Timeline of Animal Liberation Front actions, 2005–present

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"Novartis/GSK Test Products At HLS" painted on an Alliance Pharmacy, East Yorkshire, Jan 08. Individuals or companies alleged to have ties with Huntingdon are a frequent targets by the ALF.[1]
Main article: Timeline of Animal Liberation Front actions

This is a time line of Animal Liberation Front (ALF) actions since 2005.

Contents

[edit] Background

ALF formed
Main article: Animal Liberation Front#Origins

Two years after Ronnie Lee and Cliff Goodman had been charged for the raid on the Oxford Laboratory Animal Colonies in Bicester in 1974, as part of the Band of Mercy, the "Bicester Two" as they were known; Lee emerged even more militant than before. There had been daily demonstrations at the court during their trial, including Lee's local Labour Party member of parliament, Ivor Clemitson. With the remaining activists from the Band of Mercy and another two dozen new willing activists, 30 in all, Lee formed the Animal Liberation Front upon his release in 1976.[2] It was reported that in the first year alone, the ALF targeted; slaughterhouses, furriers, butchers shops, circuses, breeders and fast-food restaurants, causing damage that totaled £250,000.[2] The first fur farm raid was then heard of in the same year, with 1,000 foxes released from Dalchonzie fur farm in Scotland.[3]

1980s and 1990s
Main article: Timeline of Animal Liberation Front actions, 1976-1999

The ALF was then founded throughout Europe and further broad in the 1980s,[3] with notable raids including those removing the Silver Spring monkeys and Britches. Unnecessary Fuss, a film by PETA with footage that the ALF stole, was also released which showed primate researchers laughing and joking at a baboon, as they inflict brain damage as part of a research project into head injuries caused by accidents.[4][5]

The ALF then continued into the 1990s, causing even more damage, with notable actions such as the jointly claimed ALF and Earth Liberation Front (ELF) arson at the U.S. Forest Service Oakridge Ranger Station, causing $5.3 million. A series of raids also followed, which frequently targeted fur farms and animal laboratories and their breeding facilities,[6] including the Harlan Interfauna raid in Cambridge, by Barry Horne and Keith Mann.[7]

[edit] 2005-2009

For previous article, see Timeline of Animal Liberation Front actions, 2000-2004
Main articles: Save the Newchurch Guinea Pigs and Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty

[edit] 2005

January

A major security operation is set up in Clonmel, Ireland for the National Coursing Festival after threats are made by the ALF. With the festivals 80th year and 25,000 members expected to arrive, extra security and gardai (Irish police) are drafted in to contain any potential incidents.[8]

An ALF raid on a mink farm in Rome, Italy, saw 2,000 mink released, March 16, 2005.
March 16
  • An ALF raid on a mink farm in Rome, Italy,saw 2,000 mink released.[9]
May 26

A Vancouver-based brokerage announced that it had dropped a client, Phytopharm PLC, in response to a ALF firebombing of a car belonging to Canaccord executive Michael Kendall in London, England.[10] The ALF stated on the Bite Back website a month later 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).[11]

June 18

The ALF warned Phytopharm to stay away from Huntingdon or "see your share price crash and your supporters property go up in flames,"[11][12][13]

The fire that caused £500'000 damage at Londbridges boathouse by the ALF; Oxford Arson Squad, because the business has ties to Oxford University, July 4, 2005.
July 4
  • The Oxford Arson Squad, an ALF cell, caused their first arson in Oxford on 4 July resulting an estimated half a million pounds worth of damage.[14]

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.[15] 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 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” [15]

August

ALF spokeperson, North American Press Officer and professor Steven Best is banned from entering the UK by the home secretary using hate laws. This follows the closure of Darley Oaks Farm by the ALF and ARM, as well as the July 7 Bombings in London, when the Home Office reported it would prevent people to enter the UK who "foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs; seek to provoke others to terrorist acts; [or] foment other serious criminal activity or seek to provoke others to serious criminal acts." Dr Best has said that he doesn't want to reform vivisectionists, but to wipe them off the face of the planet, claiming that he is not a terrorist, but instead a threat.[18]

October 26

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:[19] "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."[20]

[edit] 2006

March

"We will be back", "we'll shut you down" and graffiti referencing the ALF are spraypainted around Lothian greyhound track, with electrics ripped out, tractor-type vehicles wrecked and track safety boards dismantled causing £10,000 worth of damage. Previously activists have smashed vehicles, slashed tyres, cut electrical cables and painted the stadium.[21]

April

The ALF send hoax explosive devices to five senior staff's homes linked to HLS, the animal research laboratory.[22]

