Mink farm sabotage spawns warning; Abusers Worried

By JOHN O’CONNELL Capital Press BURLEY, Idaho — Following a recent attack on a Burley mink farm, in which at least 3,800 animals were set free, the head of Fur Commission USA is warning members such crimes tend to occur in bunches, and they should be extra vigilant. The intruders, who remain at large, cut …

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RIVERSIDE: FBI investigating pheasant theft as ecoterrorism

John Asbury Riverside Press-Enterprise The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the vandalism of a Riverside pheasant farm after an extremist animal rights group took responsibility for stealing the birds. Members of the Animal Liberation Front, known as ALF, said they used wire cutters the night of July 22 to enter the property of …

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Company to start slaughtering horses next week, despite arson and lawsuit

By John Upton A New Mexico slaughterhouse plans to begin killing horses for meat on Monday — despite a looming lawsuit and an apparent arson attack. Refrigeration units at the Valley Meat Co. in Roswell., N.M., lit up in flames on Tuesday. Firefighters extinguished the blaze, but not before five compressors were damaged beyond repair. The …

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Mink Farm near Burley Raided by “Animal Liberators”

Boise Times-News By Mychel Matthews – mmatthews@magicvalley.com BURLEY • A mink farm southeast of town was hit last weekend by a group of self-avowed “animal liberators.” On Sunday evening, 4,800 mink were released from the Moyle mink farm at 575 E. 120 S., said Cassia County Sheriff Jay Heward. An estimated 90 percent of the …

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Liberator (Comic) Issue #2 Available!

A comic inspired by the real men and women who actually carry out clandestine actions in order to liberate animals from abuse, confinement and exploitation. Order here: http://liberatorcomic.wordpress.com/buy-liberator/ See our review of Liberator Issue #1

LP Hoopla Interview with Press Officer Nicoal R. Sheen

http://www.lphoolpa.org/2013/07/animal-liberation-front-press-office.html Recently I interviewed Nicoal of the Animal Liberation Front Press Office. This is an organization I have heard a bunch of but knew very little about so decided to shine some light on them. Even if this is not my personal approach to being vegan for some it is and understanding is always helpful. …

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NY Times: Can We See Our Hypocrisy to Animals?

A NEW documentary, “The Act of Killing,” explores the human capacity for mass murder. It addresses the Indonesian fratricide of the mid-1960s, in which a million people may have been killed. The slaughter was monstrous, but it was also mystifying — which is the way it often is. I’ve interviewed war criminals in a half-dozen …

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Smash HLS: Post-PETA Gorilla Tactics

By Kyle Swenson Thursday, Jul 25 2013 On a scalding Saturday afternoon, nearly a dozen Miami Beach Police cars are jammed up on the lawns of a shady residential street near Mount Sinai Hospital. Cops lean against their cruisers as a mangy group of about 20 protesters spills out onto the overgrown lawn before a …

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FBI INVESTIGATING SAN DIEGO FURRIER SHOP ATTACK

FBI, police, deputies look into claims by animal-rights activists By Teri Figueroa July 23, 2013 SAN DIEGO — The FBI and local authorities confirmed Monday they are investigating vandalism that self-styled animal-rights “anarchists” claimed to have done last week at San Diego’s only fur shop, as well as at the homes of the store’s owners. …

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Number of animal experiments in Britain jumps 8% to 4.1million despite Coalition pledge to reduce them

Animal rights groups describe the figure, highest since 1982, as ‘shocking’ By Fiona Macrae The number of animal experiments carried out in the UK topped four million last year with a sharp increase in the number of monkeys used in laboratories. Home Office statistics show that 4.11million experiments were carried out in university, charity and …

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Woman gored during final bull run in Spain

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-world/20130714/EU–Spain-Running.of.the.Bulls/ PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — A bull gored an Australian woman and left her seriously injured during the final bull run of this year’s annual San Fermin festival in Spain on Sunday. Four other runners were hospitalized with cuts and bruises. The 23-year-old woman, identified only as J.E., was gored in the back and suffered …

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An Overview of Bombing and Arson Attacks by Environmental and Animal Rights Extremists in the United States, 1995- 2010

Final Report to the Resilient Systems Division, Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityMay 2013. Click the link below to read the PDF document. BombingAndArsonAttacksByEnvironmentalAndAnimalRightsExtremists_May2013

Indonesian loggers trapped up tree by Sumatran tigers after cub killed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23217460 Several tigers have trapped five Indonesian men up a tree in a national park on Sumatra island, after mauling a sixth person to death, police say. The group was attacked on Thursday after they accidentally killed a tiger cub. One man died while the others managed to flee up some branches. The survivors alerted …

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The Cruelty of Industrial Technology

There is no brutality as wicked as systematic cruelty, and systematic cruelty only becomes widespread by aid of technology. When I was a young man before and leading up to my Vegan awakening I built slaughterhouses. Industrial plumbing, welding. structural steel and machine installation were my daily routines. One of those machines was called ‘the …

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Magic Valley Mink Farmers on Alert

Magic Valley.com By Mychel Matthews – mmatthews@magicvalley.com BURLEY • Local mink farmers are keeping a low profile since a recent “call to action” posted online by the radical Animal Liberation Front. The ALF on June 1 released the fourth edition of its 58-page instruction manual, “The Final Nail: Complete Guide to Destroying the Fur Industry.” …

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