Defend Direct Action
28th January, Val-De-Dagne France.
According to local media, on the 29th of January when two hunting parties joined forces to hunt during saint Hubert’s day, patron saint of hunting, they discovered their hunting platforms destroyed. No one has claimed the action.
February, Thuringia Germany.
Received anonymously via email:
“Within the last 2 weeks the ALF destroyed 15 hunting towers around Meiningen/Thuringia in solidarity with all forest and land defenders around the globe. We are punished, jailed, criminalized or even killed but we are not stepping back!”
5th February, Lombardia North Italy.
Received anonymously via email:
ENGLISH (translation)
“in the night, we decided to protest against the kill-all policy put in place by the Lega (Italy’s majority political party) by going to the city symbolic of the party’s origins: Legnano in the province of Milan, Lombardy, Northern Italy.
We used spray and red paint to symbolize the blood of victims by the most dangerous predator: MAN. The League has started a war, without precedent, to the detriment of wildlife through a policy that does not take into account European directives for the protection of wolves and bears (in Trentino there is a massacre under the signature of the Leghist President Fugatti to the detriment of plantigrades: a few hours ago the bear M90-Sonny-“guilty” of having walked home in the woods and having met-it seems-two people: a real execution of an innocent! !!) and supporting hunting by proposing changes in existing legislation aimed at increasingly favoring hunters rather than conforming to the sentiment of the majority of Italian citizens who declare themselves in favor of abolishing hunting. Anyone who declares himself, openly or otherwise, an enemy of animals is, and will be under our attack.
A.L.F.♥”
ITALIAN (original)
“Nella notte abbiamo deciso di protestare contro la politica ammazza-tutti messa in atto da parte della Lega (partito politico di maggioranza italiano) recandoci nella città simbolo delle origini leghiste: Legnano nella provincia di Milano, in Lombardia, Nord Italia.
Abbiamo usato spray e vernice rossa per simboleggiare il sangue delle vittime da parte del predatore più pericoloso: l’UOMO. La Lega ha iniziato una guerra, senza precedenti, a danno della fauna selvatica attraverso una politica che non tiene conto delle direttive europee di tutela del lupo e dell’orso (in Trentino è in atto una strage a firma del Presidente leghista Fugatti a danno dei plantigradi: da poche ore è stato ucciso l’orso M90-Sonny- “colpevole” di avere camminato a casa sua nel bosco e avere incontrato-sembra-due persone: una vera e propria esecuzione di un innocente!!!) e sostenendo la caccia attraverso la proposta di modifiche della normativa in essere volte a favorire sempre di più i cacciatori anziché adeguarsi al sentire della maggioranza dei cittadini italiani che si dichiarano favorevoli all’abolizione della caccia. Chiunque si dichiari, apertamente e non, nemico degli animali è, e sarà sotto nostro attacco.
A.L.F.♥”
6th February, Meinengen Germany.
received anonymously via email:
“On february 6th, the ALF dismantled 10 hunting towers around Meiningen/Thuringia in solidarity with wildlife- and forest defenders all over the world. While forests get evicted and destroyed, activists get harassed, jailed, criminalized or even killed the capitalist system and its killers & supporters have to understand we are everywhere and we are willing to fight and to destroy them.”
1st February, France.
According to mainstream press, L’Amicale des chasseurs La Perdrix cabriéroise has reported that twelve hunting stands were found destroyed. The hunters say that “the act of vandalism is a clear show of the desire to harm the hunting activities by the perpetrators”.
A complaint was logged with the police. No claim of responsibility has been received by UA.
9th February, UK.
originally published on @undergroundbadgersyndicate
“NO MORE HIBERNATION, UBS IS BACK!
After the main intensive cull dies off, Underground Badger Syndicate goes into semi-hibernation, like badgers, and spends less time out and more time grunting indoors to survive the winter.
We’ve had enough now and are ready to make hunters upset with our antics, and as every year, the spring trapping season is about to start and we cannot wait to see how many scumbags we can make sad this year!
Just to kickstart it, after checking on some local setts that had been fucked with by the hunt the week before, we decided to check around the main house in a very posh estate. As it was expected, we found mole traps littered all over their incredibly pristine and obviously lifeless grass field they’d call a garden.
We wasted no fucking time and pulled a total of twenty traps from the ground. Because that was not enough, we decided to nick a spade they had in their garage and made sure their green and flat excuse of a garden gained a few extra holes, mounds and imperfections.
You truly need to be a posh twat to want to kill moles. Fuck posh twats, and fuck mole killers.”
6th February, North Italy.