June
  • The ALF target UCLA researcher Lynn Fairbanks when a Molotov cocktail is placed on the porch of what was believed to be his home on the 30 July; instead, it is 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." [23][24] The ALF in a communique to the North American Animal Liberation Press Office the following month replied: "If the primates could escape from there cages they would do this to Lynn Fairbanks and worse. Since they cant we did."[25]
Goats taken from the QinetiQ ex-military laboratory, in Hampshire, England, by the ALF. Southern Animal Rights Coalition then campaigned to stop the use of goats in hyperbaric chambers, which ended in October 2007.
July
  • The ALF anonymously report to Bite Back on 26 July that they have broken into the an ex-military laboratory, owned by QinetiQ, grabbing nine goats that were undergoing experiments in hyperbaric chambers.[26][27] The tests are to simulate under water pressure, to attempt to research the symptoms and possible cures of decompression sickness and to study deep-sea rescue.[28] Southern Animal Rights Coalition then campaigned to end the experiments. According to the group, the animals were tested in order to simulate under water pressure and were suspended in March with a committee of experts looking into alternative research models, such as computer-modelling and safe human trials, in an attempt to simulate the effects of decompression sickness, or 'the bends', caused by ascending too quickly.[28] The Ministry of Defence then scrapped the experiments in February 2008 with goats, claiming that they were essential although they had now collected all the information necessary.[29]
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.[30]
October
  • Six lorries belonging to Deans Foods, Cotswold Farm, a battery egg farm near Witney, were set on fire on the 26 October, using what the ALF described as sophisticated electronic incendiary devices, remotely detonated from miles away. They further claimed that the devices were the first of its kind to be used in the UK by the ALF, which caused £250,000 worth of damage,[31] and also stated in a communique to Bite Back that the action was a warning and dedicated to Barry Horne and animal rights prisoners.[32]
November
  • An arson, claimed by the ALF, was carried out at The Queen's College, Oxford because of its financial relationship with Oxford University.[33][34] The activists report in an anonymous communique to Bite Back a few days later: "Attacks will escalate in the face of an institution and government which have sought to destroy legal protest and continue to sanction violence to animals. For Barry"[35]
December
  • Donald Currie, said by police to have been the ALF's most important bomb maker,[36] was sentenced to 12 years in jail,[37] with a recommendation of at least six years, after conducting a fire bomb campaign targeting suppliers and customers of Huntingdon Life Sciences.[38]

[edit] 2007

Activists rescue five chickens in South Auckland, New Zealand, exposing further suffering at a factory farm whose owner was convicted of animal cruelty.[39]
January
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.[43] They claimed that the action was "...part of an ongoing fight against the University of Oxford and its continued reign of terror over the unseen victims inside its animal labs.".[44]
  • In Estonia, locks of two fur shops are glued and one has ALF painted on the wall.[45][46]
March

On 6 March, the financial adviser and first vice-president of Wachovia Securities is targeted in Portland, Oregon, because the ALF allege that Wachovia own over half a billion dollars in shares in GlaxoSmithKline. "Drop SSK" was spray-painted on his garage and ALF "scrawled" across his car in black paint.[47][48]

April
  • A hunting supply shop has windows smashed and door painted, claimed by ALF Estonia reporting; "We have only just begun".[45][49]
  • The ALF again target another Wachovia Securities V.P. in Portland, because the company invest in GlaxoSmithKline, a HLS customer. His SUV is spray-painted with slogans, with the activists threatening Wachovia saying; "We have the names and addresses of the top executives, and believe us our actions are like childs play compared to what we have in store."[48][50]
  • Another home owned by Audie Leventhal has house locks glued and salt poured on the lawn.[41][51]
June

An estimated £500,000 in damages is caused in Oxfordshire after two fuel tankers are blown up with incendiary devices. ALF activists vow to continue targeting livestock businesses.[52]

"ALF Eyes On You" is spray-painted on the garage door of a primate researcher, for the Oregon Health & Science University, in Oregon, August 2007.
August
  • The ALF report that they have targeted the home of an animal researcher for the Oregon National Primate Research Center, at the Oregon Health & Science University, spray-painting "ALF Eyes On You" on his garage and covering his daughter's car with a white foamy chemical.[53] In a communique to the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, the ALF said that his involvement in research into the effect of nicotine on fetuses should stop.[54] The researcher responded by stating he mainly worked on cultured cells and "does as little research on animals as possible."[55]
  • 2,500 mink are released from unlocked cages at a fur farm in Helsinki, Finland. EVR was left spray-painted on a feed silo at the farm, standing for the Finnish ALF.[56]
September

2,500 mink are released from their cages in Mustasaari, Finland, with 'EVR' painted at the farm. A Chief Inspector made the connection that it stood for the ALF in Finnish.[57]

