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Incendiary devices were found at [[Templeton College, Oxford]]; [[Robin Webb]] said as a continuation of a campaign against Oxford University's proposed new biomedical center, which will house and conduct experiments on animals.<ref>Payne, Stewart. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/27/noxford27.xml "Animal activists plant bombs at Oxford college"], ''The Daily Telegraph'', February 27, 2007.</ref>
Incendiary devices were found at [[Templeton College, Oxford]]; [[Robin Webb]] said as a continuation of a campaign against Oxford University's proposed new biomedical center, which will house and conduct experiments on animals.<ref>Payne, Stewart. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/27/noxford27.xml "Animal activists plant bombs at Oxford college"], ''The Daily Telegraph'', February 27, 2007.</ref>
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;September 11th
On World Day for Incarcerated Animals, volunteers visited a battery farm in the south east of [[England]] recusing hundreds of birds from what the activists decribed as cramped and filthy cages. They then destroyed cage doors, to release chickens them from their confinement, damaged conveyor belts and other machinery, redecorated the office compartment with spraypaint as well as two delivery vans, which also had locks glued and tyres slashed.
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[[UCLA]] researcher Edythe London's home is vandalised, during which a window was broken and a garden hose inserted, flooding her home and causing over $20,000 in damages. In the communique released following the action, the ALF promised to return if necessary, ''"One more thing Edythe, water was our second choice, fire was our first.... It would have been just as easy to burn your house down Edythe. As you slosh around your flooded house consider yourself fortunate this time. We will not stop until UCLA discontinues its primate vivisection programe."'' <ref>{{cite web |url="http://www.directaction.info/news_oct28_07.htm" |title = BITE BACK Magazine | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url="http://www.directaction.info/news_oct28_07.htm" |title = BITE BACK Magazine | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url="http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/media_coverage/2007-10-30_londonattackucla_ap.htm" |title = The Mercury News | accessdate = 2008-02-21 | year = 2008 }}</ref>


[[Image:boarwars.jpg|right|thumb|400px|'''''"Free the boar"''''', Peter Gott talking to ''[[BBC News]]'' after vandalism at two farms and a restaurant by the '''Boar Liberation Front''', November 2007.<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_nov25_07.htm "Peter Gott Boar Farmer"</ref>]]
[[Image:boarwars.jpg|right|thumb|400px|'''''"Free the boar"''''', Peter Gott talking to ''[[BBC News]]'' after vandalism at two farms and a restaurant by the '''Boar Liberation Front''', November 2007.<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_nov25_07.htm "Peter Gott Boar Farmer"</ref>]]
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*Activists also hit [[Cumbria]], targeting Westmoreland Country Agricultural Showground, notiorious for putting on animal circuses, where similar equipment and vehicles suffered damage. <ref>{{cite web |url="http://www.directaction.info/news_nov29_07.htm" |title = BITE BACK Magazine | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref><ref>http://www.directaction.info/images2/Cumbria_Nov07/Cumbria.jpg</ref><ref>http://www.directaction.info/images2/Cumbria_Nov07/Cumbria.jpg</ref><ref>http://www.directaction.info/images2/Cumbria_Nov07/Cumbria2.jpg</ref><ref>http://www.directaction.info/images2/Cumbria_Nov07/Cumbria3.jpg</ref>
*Activists also hit [[Cumbria]], targeting Westmoreland Country Agricultural Showground, notiorious for putting on animal circuses, where similar equipment and vehicles suffered damage. <ref>{{cite web |url="http://www.directaction.info/news_nov29_07.htm" |title = BITE BACK Magazine | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref><ref>http://www.directaction.info/images2/Cumbria_Nov07/Cumbria.jpg</ref><ref>http://www.directaction.info/images2/Cumbria_Nov07/Cumbria.jpg</ref><ref>http://www.directaction.info/images2/Cumbria_Nov07/Cumbria2.jpg</ref><ref>http://www.directaction.info/images2/Cumbria_Nov07/Cumbria3.jpg</ref>
*Vehicles allegedly belonging to a researcher of the [[Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford|Dept of Experimental Psychology]] at [[Oxford University]] were [[firebombed]] as well as a director's [[sports car]] of Acorn Integrated systems who the group accused is aiding the construction of the laboratory. <ref>{{cite web |url="http://www.directaction.info/news_nov09_07.htm" |title = BITE BACK Magazine | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref>
*Vehicles allegedly belonging to a researcher of the [[Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford|Dept of Experimental Psychology]] at [[Oxford University]] were [[firebombed]] as well as a director's [[sports car]] of Acorn Integrated systems who the group accused is aiding the construction of the laboratory. <ref>{{cite web |url="http://www.directaction.info/news_nov09_07.htm" |title = BITE BACK Magazine | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref>

