Animal rights and environmental terrorism Steve Cooke Abstract Many paradigmatic forms of animal rights and environmental activism have been classed as terrorism both in popular discourse and in law. This paper argues that the labelling of many violent forms of direct action carried out in the name of animal rights or environmentalism as ‘terrorism’ is …
Oct 05
2000 Mink Released in Wisconsin, Latest in Major ALF Campaign
Peter Young AnimalLiberationFrontline The eighth US fur farm raid since July sees 2,000 mink freed from a farm in New Holstein, Wisconsin. Early Saturday, a driver called police to report mink on the road near Bonlander Furs, a mink farm in New Holstein, Wisconsin. Cages had been opened and 2,000 of the farm’s reported …
Oct 05
2,000 mink released from farm near New Holstein
Oct. 5, 2013 Post-Crescent.com NEW HOLSTEIN — Police say about 2,000 mink were released from a fur farm early Saturday morning in Calumet County.Calumet County Sheriff’s deputies arrived to the area around 4:45 a.m. Saturday after 911 callers said the mink were loose on the roadway. The Bonlander Furs farm was the site of the …
Oct 04
Former activist, industry leader speak about recent mink farm raid
Farmer not willing to release name publicly Aaron Osowski, The Park Record Posted: 10/04/2013 The Sept. 13 raid of a Summit County mink farm has gained the attention of animal activist groups such as the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), whose website featured a claim of responsibility for the raid from an anonymous source. The …
Oct 02
30 Trucks Damaged at Poultry Transporter in Ontario, Canada
Received Anonymously Early Sunday morning, September 29, 2013, the Animal Liberation Front spray painted license plates, glued locks, and slashed tires at a poultry transport company in Smithville, Ontario. This action was undertaken to prevent the transport of chickens from factory farm to slaughterhouse. The action made local news and damages are estimated at $50,000.
Sep 30
Up to 300 Captive Mink Released in Ohio
Received anonymously 9/29/2013 150-300 mink released from cages and dozens of breeding cards destroyed at the massive mink farm owned by Lion Farms, 2707 Hoaglin Road in Van Wert, Ohio. This facility confines tens of thousands of animals, making it one of the largest mink farms in the United States. Time constraints prevented us from …
Sep 27
October 25- International Kick Off to Move Marie Mason Campaign
In 2009, environmental activist and community organizer Marie Mason was sentenced to almost 22 years in prison for the arson of an office which housed genetically modified organism (GMO) research andfor the destruction of logging equipment. Marie is now serving the longest sentence of any activist in the US for environmental direct action. Her sentence is part of a larger crackdown by the state on environmental activists, …
Sep 27
Animal rights group claims it freed mink in Cambria County
September 27, 2013 By Molly Born / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette CAMBRIA TOWNSHIP, Pa. — For nearly 60 years, George Rykola has raised mink on this quiet, bucolic farm in rural Cambria County. He and his wife, Anna, live next door to thousands of mink they keep and pelt for market. Their relatives live close, too, and help on …
Sep 26
Hundreds of Mink Released in Pennsylvania; Sixth Fur Farm Rescue This Summer
Received Anonymously: Last night, the Animal Liberation Front opened hundreds of cages at the Rykola mink farm located at 557 Colver Road in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. We lost count of the number of wild animals freed into their natural environment, due to the animals being housed in atrocious conditions, four to tiny cob-webbed cages. Words can …
Sep 20
Hunting Stand Destroyed in Ontario, Canada
Received anonymously: On September 16 I tore down this makeshift deer stand that would of been used to murder deer and wild turkey in this upcoming hunting season in Simcoe,ON CA. I discarded the straps and seat used for it far away so they could not be used in another stand to murder animals. Until …
Sep 18
Authorities trying to figure out who set 20 mink free from Utah farm
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS September 18, 2013 HOYTSVILLE, Utah — An investigation is continuing to determine who broke into a northern Utah farm and freed 20 mink. Summit County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ronald Bridge said the animals were released on Sept. 13 in the small town of Hoytsville. Fifteen mink were found soon after and the owner …
Sep 18
20 Mink Liberated from Wanship, Utah Farm
Received anonymously: THIS FRIDAY THE 13TH WAS AN UNLUCKY ONE FOR HAROLD OVARD AS HE AWOKE TO HIS BLOODY BUSINESS HAVING BEEN RAIDED BY A MINK LIBERATION BRIGADE WARRIOR. BREEDING RECORDS DESTROYED, 20 MINK LIBERATED FROM A HELL OF HUMANITY’S MAKING. FOR T, K, AND ALL PRISONERS OF THIS WAR. LIBERATE! – ANONYMOUS Press Office …
Sep 16
Tires Slashed on Dairy Company Vans in Portland, Oregon
Received anonymously: To continue the momentum of direct action targeting speciesist companies in Portland, we slashed several tires on company vans at Sunshine Dairy Foods, located at 801 NE 21st Avenue. We are happy to see the surge in illegal actions in Portland. Keep fighting. Until all humyn and non-humyn prisons are destroyed FAI – …
Sep 12
Dairy Billboards Paint-Bombed in Vancouver
The Dairy Farmers of Canada have launched a multi-million dollar advertising campaign targeting the public with their ‘100 good reasons’ to drink milk propaganda. Last week we paint bombed six of their dairy billboards in defense of the animals, the environment and public health. As long as the Pattison Group is selling ad space to …