Voice of the Voiceless

Authorities in CA on campaign of exploiting rifts among animal rights activists, another person visited
This recent visit is (at least) the fifth case in recent weeks of police and/or the FBI interviewing or attempting to interview activsts who have either dropped out or been ostracized. The recent campaign appears to target those viewed as weak [...]

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Just a note for everyone in Europe: I will be doing several speaking dates from July 1st to July 11th, ending at the International Animal Rights Gathering in Italy. The schedule is below:
July 1st: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
July 2nd: Nijmegen (Netherlands)
July 3rd: Dusseldorf (Germany)
July 4th: Koln (Germany)
July 5th: Koln (Germany)
July 6th: Luzern (Switzerland)
July 7th: Zurich [...]

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LA premier of new film from Shannon Keith, director of Behind the Mask
The same week that saw the premier of the A.L.F.-themed narrative Bold Native, the director of the A.L.F. documentary Behind the Mask premiered her new fur industry expose: Skin Trade.
Several hundred people filled the Majestic Theater in Westwood, California for the public premier [...]

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First feature film with an A.L.F. storyline sells out its premier in Los Angeles.
Far from the farms and labs where the A.L.F. does its work, 400 people gathered in Los Angeles last week for the premier of Bold Native. I was fortunate enough to attend the screening which included speakers, and a Q & [...]

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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 [...]

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Following up on last week’s post, there is a report of a third person visited by the FBI in California. The FBI appears to be seeking information on an animal rights activists believed to be known by those visited.
In this latest incident, the person was an ex-vegan, and the FBI attempted to capitalize on this [...]

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Information is still coming in, but today the FBI visited at least two individuals in California apparently seeking information on another activist.  The FBI reportedly left a business card on the doorstep of one person, and contacted the parents of a second. The person the FBI is apparently seeking information on has been a recent [...]

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Animal rights group sue police after unlawful order to disperse at nation’s largest fur feed cooperative, targeted four times by the Animal Liberation Front.
On May 8th, approximately 15 activists from the Salt Lake Animal Advocacy Movement (SLAAM) converged on the Fur Breeder’s Agricultural Cooperative in Sandy, Utah, the largest fur farm feed cooperative in the [...]

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A.L.F. again becomes scapegoat in vandalism case of a researcher who doesn’t experiment on animals
Just after the Animal Liberation Front was falsely blamed for the release of a kangaroo from a roadside zoo, this week investigators are hinting the A.L.F. may be behind the sabotage of a UC-Santa Cruz researcher’s car. The punchline? The researcher [...]

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More news and photos emerge from mysterious fire that destroyed a sheep skin merchant in Denver.
Investigators have estimated damages from the arson fire that destroyed a sheep skin seller at $500,000. The building is being called a “total loss”.
Also revealed is that the owners of Sheepskin Factory had no insurance. While they claim to be [...]

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