October
  • UCLA researcher Edythe London's home was vandalized, during which a window was broken and a garden hose inserted, flooding her home and causing over $20,000 in damages.[58] In the communique released following the action, the ALF promised to return if necessary:[59]
“ 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. ”
  • The headquarters of Escada is vandalized in Estonia because of the companies marketing of fur.[60]
An ALF activist with hens from an egg farm in Utah, after claiming the removal 102 hens, for Barry Horne, six years since he died.
November
  • Activists claim the liberation of over 100 hens from Shepherd's Egg Farm near Spanish Fork, Utah, on the 5th. They claimed there were several sheds containing tens of thousands of chickens, many of which in bad conditions and that the hens were rehomed where they can go outside. The said in a communique, activists claim that around the world the ALF are making progress, and dedicate the action to all animal liberation prisoners, including Barry Horne, died six years ago today on a hunger strike.[61]

Farm operators said they were confused by the raid, and that no damage had been done to indicate it had happened.[62]

  • Vehicles allegedly belonging to a researcher of the Department 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. The ALF claim that for Barry Horne and Felix, the actions will continue.[63][64][65]
An ALF activist with one of the 30 ducks rescued in Aotearoa, New Zealand, following a six week investigation into factory farms. The undercover footage exposed cruel, inhumane and abusive conditions inside the farms.[66]
  • Auckland Animal Action receives an anonymous communique and undercover footage, exposing animals suffering from ammonia burns, overcrowding, eye infections due to a lack of water, as well as workers punching a bird. As part of the six week investigation, 30 ducks are rescued in order to live out their natural lives, with the ALF claiming:[66][67]
“ For the short six weeks of their lives they are crammed in to overcrowded, filthy sheds where they are deprived of water to bathe in, nesting material and the ability to display natural behaviours and social patterns. ”


  • Three Wachovia Banks are attacked in California, involving graffiti and jamming or destroying the night deposit box using exposives. The ALF claimed the vandalism by sending communiques to the Animal Liberation Press Office, media outlets and Wachovia. The company was the largest shareholder of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) largest shareholder, selling its shares following the actions.[68][69][70]
December
  • The Animal Liberation Front took credit for targeting the home of a Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) researcher who conducts reproductive studies on primates inside the Oregon National Primate Research Center. The researcher awoke to find the words "Sadist" and "ALF" spray painted on his Audi and Jeep Grand Cherokee cars. The vehicles were also reportedly damaged by paint stripper. This was the second OHSU researcher to have his property damaged by ALF in less than 6 months.[71]
  • 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).[72]
  • Following a sustained campaign from animal rights groups, two properties in Cassington and Kidlington were graffiti-ed, with van tyres burst at one of the locations. Thames Valley Police said they were investigating the acts of "minor criminal damage", with the ALF claiming it would "stop businesses dealing with the uni".[73][74]
  • KFC in Bremerton, Washington, had "Animal Love," "Mess with Animals get Served," and "Meat is Murder" spray-painted on the exterior of the building. Officers found ALF left on the restaurant, as well as "Boycott KFC" fliers plastered on the exterior.[75]
  • Activists in the Netherlands painted graffiti on the homes of several Van Der Looy employees due to the company's involvement with a life-science industrial park.[76] On January 7, the company announced it was pulling out of building project and stated that the activists had acted in an "unacceptable intimidating attitude".[77]

[edit] 2008

ALF volunteers removed 129 rabbits from Highgate Farm, Lincolnshire, England, releasing a video of the raid to Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, January 6, 2008.
January

ALF volunteers raided Highgate Rabbit Farm on January 6, and removed 129 rabbits which they said were due to end up in laboratories for animal research.[78] 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.[79] A quad bike, lawnmower, van and a sports car were also reported to have been paintstripped 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.[80][81]

February
  • University of Hasselt's Biomedical Research Institute in the town of Diepenbeek, Belgium was burned to the ground. "ALF" was written on a building nearby.[82][83]
  • 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.[84][85][86]
  • On the third year anniversary of the Hunting Act, activists targeted 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 paint stripper poured onto them, with others having their tyres let down. The Masters of Foxhounds Association said it appeared the Animal Liberation Front had been in three places in one night.[89] The activists in a message to Bite Back website said:[90]
“ This action is dedicated to Mike Hill the young hunt sab killed by hunt scum. This action is also timed to coincide with the anniversary of the hunt ban 3 years ago. The ban's not being enforced and most hunts still kill animals. Maybe when they stop breaking the law we will. ”
  • "Stop Selling Foie Gras' and "Ban Foie Gras" were spray painted on the walls of Midsummer House in Cambridge. The Animal Liberation Front reported to the Cambridge Evening News that they had poured etching fluid over windows, paint stripper on window frames and glued the locks of the restaurant. It has also been the subject of protests by Cambridge Animal Rights, although denied any involvement in the action that initially caused an estimated £3,000 in damage,[91][92] but was then calculated later to exceed £6,000.[93] 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 evening.[94]
April
  • A campaign by the ALF, PETA and In Defense of Animals, leads to San Francisco Art Institute suspending their controversial art exhibition. It is claimed that death threats, amongst others, were used in an attempt to shut down the event.[95]
  • 50 mink released from a fur farm in Jefferson, Oregon and breeding records destroyed. The Fur Commission USA claims all mink were recovered, but estimates the dollar loss for the destroyed breeding records was $5,000.[96]
  • The ALF claim responsibility for spraypainting "Drop Oxford Uni" on shutters at Steve Rusk Plumbers, Wootton Road Industrial Estate, Oxford. The activists said the attack was carried out due to the companies involement with the laboratory at South Parks Road owned by Oxford University.

