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 …
Category: News Articles
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. …
May 10
Fifth Midwest barn fire in one month destroys rodeo equipment and training arena
A massive fire destroyed a barn used by a rodeo in southern Illinois last night. The fire consumed the entire building and its contents, which included “expensive” equipment used for an annual rodeo. The was no word from investigators about a possible cause. The destroyed facility east of St Louis used by “Optimist Rodeo”. The …
May 10
Victor VanOrden released after serving only three months of his five year sentence
Victor has been granted parole and was released May 10th. In February he received an exorbitant sentence of five years for the “crime” of cutting a fence and opening a single cage at the Circle K Fur Farm in Sioux City, Iowa. This week, the judge granted Victor parole, reducing his sentence by over 90%. …
Apr 21
Animal Activist Released from Jail After Attempted Mink Liberation
Kellie Marshall finishes her 60 day sentence for an attempted fur farm raid in Iowa From Animal Liberation Frontline by Peter Young April 21, 2012 Quick note to announce that Kellie Marshall has been released after her (relatively) brief sentence for cutting fences and releasing one mink at the Circle K Fur Farm in Sioux …
Apr 17
FBI Seeks Activist “Liaisons” — Agent Says “We Don’t Just Work for Those Big Companies”
by Will Potter April 17, 2012 in Surveillance FBI agents visited an animal rights activist in Minnesota saying that they “don’t just work” for Big Ag corporations, and that they are in search of activist “liaisons.” Dallas Rising is the program director for the Animal Rights Coalition , an organization in Minneapolis founded in 1980. …
Apr 11
Settlement Reached Over Long Haul Raid
Kathleen Richards Apr 11, 2012 East Bay Express The law enforcement agencies that raided the Long Haul in 2008 have come to a settlement agreement in the lawsuit filed against them by the anarchist library and community center, as well as the prisoner support group East Bay Prisoner Support (EBPS). According to the settlement, the …
Apr 11
Breaking the law to liberate the animals
UVU Review By Lindsey Nelson April 11, 2012UVU’s Animals and the Law Conference may have been under secret FBI surveillance, with animal rights activist Peter Young as the primary target.At the conference, held April 5 and 6, attendees were given an evaluation form in order to rate each speaker on various criteria. One of the …
Apr 04
Activist Receives 60 Days in Attempted Iowa Mink Farm Raid
Posted by Peter Young Apr 4, 2012Kellie Marshall sentenced to 60 days in attempt to release mink from Iowa fur farm. After her arrest at the Circle K Fur Farm on October 10th, Kellie Marshall finally resolved her case March 13th and received unexpectedly short sentence of 60 days. She pleaded guilty to releasing an …
Mar 21
Eco-Terrorist Sentenced for Firebombing
By Jack Phillips Epoch Times Staff March 21, 2012 The FBI announced the sentencing of a fugitive this week of an alleged ecoterrorist who was on the run for more than a decade. Justin Solondz, 32, was a member of a group called The Family, which launched a string of attacks on facilities across the …
Mar 21
Notorious eco-terrorist sentenced, while FBI continues search for others
March 21, 2012 By: Mark Rockwell Government Security News(Riiiiight….!) One of the members of an infamous eco-terror cell that allegedly burned its way through commercial and educational facilities in the late 1990’s was sentenced to seven years behind bars recently, but the FBI is asking for help in finding three other members who are still …
Mar 16
Pheasants released from hunting ranch
KMTR News March 16, 2012 Linn County Undersheriff Bruce Riley reports deputies are investigating the illegal release of pheasants from a local hunting ranch. Sometime during the night of March 14, 2012, members claiming to be affiliated with the North American Animal Liberation, say they entered the property located at 40485 Queener Drive Scio, OR. …
Mar 16
Animal Liberation Front Members Free Pheasants
KEZI Channel 9 By Heather Turner March 16, 2012 SCIO, Ore. — Around 100 pheasants are freed from a Linn County farm, and now members of the Animal Liberation Front claim they’re the ones who did it. In an e-mail to Bite Back magazine, the anonymous group claims it jumped a barbed wire fence Wednesday …
Mar 16
Animal rights activists take credit for overnight release of pheasants from Linn County ranch
By Kate Mather The Oregonian A group claiming to be the Animal Liberation Front took responsibility for an overnight release of nearly 100 pheasants from a ranch in Scio, an incident Linn County investigators called a “form of domestic terrorism.” Between 75 and 100 Chinese ring-necked pheasants were let loose from a pen at the …