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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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. [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Five years after the Animal Liberation Front raids the University of Iowa, the government launches a prosecution that is a fraud on its face
In late-2004, morning workers arrived at the Spence Laboratories to find $450,000 in damage to equipment and 401 animals missing. Graffiti left at the scene read “Science Not Sadism” and “Free The [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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In a press release dispatched yesterday, the Civil Liberties Defense Center fired back against the University of Iowa Animal Liberation Front lab raid investigation.
While ostensibly an “ecoterrorism” investigation into the A.L.F. liberation of 401 animals from the University of Iowa’s animal research labs in 2004, in the below statement CLDC lawyers accuse the federal prosecutor [...]
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Former University of Iowa student and barred attorney subpoenaed to testify in Animal Liberation Front investigation.
A University of Iowa graduate has been named as the latest person subpoenaed to testify to a grand jury seeking those responsible for the 2004 Animal Liberation Front raid of the University of Iowa.
Leana Stormont, a barred attorney and graduate [...]
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