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June
July

Ahead of the shooting season the ALF cause extensive damage to grouse pens and electric fencing around Ilkley Moor. Bingley Moor Partnership, which won rights for grouse shooting on the moors, said due to shortage of grouse stocks there wouldn't be any activity for at least two years. The Moorland Association branded the branded the action as "criminal".[100]

“ A large grouse pen was identified and trashed; the water pipes and distributors were left split and smashed. The wire fencing from the entire enclosure was brought down. The electric fencing was cut and the system destroyed. Two set fen traps were discovered and placed permanently out of commission. Two smaller pens were found nearby and the netting roof and wire surrounds were left in tatters. Feeders in the area were also tampered with. ”


August
  • ALF activists claim responsibility for releasing 6,000 mink from Rippin Fur Farm before opening the farm gate in Aldergrove, British Columbia. This was done near Aldergrove Lake Park, which activists claim "provides over 200 acres of water habitat for them to survive."[101]
  • A press officer for the ALF reports that 300 mink had been released and breeding cards destroyed at a South Jordan mink farm.[102]
September
  • Thousands of mink were released and the records were destroyed at a Davis County, Utah mink farm. The Fur Commission USA claims most of the mink were re-captured and that at least half a dozen died.[103][104]
  • Four Barclays Banks are vandalised in Hampshire during the month, because of Barclays previous trading in HLS shares. Slogans are painted including "Scum", "Murderers" and "ALF". In the same month a Fedex van is covered in slogans and has tyres slashed in Wickham. In January 2011 Thomas Harris pleaded guilty to "conspiracy to cause criminal damage" for his role in planning the attacks.[105]
  • Supporters of the ALF and other animal rights campaigners are given £40,000 compensation, aftey they were preveted from attending a demonstration against live exports. The London activists were travelling to Dover in July 2006 on their way to a protest against sheep and cattle being deported, before they were reportedley photographed, threatened with arrest and unlawfully denied the right to protest.[106]
December
  • ALF Netherlands claim responsibility for setting on fire two cars belonging to a Euronext employee in Wassenaar, because the company trade shares in HLS. Activists also claimed covering the home of NYSE Euronext director with slogans in Noordwijkerhout on the same day and burning out two cars belonging to another Euronext employees three weeks before.[107][108][109][110]

[edit] 2009

January
  • A fake bomb is planted at University of California, San Diego, leading to evacuations at the University's school of medicine. The ALF claimed responsibility with an official press release and three phone calls.[111]
  • A Bradford councillor has two cars covered in acid (paint stripped) and tyres slashed, because of her support for the Ilkley moor shoot. The ALF claim responsibility with an anonymous posting on the Bite Back website.[112][113]
February
  • The ALF is accused of filming inside Ireland's six known fur farms, showing clips of distressed mink the footage is later released by the Coalition Against The Fur Trade (CAFT).[114]
  • Mel Broughton is jailed for 10 years, described as an ardent and determined activist and vegan, he is sentenced for planning and possibly carrying out the arson attacks against Oxford University college buildings on the university by the ALF.[115]
March
  • The DBF (Dutch ALF) release 3,000 mink from a fur farm in the Zeeland province, near Rotterdam, Netherlands, on the night of Saturday 14. In a communique, the ALF claimed to of also destroyed breeding cards in 20 of the sheds, damaged nets and painted 'DBF is everywhere'.[116] Vegan Streaker Peter Janssen is later arrested on suspicion of the raid.[117][118]
  • A fire broke out at a livestock auction in Ussel (Corrèze), France, in the early hours of Saturday 28. The initials 'ALF' were found painted on the building, causing future auctions to be cancelled.[119][120]
July

Shortly after The Advertiser reported pigeons were getting trapped under the railway bridge in Fetcham, Leatherhead, which was due to the council's policy of pigeon-proofing the area, a man contacted the media and reported that the ALF were claiming responsibility for cutting the netting, and said they would watching who puts more up.[121]