[[Image:utahfarm.gif|left|thumb|200px|Activists with some of the hens from Shepherd's Egg Farm near Spanish Fork, [[Utah]], 1st November 2007.<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_nov23_07.htm "100 hens from Shepherd's Egg Farm near Spanish Fork, [[Utah]]"</ref>]]

;November 1st
Activists [[rescue]] over 100 hens from Shepherd's Egg Farm near Spanish Fork, [[Utah]]. They claimed there were several sheds containing tens of thousands of chickens, many of which in bad conditions and that the hens were rehomed were they can go outside. <ref>{{cite web |url="http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/communiques/2007-11-05_utahhenlib.htm" |title = Animal Liberation Press Office | accessdate = 2008-02-20 | year = 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url="http://www.directaction.info/news_nov23_07.htm" |title = BITE BACK Magazine | accessdate = 2008-02-20 | year = 2008 }}</ref><ref>http://www.directaction.info/images2/Utah_hens_Nov07b.gif</ref> A spokesperson for the farm said they were investigating into whether the activists had taken the hens, considering they have 50'000 it is not easy to recognise, but assured that their standards of treatment and handling were of the highest. <ref>{{cite web |url="http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/media_coverage/2007-11-22_utahhenlib_dailyherald.htm" |title = Daily Herald | accessdate = 2008-02-21 | year = 2008 }}</ref><ref>http://www.directaction.info/images2/Utah_hens_Nov07.gif</ref>


;November 24th
;November 24th
[[Nationwide]] in [[Coventry]] had tyres slashed and slogans painted because or their aparant invovlement supplying [[Oxford University]] with truck mounted moveable platforms. <ref>{{cite web |url="http://www.directaction.info/news_nov31_07.htm" |title = BITE BACK Magazine | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url="http://www.stopanimalcruelty.co.uk/warn/report.asp?28" |title = WARN ~ Western Animal Rights Network ~ A Coalition for Animal Liberation | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref>-->
[[Nationwide]] in [[Coventry]] had tyres slashed and slogans painted because or their aparant invovlement supplying [[Oxford University]] with truck mounted moveable platforms. <ref>{{cite web |url="http://www.directaction.info/news_nov31_07.htm" |title = BITE BACK Magazine | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url="http://www.stopanimalcruelty.co.uk/warn/report.asp?28" |title = WARN ~ Western Animal Rights Network ~ A Coalition for Animal Liberation | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref>-->

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;October 20th
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[[UCLA]] researcher Edythe London's home is vandalised, during which a window was broken and a garden hose inserted, flooding her home and causing over $20,000 in damages. In the communique released following the action, the ALF promised to return if necessary, ''"One more thing Edythe, water was our second choice, fire was our first.... It would have been just as easy to burn your house down Edythe. As you slosh around your flooded house consider yourself fortunate this time. We will not stop until UCLA discontinues its primate vivisection programe."'' <ref>{{cite web |url="http://www.directaction.info/news_oct28_07.htm" |title = BITE BACK Magazine | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url="http://www.directaction.info/news_oct28_07.htm" |title = BITE BACK Magazine | accessdate = 2008-02-19 | year = 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url="http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/media_coverage/2007-10-30_londonattackucla_ap.htm" |title = The Mercury News | accessdate = 2008-02-21 | year = 2008 }}</ref>


[[Image:utahfarm.gif|left|thumb|200px|Activists with some of the hens from Shepherd's Egg Farm near Spanish Fork, [[Utah]], 1st November 2007.<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_nov23_07.htm "100 hens from Shepherd's Egg Farm near Spanish Fork, [[Utah]]"</ref>]]
[[Image:utahfarm.gif|left|thumb|200px|Activists with some of the hens from Shepherd's Egg Farm near Spanish Fork, [[Utah]], 1st November 2007.<ref>[http://www.directaction.info/news_nov23_07.htm "100 hens from Shepherd's Egg Farm near Spanish Fork, [[Utah]]"</ref>]]

Revision as of 15:02, 21 February 2008

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An ALF raid on a mink farm in Rome, Italy, on March 16, 2005 saw 2,000 mink released.

This is a list of acts claimed by the Animal Liberation Front.

