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Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Direct Action, fur industry on Jul 29th, 2010
Police to media: A.L.F. tactics shut down Astoria, Oregon mink farm
When activists set fire to equipment and a barn at the Ylipelto Fur Farm in Astoria, Oregon tuesday, police say the farm had been closed for over six months. And the farm didn’t go the way of a graceful retirement, police say - two previous [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Animal Liberation Prisoners, Political Repression, Recent Articles, Walter Bond on Jul 28th, 2010
Walter Bond pleads “not guilty”, judge orders him held without bail until trial
In a court appearance today in Colorado, Walter Edmund Bond, the accused A.L.F. “Lone Wolf”, pleaded “not guilty” to charges he burned down a Sheepskin Factory store in April. The fire did $500,000 in damages to the uninsured building and its contents.
The judge [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Direct Action, fur industry on Jul 28th, 2010
Received anonymously by above-ground activists in the U.S.: A communique taking credit for an arson at the Ylipelto Fur Farm in Astoria, Oregon (read the full story of this action in this morning’s post here.)
The full communique is as follows:
“We delivered eight incendiary devices to the lovely folks at Ylipelto’s Fur Farm, at 92659 Simonsen [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Recent Articles, fur industry on Jul 28th, 2010
Fire and explosions tear through the twice-raided Ylipelto Mink Farm in Oregon
After two successful raids, activists may have once again visited the Ylipelto Mink Farm in Oregon - this time to burn it down.
In the early hours of July 27th, a boat, car, two forklifts, front-end loader, and a barn were all damaged by [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Animal Liberation Prisoners, Direct Action, Political Repression, Prisoners, Recent Articles, Walter Bond on Jul 27th, 2010
After five days of his whereabouts being unknown, we have learned Walter Bond, the alleged A.L.F. “Lone Wolf”, is being held at a county jail in Golden, Colorado. Please write him a letter of support during this trying time.
Walter Edmund Bond
PO Box 16700
Golden, CO 80402-6700
Please remember all mail is opened and read. Mail restrictions posted [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Direct Action, Recent Articles on Jul 7th, 2010
A.L.F. Lonewolf strikes again: A Utah foie gras restaurant is set on fire, temporarily closes.
Overnight, Channel 4 news in Salt Lake City received a communique from “Lonewolf”, taking credit for an arson at Tiburon, a foie gras restaurant. The fire reportedly did $10,000 in damages, and temporarily closed the restaurant.
This is the second “Lonewolf” communique [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Animal Liberation Prisoners, Direct Action, Political Repression, Recent Articles on Jul 4th, 2010
Report from the sentencing of Alex Hall, who received a 21-month sentence in the A.L.F. liberation of 650 mink in South Jordan, Utah
Over one year after his indictment for a 2008 mink liberation, a federal judge sentenced Alex Hall to 21 months in prison this week. The sentence was 3 months less than that of [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Direct Action on Jun 20th, 2010
In one communique, the Animal Liberation Front takes credit for arsons at two animal skin dealers.
After mysterious fires broke out at two animal skin dealers across two states in two months, this week the Animal Liberation Front took credit. The text of the communique is as follows:
“The arson at the Sheepskin Factory in Denver was [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Direct Action on Jun 11th, 2010
Salt Lake City fire investigators rule arson in fire at the Tandy Leather Factory.
After a message board post broke the story of an arson at the Tandy Leather Factory store in Salt Lake City, fire investigators have ruled it arson.
The post stated someone broke in to the store, spread an accelerant up and down the [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Direct Action, Recent Articles on Jun 9th, 2010
Mysterious break-in and arson reported at Tandy Leather Factory store in Salt Lake City
Sometime last week, the Tandy Leather Factory in Salt Lake City was the target of an apparent arson attack. This mysterious, (so far) unclaimed arson comes just weeks after at a similar unclaimed arson at the Sheepskin Factory store in Denver. The [...]