November

Carrie Feldman and Scott DeMuth are indicted on a charge of conspiracy to commit vandalism, under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, following the 2004 raid of the University of Iowa, when the ALF claimed responsibility for vandalizing two labs and three offices.[122][123]

December

Police detain three youths in Mexico City after investigators find links between the ALF and homemade bombs that burned seven vehicles. The symbol of a local version of the ALF was found painted near in the attacks.[124]

[edit] 2010

April
  • The Sheepskin Factory in Glendale, Colorado is destroyed by arson on April 30. According to the Denver Post, in June, an Internet posting associated with Bite Back claims ALF responsibility for the arson.[125]
May
  • A leather store in Salt Lake City, Utah is destroyed by arson on May 31. According to the Denver Post, in June, an Internet posting associated with Bite Back claims ALF responsibility for the arson.[125]
July
“ "The ALF is watching and there is nowhere to hide. The arson at the Tiburon restaurant in Sandy Utah was done because of there (sic) sale of Foie Gras (young duck) and other 'wild game'. Animals exist for there (sic) own purposes, not human ends. Go Vegan! ALF Lonewolf." ”

After previous arsons in Utah by the same individual, ALF Lone Wolf sets a third fire, this time to Tiburon restaurant in Sandy.[126]

August
  • In an action costing the Greek Fur Industry potentially exceeding €1 million, the ALF in Athens, Greece, report they released 50,000 mink from two fur farms in the towns of Kastoria and Siatista, described as the heart of Greece's fur industry. Greece's National Fur Breeders' Association claimed in response to the attacks that most of the animals would likely die due to the heat.[127][128]
October
  • The owner of Capilano Furs has his car painted black and tyres slashed. Later that say day ALF Canada claim responsibility for the vandalism, as well as attacks against another clothing store and a restaurant.[129]
  • ALF claim they removed a large amount of fencing from a deer farm in Molalla, Oregon, with the intention of releasing deer into the surrounding forest. However there were no animals on the land when the fence was cut.[130] Ranchers claimed they weren't worried by the attempted liberation, while an anonymous email sent to the North American Animal Liberation Press Office stated; "The venison meat industry remains small in this country, but as long as they exploit sentient animals, they will remain a target of the ALF." The FBI noted the incident as minor vandalism, rather than terrorism.[131]