For leaderless resistance, see Leaderless resistance in animal rights.
For actions by the ELF, see Timeline of Earth Liberation Front actions.

Early ALF covert operations tended to focus on the removal of animals from vivisection laboratories. In recent years, these have extended to vandalism, arson, and making threats against individuals who directly or indirectly work for organizations the ALF has targeted.

1998

August

The ALF claimed responsibility for releasing into the wild up to 6,000 mink from a mink farm in Ringwood, UK.[1] About 2,000 of the minks were immediately recaptured, another 2,000 were killed and the rest remained unaccounted-for at the time the incident was reported. Anti-fur activists denounced the action as "a disaster for the [anti-fur] campaign, and it's a disaster for the mink". The action was described by a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds spokesman as an "act of monumental stupidity,"[2] amid fears that the non-native carnivorous minks would cause ecological damage. The ALF said it would continue its campaign until the British government introduced new animal-welfare legislation for animals used by the fur industry.[3]

1999

November

In 1999, British documentary-filmmaker Graham Hall told police and the Mail on Sunday that he was kidnapped and branded with the letters "ALF" across his back after meeting a man claiming to have information on a dog-fighting ring and filming ALF activists "boasting about bomb making and choosing sites for violent attacks."[4][5] His film was shown on Channel 4 in the UK during the 1998 hunger strike of ALF activist Barry Horne. Hall said he was taken by several masked men, one of whose voices he said he recognized from a previous gathering of activists, to an unknown house, then was tied to a chair for several hours and branded. No charges were laid as a result of his complaint. In response to the attack, Robin Webb stated "The ALF's policy has always been that there should be no harming life in its work, and we abide by that. There are probably many people with grudges against Mr Hall because of his films over the years, but this attack has nothing to do with us."[5]

2004

November 14

Seashore Hall, at the University of Iowa, was broken into. [citation needed]

2005

March 16th

An ALF raid on a mink farm in Rome, Italy, on saw 2,000 mink released. [citation needed]

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ALF removing 82 beagles and 26 rabbits from Interfauna in Cambridge on St Patrick's Night 1990. [6]
March 17th

Keith Mann, Barry Horne and Danny Attwood were part of a small Animal Liberation Front cell that raided Harlan Interfauna. The activists entered the animal units through holes they punched in the roof, removing 82 beagle puppies and 26 rabbits. They also removed documents listing Interfauna's customers, which included Boots, Glaxo, Beechams, and Huntingdon Research Centre, as well as a number of universities. A vet who was an ALF supporter removed the tattoos from the dogs' ears, and they were dispersed to new homes across the UK. As a result of evidence found at the scene and in one of the activists' homes, Mann and Attwood were convicted of conspiracy to burgle and were sentenced to nine months and 18 months respectively.[6][7]

May

A Vancouver-based brokerage announced that it had dropped a client, Phytopharm PLC, in response to the May 26, 2005 ALF firebombing of a car belonging to Canaccord executive Michael Kendall in London, England.[8] The ALF stated on its website that activists had placed an incendiary device under the car, which was in Kendall's garage at home when it caught fire. Phytopharm was targeted, as were those doing business with it, because it had business links with Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS).

June

The ALF warned Phytopharm to stay away from Huntingdon or "see your share price crash and your supporters property go up in flames,"[9] and issued the following statement:

A new era has dawned for those who fund the abusers and raise funds for them to murder animals with. You too are on the hit list: you have been warned. If you support or raise funds for any company connected with Huntingdon Life Sciences we will track you down, come for you and destroy your property with fire.[10]

July 4th
View of the devastation following the fire that caused £500'000 damage at Londbridges boathouse, 4 July 2005

The Oxford Arson Squad, an ALF cell, caused their first arson in Oxford which resulted an estimated half a million pounds worth of damage. [11]

The fire caused 26 boats in total to become unusable which were part of St Hilda’s, St Catherine’s, Hertford, Mansfield and St Benet’s Hall boats and boat clubs. [12] Upon investigation the cause of the fire was attributed to incendiary devices which had been placed in the Eight's bays.

