Animal Liberation Front (A.L.F.) updates and analysis, direct action animal liberation news, & useful info for legal animal rights activism.
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Direct Action, Recent Articles on May 4th, 2010
Over 42 firefighters responded to a blaze at Sheepskin Factory April 30th in Denver, Colorado. The fire reportedly broke out at 3:15am and gutted the building. It has been ruled arson.
Sheepskin Factory sells sheep carcasses.
Agents from the the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are investigating the fire.
To date, neither the Animal [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Direct Action, Recent Articles on Apr 23rd, 2010
After hundreds of hours of research, editing, and layout, the final version of the A.L.F. Complete Diary of Actions book is out.
Organized by year, “Animal Liberation Front: Complete Diary of Actions, The First 30 Years” is a nearly-complete timeline of all reported A.L.F. actions for its first 30 years in the U.S., 1979 to 2008.
After [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Animal Liberation Prisoners, Animal Research, Direct Action, Political Repression, Recent Articles, Security Culture on Apr 23rd, 2010
Government challenges release of A.L.F. activist, citing letters to former animal liberation prisoner
In early-April, lawyers for William Viehl (sentenced to two years for an A.L.F. mink liberation) filed a motion for his release pending the appeal of his sentence.
Last week, the government challenged the motion, citing letters from Viehl seized during the March 15th [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Animal Liberation Prisoners, Animal Research, Direct Action, Political Repression, Recent Articles on Apr 21st, 2010
Grand jury implicates Scott DeMuth in 2006 mink farm raid
In a little-publicized move this week, a grand jury expanded the ndictment of Scott DeMuth to include a 2006 mink liberation in Minnesota. This third version of the original indictment adds yet another allegation to the original charge - an alleged role in the A.L.F. liberation [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Animal Liberation Prisoners, Animal Research, Direct Action, Recent Articles, Security Culture on Apr 7th, 2010
Another A.L.F.-targeted facility denies it was raided by activists
When the Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility for liberating 72 chickens from a Utah egg farm Friday, the farm’s response wasn’t condemnation, but denial.
Shepherd Egg Farm was raided for the second time by the A.L.F. on the night of April 1st, 2010, and 72 chickens were rescued. [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Animal Liberation Prisoners, Direct Action, Political Repression, Recent Articles on Apr 6th, 2010
Animal liberation prisoner expected to plead guilty to mink release
Over one year since being indicted on Animal Enterprise Terrorism charges, Alex Hall is expected to plead guilty this week to his alleged role in the freeing of 650 mink from a mink farm in South Jordan, Utah. The action was claimed by the Animal Liberation [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Animal Research, Direct Action on Apr 5th, 2010
The Animal Liberation Front takes credit for one massive night of action in Utah.
Two communiques surfaced from the Animal Liberation Front this week, taking credit for four separate Utah actions in a single night.
Chicken liberation
In the first communique, the A.L.F. took credit for the liberation of 72 chickens from Shepherds Egg Farm near Spanish [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Direct Action on Mar 21st, 2010
(With the loss of computers, I am having to stack multiple updates. Please do not miss today’s important animal liberation prisoner update, just below this post)
Bold Native has received a tremendous amount of buzz in advance of its release. The film is a fictionalized A.L.F. story of a man being hunted by the government for [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Animal Liberation Prisoners, Animal Research, Direct Action, Political Repression, Recent Articles on Mar 21st, 2010
I would much prefer covering this important news more extensively, yet until the computers taken in the FBI raid are replaced, computer access is limited. So I will offer three animal liberation prisoner updates, with a brevity that does not match their significance:
Carrie Feldman is released
After four months in jail for refusing to testify to [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Direct Action, Recent Articles on Mar 11th, 2010
Study shows released mink survive in the wild.
Laying to waste fur industry claims that liberated mink do not survive in the wild, a recent study published in April 2009 studies the survival rate of captive-bred mink when released. The study, done in partnership with Oxford University, tracked the survival of released mink over eight years. [...]
