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Oct 28
Fire causes more than $20,000 damage at Zimbal Mink Ranch (Wisconsin)
By: SheboyganDaily.com Staff OOSTBURG – Firefighters responded to Zimbal Mink Ranch in Sheboygan County for a reported fire Monday afternoon. The fire was reported inside a pole barn at the ranch, located at 6438 Abraham Court in Oostburg, shortly after 12 PM. According to the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office, a sawdust caught fire and caused between …
Oct 24
Jailed Animal Rights Activist on Hunger Strike in Illinois
Kevin Olliff is on hunger strike until the Woodford County Jail book ban is reversed. by Peter Young Animal Liberation Frontline Background: Tyler Lang and Kevin Olliff are two Los Angeles animal rights activists who were arrested in rural Illinois for “possession of burglary tools.” After a traffic stop in which they refused consent to …
Oct 24
Freed minks blamed for slaughtering ducks in Langley
Animal Liberation Front allegedly freed 800 minks in raid earlier this month CBC News Posted: Oct 24, 2013 A duck farmer in Langley, B.C., says some minks freed by an animal rights group viciously killed dozens of his ducks and he wants someone to take responsibility. Jae Woodlock lives in an area where several mink …
Oct 20
After Releasing Dogs, Animal Rights Activists Violently Clash With Police
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Animal rights activist Saturday clashed with police in front of a laboratory in southeastern Brazil that used dogs for drug tests. The clash came one day after activists broke into the Instituto Royal laboratory in Sao Roque and released 178 beagles being used to test for adverse effects of …
Oct 20
“Move Marie” Color Brochure, B&W Flyer
The campaign to have Marie moved from her special isolation unit is underway! Please write a letter today. You can download the “Move Marie” pamphlet here: trifold color brochure (smaller version, 600KB) trifold color brochure (larger version) A black and white half-page flyer with a different design and dates for the upcoming events on the …
Oct 19
Animal Rights Activists Raid Brazil Laboratory
Protesters seize hundreds of dogs from São Paulo research 19 October 2013 Al Jazeera Activists raided a laboratory in São Paulo, Brazil early Friday and took hundreds of dogs from the complex after claims that the lab was testing on animals. The protesters accuse Instituto Royal of mistreating animals for pharmaceutical purposes. The institute pushed back, …
Oct 19
Known Snitch Jen Kolar “Recruiting” Vegans in Seattle Area
A former activist, Jennifer Kolar, who snitched on her former friends is now ‘recruiting’ vegans and animal rights activists in the Seattle area. It is unclear if she is trying to set them up for anything but she has snitched in the past and is clearly a threat. A photo of Jennifer and further details …
Oct 16
New York Times: Raids to Free Minks Up Ante on Animal Rights
The New York Times Michael Wines October 16. 2013 NEW HOLSTEIN, Wis. — Next to their white clapboard house on a rural road here, in long rows of cages set beneath the roofs of seven open-air sheds, Virginia and Gary Bonlander are raising 5,000 minks. Or were, anyway, until two Saturdays ago, when the police …
Oct 11
Ecoterrorist pleads guilty, but won’t snitch on ‘the Family’
By Matt Pearce Los Angeles Times October 11, 2013, 6:30 a.m. They were called “the Family,” and if you were a member, you could never tell the police who else was. In 1997, the Family freed wild horses collected at a federal barn in Oregon before burning it to the ground. In 1998, Family members …
Oct 10
Photos from inside a recent ALF target in Wisconsin
By Peter Young AnimalLiberationFrontline Oct 09, 2013 After the ALF targets the home of an executive, rare photos give a glimpse inside North American Fur Auctions. In August, the Animal Liberation Front took credit for flooding the home of Brian L. MacMillan, head of North American Fur Auctions (NAFA)’s trapped animal division. Every year, NAFA …
Oct 08
No Leads in Release of Mink Near New Holstein
NEW HOLSTEIN, WI (WHBL) – The F-B-I and Calumet County authorities say they have no leads in the release of two-thousand mink from a farm near New Holstein last weekend. The F-B-I calls the incident “domestic terrorism,” an indication that an animal rights’ protest group was responsible. The Animal Liberation Front, which has pulled off several releases …
Oct 08
Group offering $5,000 reward in mink release
October 8, 2013 Kathy Mellott kmellott@tribdem.com Tribune-Democrat JOHNSTOWN — A mink farm trade organization is reaching out to the public in the hopes someone will provide information regarding the illegal release of hundreds of mink last month. A $5,000 reward is being offered by the Fur Commission USA for information leading to the arrest and …
Oct 08
Activists release hundreds of mink from ranch in southeastern Minnesota
Animal activists targeting the industry released animals from southeastern Minnesota ranch. JENNA ROSS and PAUL WALSH , Star-Tribune October 8, 2013 Animal activists’ efforts to free minks and cripple a facet of the fur industry this week hit Minnesota, the nation’s fifth-largest mink producer. Hundreds of mink were set loose from a southeastern Minnesota ranch …
Oct 07
450 Mink Released in Minnesota; Wave of Fur Farm Raids Continues
Peter Young AnimalLiberationFrontline Unprecedented wave of mink liberations continues with a fur farm hit in Grand Meadow, Minnesota. In what is now the 9th fur farm raid in just over three months, nearly 500 mink were set free from a small mink farm in Grand Meadow, Minnesota. Details are sparse, but sometime Sunday night …