The group targeted the boathouse because of their apparent ties to Oxford University. A posting to Bite Back said "We are stronger than you, we have more resolve than you and we never give up". Ed Mayne, spokesman for Oxford University, said that “Attacking one of the poorest boatclubs in Oxford certainly isn’t going to help them” [13]

July

An incendiary device was found deactivated at Christ Church College's Sport Pavilion, [citation needed] despite the group claiming they had targeted Corpus Christi College. [14]

October 26th

Carr Securities announced it had withdrawn from making a market in HLS shares after a New York yacht club was covered in red paint by the U.S. branch of the ALF, because members of the club worked for Carr Securities, which traded in HLS shares. The ALF announced on its bulletin board: "Let this be a message to any other company who chooses to court HLS in their ... entrance into the NYSE. If you trade in LSR shares, make a market, process orders, or purchase shares you can expect far worse treatment. The message is simple, don't touch HLS!"[citation needed]

2006

August

The ALF targeted of UCLA researcher Lynn Fairbanks when a Molotov cocktail was placed on the porch of what was believed to be his home; instead, it was accidentally left on the porch of his neighbor, an elderly woman unrelated to the university. After his personal information had been posted on the Primate Freedom Project and having received threatening phone calls, Dario Ringach, an associate neurobiology professor at UCLA, issued a statement in August 2006, that he would discontinue his animal research into visual processing. University spokeswoman Judy Lin was quoted in the press as saying "this is a problem that's much larger than UCLA. These groups have been harassing researchers all over the world," she continued "It has reached terrorist level. The university is very disturbed by this." [15][16]

September

The ALF were linked to an attack on a fish farm near Oban, Scotland in September 2006 which led to the deaths of thousands of halibut.[17]

November

An arson, claimed by the ALF, was carried out at The Queen's College, Oxford because of its financial relationship with Oxford University. [18][19]

December

Donald Currie, said by police to have been the ALF's most important bomb maker,[20] was sentenced with a recommendation of at least six years, after conducting a fire bomb campaign targeting suppliers and customers of Huntingdon Life Sciences.[21]

2007

February

Incendiary devices were found at Templeton College, Oxford; Robin Webb said as a continuation of a campaign against Oxford University's proposed new biomedical center, which will house and conduct experiments on animals.[22]

October 20th

UCLA researcher Edythe London's home is vandalised, during which a window was broken and a garden hose inserted, flooding her home and causing over $20,000 in damages. In the communique released following the action, the ALF promised to return if necessary, "One more thing Edythe, water was our second choice, fire was our first.... It would have been just as easy to burn your house down Edythe. As you slosh around your flooded house consider yourself fortunate this time. We will not stop until UCLA discontinues its primate vivisection programe." [23][24][25]

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Activists with some of the hens from Shepherd's Egg Farm near Spanish Fork, Utah, 1st November 2007.[26]
November 1st

Activists rescue over 100 hens from Shepherd's Egg Farm near Spanish Fork, Utah. They claimed there were several sheds containing tens of thousands of chickens, many of which in bad conditions and that the hens were rehomed were they can go outside. [27][28][29] A spokesperson for the farm said they were investigating into whether the activists had taken the hens, considering they have 50'000 it is not easy to recognise, but assured that their standards of treatment and handling were of the highest. [30][31]

December

  • Two homes in Wales, which belonged to the joint-master and hunt secretary of the Golden Valley Hunt, had property spray painted. The activists only left initials for anti-hunting groups the ALF and HRS (Hunt Retribution Squad). [32]
December 10th
  • The BBC suspects the Animal Liberation Front or other animal rights activists are responsible for the recent sabotaging of Golden Valley hunt farms. Battery acid and red paint were sprayed on vehicles whilst tyres were slashed causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. [33] [34]
  • ALF reports that three kilograms of galvinised nails are cemented to the director of AstraZeneca in Cheshire, because of their involvement with HLS. [35]
December 22nd

The ALF report that they glued locks and shutters closed and spraypainted messages at Direct Fruit Suppliers (DFS), which was supplying other businesses with foie gras. The day after Bite Back reported the action, a representative from DFS said "we won't be selling foie gras or products containing it anymore." [36]

December 24th

Activists in the Netherlands visited a Van Der Looy governing board member due to the new Science Link building that the company was undertaking the project for. [37] On January 7th, the company anounced it was pulling out of building project and stated that the activists had acted in an "unacceptable intimidating attitude".[38]

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ALF is born in Malaysia with 8 rabbits stolen from the University of Malaysia, Christmas Day 2007[39]
December 25th

Activists raided Renogenic animal laboratory in the Science University of Malaysia. They stole 8 rabbits by climbing through a window and an exit door, dedicating the liberation to Barry Horne, an ALF prisoner who died on his third hunger strike. The ALF also said "This is just the beginning, close down or we will come back". [40][41]

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"You know who you're mates are - ALF", subvertising in the West, 28th December.[39]
December 27th

