Peter Young Animal Liberation Frontline Last week, the Animal Liberation Front took credit for releasing dozens of pheasants from the Ash Grove Pheasant Farm in Riverside California. Now the owners have announced they are out of the pheasant-breeding business altogether. Co-owner Theresa Fitzgerald told the media this week that she will keep any recaptured birds …
Aug 05
Taco Asylum in Costa Mesa, CA Has Locks Glued, Gets Paint Job
Received Anonymously: Inspired by the recent actions in Portland and San Diego we decided to take action against Taco Asylum in Costa Mesa, CA. Taco Asylum serves rabbits, ducks, cows, and pigs in their dishes under the guise of ‘free range’, ‘sustainable’, and ‘local’ meat. On the night of Sunday, July 28th we slipped into …
Aug 03
Refrigeration Units Destroyed at New Horse Slaughter Plant in New Mexico
Animal activists are suspected of being behind a fire that damaged refrigeration units at the Valley Meat Company in Roswell, New Mexico on July 27. Valley Meat is hoping to become the first horse slaughterhouse to operate in the U.S. since 2007. The company has a history of violating humane slaughter and environmental regulations. (photos: …
Aug 02
Socialists and the animal question
By Jon Hochschartner Despite government repression of animal activists, in many ways there has never been an easier time to be vegetarian or vegan. One can find a wide selection of food without animal products in the most unlikely of places, such as small towns of upstate New York, where typical accoutrement is not tie-dye …
Aug 02
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 …
Aug 02
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 …
Jul 31
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 …
Jul 31
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 …
Jul 30
First Fur Farm Raid of the 2013 Season: FCUSA Board Member in Idaho
2400 Captive Mink Freed from Farm of Fur Commission Board Member Cindy Moyle Received Anonymously July 30, 2013 On the evening of July 28, 2013, friends of wildlife entered the Burley, Idaho, mink farm of Fur Commission USA Board Member Cindy Moyle, compromised the perimeter fencing, and set up roving surveillance of the on-site night …
Jul 30
ALF Releases Captive Pheasants From Farm in Riverside, California
Ash Grove Pheasant Farm Targeted (Received Anonymously) Riverside, CA: In a communique received by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, the Animal Liberation Front has taken credit for liberating captive pheasants from four out of six pens at a Riverside, California farm on July 22nd. According to documents posted at the Wildlife Farm Database …
Jul 28
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. …
Jul 27
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 …
Jul 24
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 …
Jul 23
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. …