“Although an anonymous communique has yet to be received by the Press Office, animal liberation activists have apparently freed 2000 captive mink last night from David Tremel Fur Farm (2017 Troy Trail Woodbine, IA 51579), according to Fur Commission USA and local news sources. This is the second fur farm raid in the last week, as pelting season begins soon, when hundreds of thousands of fur-bearing animals will be killed for their skins.
The fur profiteer has apparently made the ludicrous claim that half the animals were recaptured, as if these genetically wild animals were hanging around to return to the tiny, abysmal cages where they spend their entire short lives. All the animals were due to be executed and skinned for their fur within the next month.”
“Inspired by a recent action report, we went for a walk in the Surrey countryside. Following the advice in that report, we quickly spotted some blue feeders and a square patch of corn. On closer inspection, we found a partridge feeding area set up for the local shoot.
We pulled the hose off the water butt, and as the water emptied, we pulled each feeder and spare feed trough under the spout, soaking the seed and costing the shoot hundreds.
We damaged, destroyed, sabotaged, and hid everything we could get our hands on before vanishing into the horizon.
This really is easy: get out there, find whatever shooting apparatus you can, and destroy it.”
“October 14th: Not even so much as a fence surrounded the barn at Aeschleman Fur Company (1574 County Road 1600 E
Roanoke, IL 61561), from which we could already hear the foxes cries of distress. Could they sense we were there? Smell us perhaps, or hear us digging feverishly under the barn’s wall? Or maybe they just cried out every night, hoping someone would help them escape this hell they did nothing to deserve.
We hear you!
We are coming!
Finally we had made a hole big enough to slide under the wall and into the barn. It was large with hundreds of cages, but whole rows were empty. Had this fur profiteer fallen on hard times, or had they already murdered most of their prisoners by now, late October? We hoped for the former, but the remaining captives were all that mattered now. We set to work making sure they would have more than just one way out. The barn’s big sliding door wouldn’t budge, but luckily it was made of pliable sheet metal that we were able to bend outward just enough to make a fox-sized hole. On the other end, seeing that the front door had no alarm, we simply opened it and let in the cool night air.
When we at last approached the first cage, the fox inside reacted aggressively, snarling and biting at our wire-cutters. Were we in your position we would no doubt do the same, but tonight you will learn that not all humans are animal-abusing scum. We opened the cage and the aggression quickly turned to curiosity. We opened the next, and the next…until every last one of the 80 or so foxes was free.
Some of the cages were fastened shut and required cutting, others had a simple latch. Some of the foxes mad noise at first, but once the cage door was open, they all exhibited a silent curiosity. What is happening? Do I dare to jump out? Where do I go after that? As more cages were opened, we noticed foxes scurrying around the barn. After opening the last of the cages, we ourselves made our way out. There in the field behind the barn, a lone beautiful white fox ran around us in an almost playful manner. She lingered and watched us as if to say thank you; truly astonishing behavior from one who had only ever known imprisonment and abuse. A magical moment that we dared not stop to appreciate. You don’t need to thank us, seeing you leave this horrible place is all the thanks we need. Now is the time to run!
We, the Animal Liberation Front, have promised the foxes and mink of this world for decades now that we would destroy this vile industry. We are far, far behind schedule, and yet it is so close to collapse. We have allowed it to teeter on the edge of the cliff for years, almost as if we are daring it to back away and return to what it was 30 years ago; a golden age of fur that countless activists fought so hard to end. Dear reader, is that something you want to see happen?
Because if not, know that you are the final piece we need to push this despicable industry off the cliff for good. Your inaction only serves the fur farmers. They are counting on it.
“At least three hunting towers vandalised beyond repair in Las na Działkach, Żyrardów, central Poland. The local hunting club Dzik is the owner. They not only kill all these beautyful animals but also employ SLAPP tactics against critics and disregard any safety rules when hunting! We could once see them shooting in the direction of public infrastructure! Someone had enough of the sadistic lunatics. And we are very happy!”
“We want to dedicate this liberation to the activists who, 40 years ago on July 7, 1985, entered a breeding facility at Oxford University to free 30 dogs used for vivisection!
When the farmers take their siesta, the hoods are on!
Anti-speciesist rage overflows when we see how animals and their offspring are branded in the countryside, only to be sold for their meat or to live a life of exploitation to breed new slaves. We had only one chance, and we didn’t waste it. We took a baby and carried it to the car, to freedom. But it doesn’t end there. Now it is in a place with others of its kind, far from human supremacy.
For us vegans, this is the least we can do, risk everything for a life, because every person freed from species oppression is a slave to the oppressive system that justifies the use and murder of innocent beings as culture or tradition.
WE CALL FOR DIRECT ACTION! AGAINST ALL OPPRESSION! AGAINST ALL PREDICTIONS, AGAINST ALL CAGES, SYSTEMS, OR FORMS OF OPPRESSION!!! NO ONE DESERVES TO BE KILLED FOR BEING DIFFERENT, NO ONE IS ILLEGAL! COVER YOUR FACE AND FIGHT!”