Received anonymously via email:
ENGLISH (translation):
“TODAY THE M90 BEAR SONNY WAS MURDERED! A REAL EXECUTION BY THE TRENTINO ADMINISTRATION LED BY MAURIZIO FUGATTI. THE BEAR WAS “GUILTY” OF WALKING IN THE WOODS-HIS HOME-AND MEETING TWO PEOPLE. THIS WAS ENOUGH SO THAT A DECREE OF CULLING WAS IMMEDIATELY SIGNED AND A FEW HOURS LATER AN INNOCENT MAN WAS EXECUTED! IN TRENTINO A REAL MASSACRE OF PLANTIGRADES IS TAKING PLACE: FUGATTI’S NEFARIOUS PROJECT IS TO KILL 8 SPECIMENS PER YEAR!
WE WILL NOT STAND IDLY BY TO WITNESS SUCH INJUSTICE: TONIGHT WE WERE ALONG THE HIGHWAY NETWORK IN MILAN AND LEFT WRITINGS ON THE WALLS TO COMMUNICATE OUR DISSENT! OF COURSE WE WILL NOT STOP AT JUST THE WRITING! THEY HAVE DECLARED WAR ON WILDLIFE SUPPORTED BY HUNTERS AND WE WILL RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. THE ALF IS WATCHING AND THERE IS NO PLACE TO HIDE.
A.L.F.♥”
ITALIAN (original):
“OGGI L’ORSO M90 SONNY E’ STATO ASSASSINATO! UNA VERA ESECUZIONE DA PARTE DELL’AMMINISTRAZIONE LEGHISTA TRENTINA GUIDATA DA MAURIZIO FUGATTI. L’ORSO HA AVUTO “LA COLPA“ DI CAMMINARE NEL BOSCO-LA SUA CASA- E DI INCONTRARE DUE PERSONE. QUESTO E’ BASTATO AFFICHE’ VENISSE SUBITO FIRMATO UN DECRETO DI ABBATTIMENTO E QUALCHE ORA DOPO SI PROCEDESSE ALL’ESECUZIONE DI UN INNOCENTE! IN TRENTINO SI STA COMPIENDO UNA VERA STRAGE DI PLANTIGRADI: IL NEFASTO PROGETTO DI FUGATTI E’ DI UCCIDERNE 8 ESEMPLARI ALL’ ANNO!
NON STAREMO FERMI AD ASSISTERE A TALE INGIUSTIZIA: STANOTTE SIAMO STATI LUNGO LA RETE AUTOSTRADALE DI MILANO E ABBIAMO LASCIATO SCRITTE SUI MURI PER COMUNICARE IL NOSTRO DISSENSO! OVVIAMENTE NON CI FERMEREMO SOLO ALLE SCRITTE! LA LEGA HA DICHIARATO GUERRA ALLA FAUNA SELVATICA SOSTENUTA DAI CACCIATORI E NOI RISPONDEREMO DI CONSEGUENZA. THE ALF IS WATCHING AND THERE IS NO PLACE TO HIDE.
A.L.F.♥”
5th February, NRW Germany.
[note: photo unrelated to the action]
Received anonymously via email:
“8 deer liberated in NRW, so called “Germany,” their cage torn open in the middle of the night. Down with speciesism! Down with human supremacism and the industrial nightmare! Viva anarchy and all things wild!”
Autumn 2023, Bavaria Germany. (Delayed report)
[editor’s note: image unrelated to the report]
Received anonymously via email:
“During the night we visited a local dairy farm. In front of the building in which the enslaved mothercows are held, there were the calf boxes. The very little calves were kept alone in one box. The bigger ones were kept in a group of four. We started opening the boxes. We opened about 8 boxes. As soon as we opened the box of the bigger ones, three calves ran out right away and started playing with each other. We started our way home into the night. The sky were full of stars, but the view of this beautiful night sky was not as beautiful as what we would witness next.
At first we just heard a undefiniable sound, just some feet away from us. Looking around we spotted the three calves running over grass , into the fields, like they were following us. Soon they dissapeared in the darkness. We hope they had an amazing night and run far away. But unfortunately they will be caught again very likely. Thats why we need everyone to help destroy all animal abusing industries. This was just a small sabotage of a small dairy farm. But if this small action, that just takes a few minutes , will be carried out systematicaley , from activist everywhere, where animals are kept in cages/boxes, it will effectively disrupt the dairy industry. Please join us and visit your local dairy farms and open every calf box and in the best case also destroy them all.
We did this action three times within some weeks at the same dairy farm.
Until every cage and calf box is empy!!! :D”
January, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Received anonymously via email:
“A new McDonald’s has opened in Copenhagen in December, and since then they have been the target of many protests and disruptions. They have also faced more direct consequences of their murderous actions, as documented in this material.
This video shows three different occasions where activists toss red paint on their store and spray paint “murder” and “meat is murder” on their windows.
Animal abusers will have no rest. It doesn’t matter if it is a small butcher or a massive murder chain like McDonald’s, none of them should ever feel safe. Not until they stop the exploitation.”