In the north of Paris, France, a laboratory animal breeder is raided and activists rescued some mice, rats as well as releasing insects outdoors. They also trashed a lot of equipment and took administrative papers for customers addresses, whilst also painting the message "VIVISECTION = TORTURE!", "WE WILL COME BACK!" and "ALF" in the rooms of the breeding centre before leaving. [42]

December 28th
  • ALF in Italy target a mink farm for the third time in San Cesareo, Rome by cutting away hundreds of meters of fencing to release 2000 mink.
  • Carling billboard is subvertised with the "Belong" changed into "ALF" and "Animals" added. [43] [44]

2008

January

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Animal Liberation Front-Green Black Commando (FLA-CVN) activist with dove before releasing, Mexico.[45]
  • Activists chained open the McDonalds in London during open hours, leading to workers having to turn away customers after "closing" hours. The ALF reported that staff had eventually resolved the issue when after 20 minutes they used a bolt cropper to close and lock the doors. [46][47][48]
  • Several hunting platforms destroyed in Nunspeet, in the Renteloos Voorschotbos forest, Germany, the other three destroyed were in Welna causing thousands of euros worth of damage. [49][50][51]
  • Two turkeys liberated from Louis Rich, a grow-out barn based in South Carolina [52][53][54]
January 4th

Animal Liberation Front-Green Black Commando (FLA-CVN) say they have raided a farm in Mexico State and have rescued a small turkey and liberated two doves. [55][56][57]

January 5th
  • Activists in Barcelona, Spain, report on the visit to the flat of the head of the animal research facilities at the University of Barcelona. Several walls, including the door were painted with slogans in order to "To publicly expose those responsible for animal exploitation". [58]
  • The website of Brazil's Instituto Pró-Carne (Pro-Meat Institute) is hacked by the Animal Liberation Front who change the pictures to dead animals and add slogans such as "Eat meat: you pay with your health, we keep your money". [59][60][61]
January 6th
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ALF volunteer, after removing 129 rabbits from Highgate Rabbit Farm, a laboratory supplier in Lincolnshire on 6th January 2008.[62]

ALF volunteers raided Highgate Rabbit Farm and removed 129 rabbits which the claim were due to end up in laboratories for animal research. [63] The owner said he was shocked and disappointed when discovering he had been burgled, citing concern for the rabbits which he believed would not survive in the wild and would be unsuitable as pets. [64] The ALF in a communique later sent to Bite Back magazine refuted this claim and said the animals were "taken immediately to safety" and that they were "visibly excited when they reached their new lives". It was reported that they gained entry through a ventilation fan, which was removed in order to avoid the alarm system. A quad bike, lawnmower, van and a sports car were also reported to have been paintsripped and glued during the visit causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. The volunteers accused the owner of selling rabbits to laboratories such as Huntingdon Life Sciences and other universities in the United Kingdom. [65] A representative for the farm neither accepted or denied these claims. [66]

January 11th
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Animal Liberation Front - Commando Green Black (FLA-CVN) target Rolan's Circo in Mexico, January 11th 2008.[68]
  • Animal Liberation Front - Commando Green Black (FLA-CVN) attacked Rolan's Circo, an animal circus using dogs and sea lions. Slogans were painted on the circus trucks, tents and walls. [69]
January 15th

Bristol Myers Squibb director has his garage doors painted "ALF" and "SCUM" red and Phenomenex Company Secretary has her house dubbed with black paint.The ALF claim both actions are done because of the companies support for Huntingdon Life Sciences. [70]

January 16th
  • ALF communique claims activists paintstripped a Fedex director's car for their involvement with HLS [71]
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Animal Liberation Front Commando-Green Black (FLA-CVN) rescue four puppies in Mexico State, January 16th 2008.[72]
  • The Animal Liberation Front Commando-Green Black of Mexico State rescued 4 puppies to give them a better life. [73][74]
January 18th

Bite Back receive five separate reports from December 2007 and January 2007 from an ALF cell. DHL are visited and a bridge nearby is painted because of their alleged ties with Sequani Quintiles, an animal testing laboratory. A TNT billboard is also redecorated for the same reason. McDonalds advertising is ripped down and a butcher's van in West Yorkshire is painted as well as "'Bayer Butchers Beagles - Smash HLS" slogans painted on Bayer advertising. [75][76]

January 19th

R.M. Couriers are visited by the ALF and 3 vans and a car are paintstripped, glued re-painted because the activists report they do a lot of business for Oxford University. [77]