SPANISH (original):
“Queremos dedicar esta liberación a lxs activistas que hace 40 años un 7 de julio de 1985 entraron a un criadero en la universidad de oxford para liberar a 30 perros que usaban para vivisección!
Cuando los granjeros duermen la siesta, lxs capuchas están en alerta!
La rabia antiespecista se desborda al ver como marcan a lxs animales en el campo y a sus hijxs, para luego ser vendidxs para comer su carne o para darles una vida de explotación para engendrar nuevxs esclavxs. Tuvimos solo una oportunidad, y no la desaprovechamos, tomamos a un bebe y lo llevamos al auto hacia la libertad. Pero no termina ahí, ahora se encuentra en un lugar con otrxs de su especie, pero lejos de la supremacía humana .
Para nosotrxs veganismo es mínimo esto, arriesgarlo todo por una vida, porque cada persona liberada de la opresión por especie es un esclavx del sistema opresor que justifica como cultura o tradición el uso y asesinato de seres inocentes.
HACEMOS UN LLAMADO A LA ACCION DIRECTA! CONTRA TODA OPRESIÓN ! CONTRA TODO PRONÓSTICO, CONTRA TODAS LAS JAULAS, SISTEMAS O MANERAS DE OPRESIÓN!!! NADIE MERECE SER ASESINADX POR SER DIFERENTE, NADIE ES ILEGAL!
“We came across a small partridge shooting set-up near to the White Horse in Uffington. The birds were already out, so the best we could do was disperse them as much as possible, and cost the game keeper some time and money.
The open pens were trashed, and the water butt was emptied. The fountain of water was used to soak the seed in the seed butts, which were then emptied. All the feed will have to be replaced, the water butt will need to be refilled, the pens replaced, and the gamekeeper is going to have to play a fun game of finding where else we poked holes, damaged fencing, and caused other damages. Finally, we channelled our inner Theresa May and ran through the fields, chasing hundreds of birds away. Let’s hope as many as possible stay as far away as possible This was a super easy action, and we encourage everyone to do the same on your countryside walks. If you see pheasants, partridges, water butts, small patches of cornfield, and/or blue feeder buckets in a field or patch of woodland, there will be a pen nearby.”
[editor’s note: Photo unrelated, from a chicken raid in the UK in 2018. Anonymous activists in France sent media, but we were unable to download it. We will update this if the media re-appears]
6th October, France.
received anonymously via email:
ENGLISH:
“Liberation of 56 hens in a farm in Burgundy, France
A thick air with a pestilential smell. Dirt, dust and excrement everywhere. The deafening noise of incessant ventilation. Thousands of individuals confined and cramped together, treated like nothing more than commodities to be exploited. This is what witnessed when we entered this place. These hens never see the sunlight. Their legs lie on metal supports. Some show missing feathers, with sad and defeated gazes, literally being shat on by their peers in the rows above them. Twice during the summer, armed with our lamps, our boxes and our determination, we liberated 62 of them from this hell. What a powerful feeling to escape through the night with them in our arms toward their new freedom!
They are now living in safe places where they can be cared for, discover and explore their new environment, meet and bond with their new human and non humans life partners. It is worth reminding that hens are curious, social and intelligent animals.
Antispeciesism is a political struggle and a battle we wish to lead alongside other animals as comrades, directly in the places that exploit them. We must never forget that direct action only exists as a response to a systemic and trivialized violence: the one of which animals are victims.
For all animals that resist and fight against human cruelty, for those who have died from it, for those who survive. Every day, more and more of us see you, hear you, and stand up for justice, respect, and freedom. Until every cage is empty.”
FRENCH:
“Libération de 62 poules dans un élevage en Bourgogne, France
Un air lourd et une odeur pestilentielle. De la saleté partout entre la poussière et les excréments. Le bruit assourdissant de la ventilation incessante. Des milliers d’individus enfermés et entassés simplement considérés comme de la marchandise à exploiter. C’est ce que nous avons vu et senti en pénétrant dans cet endroit. Ces poules ne voient jamais la lumière du jour. Leurs pattes reposent sur des supports métalliques. Certaines sont déplumées, le regard triste et résigné, se faisant littéralement chier dessus par leurs voisines sur les rangées au-dessus d’elles. À deux reprises au cours de l’été, armés de nos lampes, de nos cartons et de notre détermination, ce sont 62 d’entre elles que nous avons sorties de cet enfer. Quel sentiment puissant de s’enfuir avec elles dans nos bras à travers la nuit vers leur liberté nouvelle !
Elles sont maintenant dans des endroits sûrs où l’on prend soin d’elles et où elles peuvent découvrir et explorer leur nouvel environnement, rencontrer et créer des liens avec leurs nouveaux partenaires de vie, humains et non humains. S’il faut encore le rappeler, les poules sont des animaux curieux, sociaux et intelligents.
