Seattle Weekly By Nina Shapiro Jun. 26 2012 As observed in this week’s feature story, the underground movement that produced the infamous 2001 arson at the University of Washington largely fell apart afterward. Its members dispersed amid squabbles and a backlash from law enforcement. But that doesn’t mean radical activism is completely dead. The Animal …
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Jul 12
Hundreds of Bluefin Tuna Released in Croatia
12 July 2012 The Black Fish news release: “On Sunday a diving team of The Black Fish successfully released hundreds of bluefin tuna back into the Adriatic Sea from cages at a fish farm near the island of Ugljan, Croatia. The action is marking the start of a new campaign to highlight the lucrative trade …
Jun 22
Snitch Briana Waters Sentenced to 4 Years
Seattle Weekly By Nina Shapiro Jun. 22, 2012 UPDATE: Waters was sentenced this morning to four years in prison. Seven years ago, Briana Waters’ attorney stood in front of a jury and aggressively defended his client as the victim of a wrongful and malicious persecution. Waters, attorney Robert Bloom said, was “completely innocent”–involved in neither …
Jun 13
FBI Document Reveals Unreported 2008 Mink Release in Utah
Animal Liberation Frontline June 13, 2012 One of the many documents made pubic in the Alex Hall and William Viehl case revealed a previously unknown action that was apparently the work of animal liberators: Sometime in August, 2008, persons unknown opened 15 pens and released 114 mink from a mink farm in South Jordan, Utah. …
Jun 06
VPD seeks public help in identifying vandals who targeted furs stores
By NEAL HALL VANCOUVER SUN June 6, 2012 VANCOUVER – Vancouver police released a surveillance video today showing two people throwing red paint on the windows of a Vancouver fur store last month. The vandals are believed to have targeted two other Vancouver fur stores recently. Police are hoping the public will recognize the two …
Jun 06
Vancouver police seek tips on vandals who tossed red paint at three furrier stores
(video) By IAN AUSTIN The Province June 6, 2012 The Vancouver Police Wednesday released surveillance video from several Vancouver furriers in a bid to nab apparent activists who pelted the stores with red paint.Snowflake Furs, Pappas Furs and Speiser Furs all had red paint hurled at their premises – a common tactic used by animal …
Jun 05
Fur Farmers Release Guide to Preparing for ALF Raid
Historically, June is the beginning of “fur farm raiding season”, when mink born in March mature to a state where they can be liberated. To prepare, the Fur Commission USA is distributing a two-page document titled “Trespass Season Is Coming. Are You Ready?”, to help mink farmers prepare for possible raids by the Animal Liberation …
May 25
More “Homeland Security” Repression Against Activists
May 25, 2012 Canadian Border Another report of activist harassment at the border just in. “I was denied entry into Canada yesterday after arrival. The Canadian Border Security Agency interrogated me for over an hour about my past and also about animal rights organizations they had information I was a member of a particular animal …
May 25
Animal w-activists
North Shore News May 25, 2012THE red paint bombing of several Lower Mainland businesses to draw attention to the practices involved in the fur trade is attention getting but ultimately defeats the purpose of the animal rights activists behind it. Tossing buckets of red paint at store windows or spraying a truck outside the home-based …
May 24
Fire Destroys Building at Iowa Animal Auction
Investigators say there was a “good possibility” the fire was caused by a discarded cigarette. In the past month, buildings at several Midwest animal abuse targets have also gone up in flames, including a rodeo training facility, mink farm, and dairy farm. Four of them have been ruled arson. Watch the video of the burning …
May 24
Animal rights activists attack Vancouver fur stores
By Jeff Green The Province May 24, 2012A campaign against the fur industry has been brought to the front lawns of Vancouver shop owners.Vancouver Police and the RCMP are searching for the vandals who coated red paint on four fur stores: three in Vancouver and one in North Vancouver. An animal rights extremist group called …
May 23
Animal rights activists hit several Vancouver-area fur stores Red paint a reminder of ‘innocent blood spilled in vicious trade’
By Kim Pemberton Vancouver Sun May 23, 2012Four Vancouver fur stores have been targeted by the Animal Liberation Front, an extreme animal rights group willing to resort to illegal activities like vandalism and arson. On Monday buckets of red paint were splashed on windows and signs at Capilano Furs, Speiser Furs, Snowflake Canada and Pappas …
May 21
Years After Visits by ALF, Fur Farms in Minnesota and Maryland are Confirmed Closed
We are happy to pass along that the Gunnink Fox Farm (Chandler, MN) and Parsons Mink Ranch (Salisbury, MD) have both been confirmed as closed. One was raided twice by anonymous activists, and at least two of the actions were claimed by the Animal Liberation Front. The report states that the remaining sheds at Parsons …
May 14
“Homeland Security” Ramps Up Repression Against Activists
14 May, 2012 Houston Texas If anyone still harbors any doubt about America not being a free country, read the following. An animal liberation activist returning to the US from time off in Mexico had his mobile phone seized by immigration agents after refusing to divulge the lock code to permit access to the phone’s …
May 11
FBI agents serve activist with a subpoena to appear at a grand jury investigating 2008 arson in Santa Cruz, CA
One person in California has been subpoenaed to a grand jury by FBI agents. From the subpoena, it appears the grand jury is investigating a fire set at the home of a UC-Santa Cruz animal researcher in 2008. There was no claim of responsibility for the fire, and there is no evidence activists were responsible. …