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Search 'hls customer': Diary of Action, Bite Back.
  2. ^ a b Monaghan, Rachael. "Terrorism in the Name of Animal Rights," in Taylor, Maxwell and Horgan, John. The Future of Terrorism. Routledge 2000, pp. 160-161.
  3. ^ a b Mann, Keith. From Dusk 'til Dawn: An insider's view of the growth of the Animal Liberation Movement, Summary of Dates, Puppy Pincher Press, 2007.
  4. ^ The video footage released by PETA can be viewed at Unnecessary Fuss 1 Unnecessary Fuss 2 Unnecessary Fuss 3 Unnecessary Fuss 4 Unnecessary Fuss 5 (videos).
  5. ^ McCarthy, Charles R. "Reflections on the Organizational Locus of the Office for Protection from Research Risks", Online Ethics Centre for Engineering and Science, October 28, 2004; accessed October 2, 2006: On the basis of Unnecessary Fuss, PETA petitioned the Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR) to have the University of Pennsylvania's head injury lab closed down. The OPRR initially refused to act on the basis of edited material and after more than a year of refusing to turn over the original tapes, PETA eventually did so. The edited tape was found to have "grossly overstated the deficiencies in the Head Injury Clinic", but OPRR also found serious violations of accepted procedure.
  6. ^ Eco-Violence: The Record, Southern Poverty Law Center, Fall 2002.
  7. ^ Mann, Keith. From Dusk 'til Dawn: An insider's view of the growth of the Animal Liberation Movement. Puppy Pincher Press, 2007, pp. 267-275.
  8. ^ Coursing meet on alert for protesters, Independent, January 31t 2005.
  9. ^ 2000 Mink Liberated, Bite Back Magazine, June 14, 2005.
  10. ^ Biotech firm's broker resigns after animal rights attack CBC News, June 23, 2005. Retrieved February 25, 2007.
  11. ^ a b Biotech company loses broker, Bite Back, June 18, 2005.
  12. ^ Animal-rights blow for drugs firm BBC.co.uk, June 23, 2005.
  13. ^ Laville, Sandra & Campbell, Duncan. "Animal rights extremists in arson spree", The Guardian, June 25, 2005. Retrieved October 2, 2006.
  14. ^ ["http://education.guardian.co.uk/businessofresearch/story/0,,1580120,00.html" "Anti-vivisectionists claim responsibility for Oxford attack"]. 2008. "http://education.guardian.co.uk/businessofresearch/story/0,,1580120,00.html". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  15. ^ a b ["http://cherwell.larrytech.com/index.php?news=820" "Animal rights group targets colleges in arson attacks"]. 2008. "http://cherwell.larrytech.com/index.php?news=820". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  16. ^ ["http://www.oxfordstudent.com/mt2005wk0/Features/a_protest_too_far" "A protest too far - Features - The Oxford Student - Official Student Newspaper"]. 2008. "http://www.oxfordstudent.com/mt2005wk0/Features/a_protest_too_far". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  17. ^ Animal rights activist faces longer sentence, Guardian, July 5th 2004.
  18. ^ Britain uses hate law to ban animal rights campaigner, Guardian, August 31st 2005.
  19. ^ Huntingdon's New York listing axed after yacht club attack, Rescue Rehab, September 11, 2005.
  20. ^ Explain lab firm delay, NYSE told, BBC News, September 8, 2005.
  21. ^ Greyhound track hit by activist raid, New Scotsman, March 27th 2006.
  22. ^ Dummy 'bombs', Times, April 19th 2006.
  23. ^ “You Win”- UCLA Vivisector Dario Ringach Quits Animal Experimentation ALF Press Statement
  24. ^ Attacks on UCLA professors take a violent turn Daily Bruin, September 24, 2006
  25. ^ UCLA Vivisector Lynn Fairbanks Targeted by Animal Liberation Front, North American Animal Liberation Press Office, July 12, 2006.
  26. ^ Cruelty campaigners grab research goats, Portsmouth News, July 28, 2006.
  27. ^ MoD considers ditching ‘agonising’ live goat experiments, The Herald, October 15, 2007.
  28. ^ a b Military goat tests to be stopped, Portsmouth News, 15th October 2007.
  29. ^ Goat experiments scrapped, Southern Daily Echo, 7th February 2008.
  30. ^ Elliot, Valerie. Animal activists free 15,000 farmed fish to their deaths, The Times, September 20, 2006. Retrieved October 2, 2006.
  31. ^ ALF claims responsibility for firebomb attack, Oxford Times, November 21, 2006.
  32. ^ Trucks torched at Egg Farm - Dedicated to Barry, Bite Back, November 5, 2006.
  33. ^ ["http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/26/nalf126.xml" "Animal Liberation Front renews its threat to Oxford, Telegraph"]. 2008. "http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/26/nalf126.xml". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  34. ^ ["http://www.oxfordmail.net/display.var.1030827.0.arson_attack_at_university_sports_pavilion.php" "Arson Attack At University Sports Pavilion (from Oxford Mail)"]. 2008. "http://www.oxfordmail.net/display.var.1030827.0.arson_attack_at_university_sports_pavilion.php". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  35. ^ ALF arson attack at oxford, for Barry Horne, Bite Back, November 23, 2006.
  36. ^ "Willing to maim in the name of animals", BBC News, December 7, 2006.
  37. ^ Prison Donald, Bite Back, December 2006.
  38. ^ "Animal rights fire-bomber jailed", BBC News, December 7, 2006
  39. ^ a b New Year Chicken Rescue, Bite Back, January 4 2007.