L’antispécisme est une lutte politique et un combat mené aux côtés des animaux en tant que camarades, directement dans les lieux qui les exploitent. N’oublions jamais que l’action directe ne s’impose qu’en réaction à une autre violence systémique assumée : celle dont les animaux sont victimes.
Pour tous les animaux qui résistent et luttent contre la cruauté humaine, pour ceux qui en sont morts, pour ceux qui survivent. Chaque jour, nous sommes de plus en plus nombreux à vous voir, à vous entendre, et à faire front pour vous obtenir justice, respect et liberté. Jusqu’à ce que toutes les cages soient vides.”
This little baby, barely a month old, was tied up inside a building in a rural area, as if ‘punished’. He could barely move. The morning was just beginning, and perhaps he had escaped to the street on several occasions, which is why he was in this situation. We had to be very quick and take advantage of the fact that no one was awake or near the place, either inside or outside the farm. We successfully managed and quickly loaded him into the car and left, but not before covering the license plates and our faces.
Today we have the assurance and information that Rufi is now in a safe and secure shelter.
Calves in Argentina are raffled off, sold, or given away to slaughter workers who work in meatpacking plants or slaughterhouses.
These babies are often born inside the slaughterhouses themselves or on the truck on their way to hell.
And there is no law prohibiting their sale, which is why we applaud this action.
Many people rescue animals of this species alongside the police, but they must prove excessive abuse, and the animals must be in very poor condition. A lot of evidence must be gathered for the law to help these animals, which are misnamed “farm animals.” Others choose to buy them so they won’t be killed, but that condemns many more to continue being sold by these people. Furthermore, the life of a non-human animal is priceless. Taking direct action and removing them from these places and changing their fate, even if we run the risk, is the right thing to do, the most noble thing, what we owe them: total animal liberation.
SPANISH (original):
“RUFI EN LIBERTAD.
Este pequeño bebé de apenas un mes se encontraba atado dentro de un establecimiento en una zona rural, como “castigado” apenas podía moverse, la mañana apenas comenzaba y quizás había escapado a la calle en reiteradas ocasiones por eso se encontraba así, Tuvimos que ser muy rápidos y aprovechar que nadie se encontraba despierto o cerca del lugar tanto dentro como afuera de la zona. Tuvimos éxito y rápidamente lo cargamos al auto y nos fuimos de ahí, sin antes haber tapado patentes y haber cubierto nuestros rostros
Hoy tenemos la seguridad y la información de que Rufi se encuentra ya en un refugio a resguardo libre y seguro.
Los terneros en argentina son rifados, vendidos o regalados a los matarifes qué trabajan en frigorífico o mataderos, Estos bebés muchas veces nacen dentro de los mismos mataderos o arriba del camión camino al infierno. Y no hay ninguna ley siquiera que prohíba la venta de los mismos , por eso aplaudimos esta acción. Muchas personas rescatan animales de esta especie junto a la policía, pero deben comprobar un maltrato excesivo, y tienen que estar en muy malas condiciones y hay que reunir muchas pruebas para que la ley ayude a estos animales mal llamados “de granja” . Otrxs elijen comprarlos para que no sean asesinados , pero eso condena a que muchos más sigan siendo comercializados por esas personas, además la vida de un animal no humano no tiene precio.
Tomar acción directa y sacarlo de esos lugares y cambiarle el destino aúnque corramos el riesgo es lo que corresponde, lo más noble, lo que le debemos, la liberación animal total.”
We paid a visit to Twycross zoo, a prison notorious for abusing the animals they exploit in the name of entertainment. There’s nothing wholesome about taking your family out to gawk at mistreated animals who belong in the wild. This zoo pretends to care about ‘conservation’ but really just imprisons animals in small unsuitable enclosures so they can make money from visitors, no matter the cost to the animals trapped there.
We made our stance opposing this abuse clear, we covered the entrance of the zoo with red paint and spray painted over their signs.
Fuck you Twycross Zoo, we know what you do and have heard what’s happening when the visitors aren’t looking.
Captivity is not entertainment, empty all the cages!
We dedicate this action to Waka who fought against oppression in so many forms and gave it everything they had, we remember you and we keep fighting.”
On September 20, 2023, nine pigs from the Cuori Liberi shelter were killed by ATS veterinarians after the police cleared the sanctuary with batons, kicks, and punches against peaceful protesters.
The pigs, goats, and dogs you see in the video are now happy, respected, and free from slavery.”
ITALIAN (ORIGINAL):
“In memoria dei nostri fratelli caduti:
Crosta
Crusca
Pumba
Dorothy
Mercoledì
Bartolomeo
Ursula
Carolina
Spino
Il 20/9/2023 9 maiali del rifugio Cuori Liberi sono stati uccisi dai veterinari dell’ATS, dopo che la polizia aveva sgomberato il santuario con manganelli, calci e pugni contro i manifestanti pacifici.
Il maiale, le capre e i cani che vedete nel video sono oggi felici, rispettati e liberi dalla schiavitù.”
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