“Can you imagine being born into this world for the sole purpose of being slaughtered for your flesh, at the hands of those who never recognised you as an individual?
How hard would you want those who could see your suffering to fight? And at what extreme would you be okay with them stopping?
Because their lives should never have been seen as anything other than their own. Because taste or tradition does not justify spilling a single drop of blood, or a single tear.
Because given the opportunity, they would show us nothing but love.
We wish we didn’t have to be ‘vegan’. We wish that ‘vegan’ was just ‘normal’. That is the day we are fighting for.
To those we left behind, we are sorry. We wish we could have shown you what freedom looks like.”
“On a chilly night last weekend, members of the ALF visited Grand River Fur Exchange in Rome, Ohio (6310 US Highway 6) and liberated 30 foxes being held captive there, destined for imminent slaughter so their skins could be sold for profit.”On a chilly night last weekend, members of the ALF visited Grand River Fur Exchange in Rome, Ohio (6310 US Highway 6) and liberated 30 foxes being held captive there, destined for imminent slaughter so their skins could be sold for profit.
One thing we noticed about this particular farm, though at first glance it seemed moderately secure…..we didn’t even need bolt cutters. The wire encircling the pen where the foxes were held we were able to rip open with nothing but our hands. Once inside, the cage doors, held fast with a little bit of wire, were also able to be torn open with just a strong pull. It just goes to show that anyone, without requiring any special tools or know how, can visit a fur farm at night and save animals’ lives.
Most of the foxes were terrified of us, knowing humans come only to deliver abuse and death. But within minutes most of them had leapt from their cages, some escaping through the holes we had created in the enclosure. All of our efforts that night were repaid in an instant, seeing the foxes that had escaped into the outside world, knowing these were their first moments of a new and long life when minutes ago they had been condemned to death in mere weeks. No amount of chanting at street protests will give you anything close to the feeling of seeing animals you just freed get away.
(above): Mark Gutman, owner of Grand River Fur Exchange
Mark Gutman, we would have been happy to empty your entire stock had we had more time. We will not forget the animals we left behind. Best consider a career change before you are left with nothing.
The fur industry is close to collapse. It’s all up to us, there’s no one else coming to push it over the edge. Now is the time.”
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