  40. ^ Chicken farm conditions "shocking", TVNZ, January 13 2007.
  41. ^ a b Animal rights protesters torment scientists, USA Today, July 7 2008.
  42. ^ anonymous communique, Bite Back, January 7, 2007.
  43. ^ Payne, Stewart. "Animal activists plant bombs at Oxford college", The Daily Telegraph, February 27, 2007.
  44. ^ Arson attack target Oxford Univserity, Bite Back, February 24, 2007.
  45. ^ a b Activists warn fur farmers, Baltic Times, August 6 2007.
  46. ^ update from Estonia, Bite Back, March 10 2007.
  47. ^ Institution targeted: Wachovia Securities (HLS Investor), North American Animal Liberation Press Office, March 10, 2007.
  48. ^ a b ALF claims credit for second attack of vandalism in Portland, The Oregonian, April 19, 2007.
  49. ^ anonymous report, Bite Back, April 9 2007.
  50. ^ Institution targeted: Wachovia Securities, North American Animal Liberation Press Office, April 17, 2007.
  51. ^ anonymous communique, Bite Back, April 28 2007.
  52. ^ NFU Cymru Condemns Attack On Livestock Farmer, Farming UK, June 10, 2007.
  53. ^ Illegal Incidents, Foundation for Biomedical Research.
  54. ^ Institution targeted: Oregon Health Sciences Vivisector, North American Animal Liberation Press Office, August 2, 2007.
  55. ^ Researchers taking extra precautions since latest ALF incident, Local News Daily, August 8, 2007.
  56. ^ Minks freed from cages, farmers give chase, Reuters, August 31 2007.
  57. ^ Finnish farmers chase freed minks, TVNZ, September 1 2007.
  58. ^ mal Rights Group Says It Flooded House, LA Times, October 31, 2007.
  59. ^ ["http://www.directaction.info/news_oct28_07.htm" "Bite Back"]. 2008. "http://www.directaction.info/news_oct28_07.htm". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  60. ^ Escada Information, Escada Reference Articles, Find Target Reference.
  61. ^ ["http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/communiques/2007-11-05_utahhenlib.htm" "Animal Liberation Press Office"]. 2008. "http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/communiques/2007-11-05_utahhenlib.htm". Retrieved 2008-02-20. 
  62. ^ Hen 'liberation' dispute, Deseret News, November 23, 2007.
  63. ^ ["http://www.directaction.info/news_nov09_07.htm" "Bite Back"]. 2008. "http://www.directaction.info/news_nov09_07.htm". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  64. ^ Terrorist burns out sta cars in latest attack, Oxford Student, 15 November, Volume 48, Issue 7.
  65. ^ Terrorist burns out staff cars in latest attack, Oxford Student, 15 November, Volume 48, Issue 7.
  66. ^ a b Animal Liberation Front Rescue Ducks, Scoop, November 19 2007.
  67. ^ ALF documentary, Bite Back, November 17, 2007.
  68. ^ Violence in the Animal Rights Movement, The Lawrentian, November 30 2007.
  69. ^ Flaming Deposit for HLS Shareholder, Bite Back, November 14, 2007.
  70. ^ Wachovia Hit Twice More, Drop HLS, Bite Back, November 20, 2007.
  71. ^ "Animal-rights group damages scientist's vehicles", "http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1197086109196880.xml&coll=7", "The Oregonian", December 08, 2007
  72. ^ Originally from Horse & Hound Magazine and website
  73. ^ Animal rights group attack claim, BBC, December 11, 2007.
  74. ^ Another Hit on Oxford Uni Suppliers, Bite Back, December 8 2007.
  75. ^ Vandals Tag Fast-Food Restaurant, Kitsap Sun, December 14, 2007.
  76. ^ ["http://www.directaction.info/news_dec30b_07.htm" "Bite Back"]. 2008. "http://www.directaction.info/news_dec30b_07.htm". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  77. ^ "Animal rights protesters cause suspension of Dutch science park", m&c
  78. ^ ["http://www.shac.net/ARCHIVES/2008/january/9.html" "News"]. 2008. "http://www.shac.net/ARCHIVES/2008/january/9.html". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  79. ^ ["http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=156130&command=displayContent&sourceNode=242285&home=yes&more_nodeId1=156139&contentPK=19820582" "this is lincolnshire- news, entertainment, jobs, homes and cars"]. 2008. "http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=156130&command=displayContent&sourceNode=242285&home=yes&more_nodeId1=156139&contentPK=19820582". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  80. ^ ["http://www.directaction.info/news_jan09_08.htm" "Bite Back"]. 2008. "http://www.directaction.info/news_jan09_08.htm". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  81. ^ ["http://www.marketrasenmail.co.uk/news/VIDEO-39Liberated39-rabbits-will-die.3778000.jp" "Market Rasen Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More - An error was encountered"]. 2008. "http://www.marketrasenmail.co.uk/news/VIDEO-39Liberated39-rabbits-will-die.3778000.jp". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  82. ^ ["http://www.directaction.info/news_feb04_08.htm" "Bite Back"]. 2008. "http://www.directaction.info/news_feb04_08.htm". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  83. ^ ["http://www.tvl.be/nl/nieuws/2008-02-03/brandstichting-alf-op-luc" "TVL - Brandstichting ALF op LUC"]. 2008. "http://www.tvl.be/nl/nieuws/2008-02-03/brandstichting-alf-op-luc". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  84. ^ ["http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/pr_08_02_06_londonburns.htm" "Animal Liberation Press Office"]. 2008. "http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/pr_08_02_06_londonburns.htm". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  85. ^ ["http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vandal6feb06,0,1716596.story" "Fire set at UCLA scientist's house - Los Angeles Times"]. 2008. "http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vandal6feb06,0,1716596.story". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  86. ^ ALF Takes Credit for Surprise Gift Left for Notorious UCLA Primate Vivisector Edythe London, North American Animal Liberation Press Office, February 22, 2008.
