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Posted in Recent Articles on Feb 24th, 2010
Nations largest lynx farm calls 911, fearing an impending raid of their farm
9:53 p.m. February 2nd
An employee of the notorious Fraser Fur Farm (Ronan, MT) called 911 on February 2nd to report they feared an impending raid of their farm. The employee told 911 they received an anonymous call that “terrorist” members of an “animal [...]
Posted in Recent Articles on Feb 22nd, 2010
Carrie Feldman moved to solitary confinement, continues to refuse testimony to grand jury investigating the A.L.F.
We just received word Carrie Feldman has been moved again, this time to Dubuque County Jail. She is being held on 23-hour lockdown. Carrie is now in “segregation”, doublespeak for solitary confinement. This is a tactic used by desperate prosecutors [...]
Posted in Recent Articles on Feb 20th, 2010
Upcoming conferences to feature speakers addressing direct action.
Several upcoming conferences are worth noting for their willingness to represent the diversity of tactics employed in the animal liberation movement:
Animal Liberation Forum 2010
CSU-Long Beach, Long Beach CA
April 15th - 18th
Animal Liberation Forum 2010 is a FREE 4 day conference in Long Beach, CA calling for a total [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Animal Research, Direct Action, Recent Articles on Feb 16th, 2010
Three wolves released, one remains free after a pen was opened in an overnight action.
Monday morning, workers discovered three wolves had been released from a pen at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, MN. Two wolves have been recaptured, but one remains free. Only 350 of the rare Mexican Grey Wolves are known [...]
Posted in Recent Articles on Feb 15th, 2010
Mink farmers call The Blueprint a “terrorist handbook” and claim armed overnight patrols of their farms.
Fur farmers are going on the defensive in response to The Blueprint - a list of fur farm addresses for activists. In an article last week in the Park Record (Park City, UT), one fur farmer stated in response to [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Animal Liberation Prisoners, Direct Action, Political Repression, Recent Articles on Feb 11th, 2010
18 months later mink are still found living near Utah farm where William BJ Viehl liberated 650 animals.
Media reports of William “BJ” Viehl’s sentencing last week for the liberation of 650 mink never neglected to mention Fur Commission USA lies about the mink’s fate: Nearly all liberated mink recaptured, the rest “hit by cars” or [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Animal Liberation Prisoners, Direct Action, Political Repression, Recent Articles on Feb 7th, 2010
Judge quadruples the recommended sentence for A.L.F. activist.
Calling him a “terrorist” and following through on his threat to more than quadruple the recommended sentence, judge Dee Benson Thursday sentenced William Viehl to two years in federal prison. It is the first sentence handed down under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.
Background
Viehl was charged last year under [...]
Posted in Direct Action, Recent Articles on Feb 4th, 2010
It has been one week since a man set himself on fire outside a fur store in Portland and died. In the responses from activists that followed, there has been what I see as insulting disregard, and the few standing up to say there is a greater significance to his death.
Most sentiments on the death [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Animal Liberation Prisoners, Animal Research, Direct Action, Political Repression, Recent Articles, Security Culture on Feb 4th, 2010
Vegan prisoner Marie Mason’s health worsens as prison continues to deny her vegan food.
Marie Mason is asking for all supporters to send letters and faxes to the prison and request she be provided with vegan food.
Marie Mason is serving nearly 22 years for pleading guilty to numerous A.L.F. and E.L.F. actions, including an arson [...]
