razor-like knife attached to its leg, which the birds use to fight each other to the death, notes LA Weekly. Ochoa may have lost too much blood …
Feb 07
Brian was arrested on February 9, 2013 in Chicago for allegedly trying “to burn down a slaughterhouse known as McDonalds.” Negotiation Is Over has learned that days ago after serving a year in Cook County Jail, on February 3, 2014, he was convicted of aggravated arson and sentenced to 9 years in Stateville Prison. He …
Feb 03
By Ryan Shapiro, Truthout | Op-Ed A lawsuit filed today seeks to strike down the federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Politicians, industry and law enforcement too long employed the rhetoric and apparatus of national security to counter effective animal advocacy, labeling those who exercise constitutionally protected rights “terrorists.” It is only by chance that I …