  87. ^ High school's kidnapped goats found wandering in hills, San Francisco Chronicle, February 14 2008.
  88. ^ anonymous communique, Bite Back, February 13 2008.
  89. ^ "Hunt kennels targeted in night of vandalism by animal rights activists", Horse & Hound, 18 Feb 2008.
  90. ^ ["http://www.directaction.info/news_feb18_08.htm" "Bite Back"]. 2008. "http://www.directaction.info/news_feb18_08.htm". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  91. ^ ["http://www.directaction.info/news_feb19b_08.htm" "Bite Back"]. 2008. "http://www.directaction.info/news_feb19b_08.htm". Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
  92. ^ "Foie gras protesters attack top restaurant", Cambridge News, 19th Feb 08.
  93. ^ Restaurant takes foie gras off menu after 'terrifying' threats, The Independent, February 20, 2008.
  94. ^ "Foie gras off menu after activist attack", Cambridge News, 20th Feb 08.
  95. ^ Violent Threats Shut Down Controversial Art Exhibit, Fox Reno, April 2 2008.
  96. ^ "ALF says it raided Ore. fur farm", "http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/media_coverage2008/2008-04-24_minklib_oregonian.htm", "The Oregonian", 24 April 08.
  97. ^ Activists target plumbers, Oxford Times, April 24th 2008.
  98. ^ Firebombs show new tactics of animal activists, San Francisco Chronicle, August 5 2008.
  99. ^ anonymous communique, Bite Back, June 13 2008.
  100. ^ Activists ‘trash grouse pens’, The Telegraph and Argus, July 24th 2008.
  101. ^ Animal-rights extremists blamed for release of 6,000 mink from farm, Canada.com, August 28th 2008.
  102. ^ Stark, Mike. Hundreds of mink set loose from Utah farm, Fox News, August 29th 2008.
  103. ^ "Ten-Thousand Captive Mink Released in Utah Animal Liberationists Raid Sixth Fur Farm Since April", "http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/press_releases/pr_08_09_22_utahminklib.htm",
  104. ^ "Group claims responsibility for mink release", "http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4331980",
  105. ^ Broom, Chris. Activist targeted bank in animal rights crime wave, Portsmouth News, January 6th 2011.
  106. ^ Police offer £40,000 to animal rights protesters, The Independent, September 25th 2008.
  107. ^ Animal rights activists claim car arson, Radio Netherlands, December 29 2008.
  108. ^ anonymous communique, Bite Back, December 21 2008.
  109. ^ anonymous communique, Bite Back, December 22nd 2008.
  110. ^ Animal rights activists target Euronext employees, Expatica, November 26 2008.
  111. ^ Animal Rights Group Has Claimed Responsibility, KNX, January 7 2009.
  112. ^ Councillor's Car Attacked in Protest of Grouse Shoots, Bite Back, January 28 2009.
  113. ^ Animal rights link will be investigated, Ilkley Gazette, January 30th 2009.
  114. ^ Fur farm footage posted on internet, Irish Examiner, February 21 2009.
  115. ^ Sears, Neil. Animal rights fanatic behind terror campaign on Oxford research lab jailed for 10 years, The Daily Mail, February 14 2009.
  116. ^ 2,500 Mink Released from Cages at Fur Farm, Bite Back, March 19 2009.
  117. ^ Mink liberator is the Vegan Streaker, Dutch News, April 8 2009.
  118. ^ Animal rights campaigners release mink, Dutch News, March 17 2009.
  119. ^ ALF Arson Shuts Down Livestock Market, Bite Back, April 2 2009.
  120. ^ Violent incendie cette nuit au marché au Cadran, Le Populaire, March 28 2009.
  121. ^ Animal rights group "frees" pigeons, This Is Surrey Today, July 9 2009.
  122. ^ Sternberg, Bob Von. Minneapolis activist indicted for animal lab 'terrorism', Star Tribune, November 19 2009.
  123. ^ Twin Cities activists in Iowa jail after being found in contempt, Star Tribune, November 17 2009.
  124. ^ Smith, David Gaddis. This Week in Mexico: 12-20-09 - Activists linked to bombings, Sign On San Diego, December 20 2009.
  125. ^ a b "Activist takes blame for Sheepskin Factory fire". Denver Post. June 16, 2010. http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_15306399. 
  126. ^ Ortiz, Marcos. Animal activist claims responsibility for arson fires, ABC 4, July 7, 2010.
  127. ^ Animal rights activists claim release of 50,000 minks in northern Greece, Fox News, September 2, 2010.
  128. ^ Tens of thousands of mink released in unprecendented attack, Bite Back Magazine, August 29, 2010.
  129. ^ Weldon, James. Animal militants vandalize car in North Vancouver, North Shore News, October 13, 2010.
  130. ^ ALF claims raid on Molalla deer farm, Seattle Times, October 15, 2010.
  131. ^ Deer liberation attempt doesn’t worry ranchers, The World, October 18, 2010.

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