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%. …
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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 …
Mar 16
Animal rights activists claim responsibility for missing pheasants on Scio farm
March 16, 2012 Statesman-Journal by Denise RuttanAnimal rights activists have claimed responsibility for breaking into a pheasant-breeding farm in rural Scio late at night this week. In an email distributed to area media outlets including the Statesman Journal, the publication Bite Back magazine at www.directaction.info said it received “an anonymous claim of responsibility” for the …
Mar 16
When Extreme Animal Rights Activists Attack
Lawmakers, researchers, and peaceful activists all say they deplore violence committed in the name of animal rights. But laws that may label some protesters as “domestic terrorists” are upsetting activists.By Sue Russell March 16, 2010 Miller-McCune This is the third of several stories exploring the contentious relationship between the scientific community, which insists animal research …
Mar 14
Sentencing Friday for firebomb maker in 2001 UW arson
Prosecutors and defense attorneys are recommending Justin Solondz, 32, be sentenced to seven years in a federal penitentiary and pay more than $6 million in restitution in connection with the firebombing of the University of Washington’s Center for Urban Horticulture. By Mike Carter Seattle Times staff reporter March 14, 2012 In the seven years since …
Mar 13
Animal activists’ attack labelled ‘industrial sabotage’
Christopher Knaus March 13, 2012 The Age (Australia) A raid on a Canberra battery hen farm by animal activists overnight has been labelled ‘‘one of the worst examples of industrial sabotage in Australia’’ by an industry body, which has claimed the attack puts the lives of the facility’s 30,000 hens at risk. Activists forced entry …