January 20th

The Animal Liberation Front Mexico (F.L.A.M.) place an incendiary device at a KFC stating "this multinational corporation that continues the killing of our animal brothers and sisters". [78][79]

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ALF paint an Alliance Unichem "Novartis/GSK Test Products At HLS", East Yorkshire, January 29th, 2008.[80]
January 24th

An executive of Sandoz, a Novartis company, had his car painstripped amd all four tyres slashed, as well as "Scum" and "ALF" left on the wall of his house. [81]

January 29th

In East Yorkshire, the Alliance Unichem had slogans left on its shutters and signs as well as a butchers that was glued and had "Meat = Murder" painted on the windows. [82]

February

  • Activists removed 47 rats which were allegedly part of the breeding program for Scripps Mercy Hospital, Hillcrest area of San Diego, USA. [83] [84]
February 1st

The ALF reported spraypainting "Leeds Uni Butcher Beagles" and "Stop Leeds Uni Animal Tests" around areas student buildings. They noted the resistance by Oxford University and said that the actions would be spreading. [85]

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University of Hasselt's Biomedical Research Institute in Belgium is burned down [86]
February 4th
  • University of Hasselt's Biomedical Research Institute in the town of Diepenbeek, Belgium is burned to the ground. There is little more information known about this action, in regards to the amount of financial damage caused or number of animals liberated. All that is known is "ALF" was the only clue they were given, which was left on a building nearby. [87] [88]
  • The Animal Liberation Front Mexico (FLAM) carry out attacks at two restaurants in Mexico State, threatening that the actions will not stop until the speciest businesses do. [89] [90]
February 5th
FLA-CVN (ALF) in Mexico attacked multinationals, February 4th, 2008.[93]
  • The ALF return and an incendiary device is left at the front door of UCLA researcher Edythe London's home in Los Angeles early on February 5. The "device" charred the front door. Nobody was home at the time of the fire. [94] [95]
February 7th

As part of a campaign of decentralized actions against HLS and specifically focused on Novartis, 16 pharmacies are glued shut in Barcelona, Spain. [96] [97]

February 8th
  • The Animal Liberation Front - Cammando Green Black (FLA-CVN) claim the fire in Mexico at Bachoco shop, Mexico's largest poultry company. They said the action was in digust at the the system which we live in wirg machismo, fascism and speciesism. [98] [99]
  • Local media in Bologna, Italy reported that 20'000 pheasants were released after activists cut 5 out of the 20 sheds imprisoning the birds. Slogans were left like "free the animals" whilst damages estimated at ten thousand euros. [100][101][102]
February 9th
  • 150 to 200 people marched against Novartis and its links with HLS in Spain. As the march arrived at Novartis' Headquarters, a small masked group of activists smashed CCTV, windows and spraypainted slogans on the walls. [103] [104]
  • FLAM (ALF Mexico), in solidarity with the march against Novartis in Spain, 12 pharmacies are glued due to their retailing of Novartis products. [105] [106]
  • Four Novartis representatives in the center of Madrid, Spain had their doorsteps repainted, concerning their companies relationship with HLS. [107] [108]
February 18th

On the third year anniversary of the Hunting Act, activists targetted the Duke of Beaufort's and VWH kennels, as well as the Hunting HQ in Gloucestershire. "Enforce the ban" and "ALF" were painted on the driveways of both hunts and the walls of the Hunting Office. Some cars and lorrys had paintsripper poured onto them, with others having their tyres let down. The Masters of Foxhounds Association said appeared the Animal Liberation front had been in three places in one night. [109][110]

February 19th

"Stop Selling Foie Gras" and "Ban Foie Gras" were spraypainted on the walls of Midsummer House in Cambridge. The Animal Liberation Front reported to The News that they had poured etching fluid over windows, painstripper on window frames and glued the locks of the restaurant. The group said "We hope this is the only action needed to persuade the restaurant to stop selling foie gras" and "It's a simple thing to do. If not, the direct action will continue.". The restaurant has also been the subject of protests by Cambridge Animal Rights, although denied any involvement in the action when asked. [111][112] The next day, the owner announced that he had taken the dish off the menu, saying he felt pushed into the decision following attacks by the ALF and a brick thrown through the restaurants window after 7pm one Saturday. [113]

Notes

  1. ^ Animal rights group claims responsibility for mink release BBC News, August 9, 1998. Retrieved 2 October, 2006
  2. ^ Anti-fur campaigners slam mink release BBC News, August 11, 1998. Retrieved 2 October, 2006
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