Defend Direct Action
22nd January, Sweden.
received anonymously via email:
“On the night of 22 January a vivisector in Sweden got a sticker slabbed on his family mailbox saying stop animal testing. It’s not much but every action counts!
/ALF”
26th January, North Italy.
Received anonymously via email:
ENGLISH (translation):
“For an A.L.F. activist, there is no more beautiful sound than the sound a cage makes when it shatters underfoot.
On January 25, 2025 we received a report of the presence of trap cages placed by the criminal human to catch and kill nutria.
On the 26th morning we promptly took action and destroyed more than 30 cages, some of them still stained with the blood of poor animals previously caught and killed.
The human is NOT superior to ANYONE and has NO right to take the lives of other living things.
The Struggle continues.
Get out, Liberate, Destroy.
A.L.F.”
ITALIAN (original):
“Per un A.L.F. non esite suono piu’ bello di quello che fa una gabbia quando si distrugge sotto i piedi.
Il 25 gennaio 2025 abbiamo ricevuto una segnalazione della presenza di gabbie trappola posizionate dall’umano criminale per catturare e uccidere nutrie.
Il 26 mattina siamo prontamente intervenuti e abbiamo distrutto piu’ di 30 gabbie, alcune delle quali ancora sporche del sangue di poveri animali precedentemente catturati e uccisi.
L’umano NON e’ superiore a NESSUNO e non ha NESSUN diritto di togliere la vita ad altri esseri viventi.
La Lotta continua.
Esci, Libera, Distruggi.
A.L.F.”
10th January, Yonne France.
Received anonymously via email:
“ENGLISH
During the second week of January 2025, in the North-East of France (Yonne), we destroyed 22 hunting towers in one night. Located on three different sites, some of these structures had already been destroyed a few months earlier. Hunting towers help hunters of Yonne to kill innocent people: they hide the hunters, enable them to shoot safely and prevent animals from fighting back. However, all it takes is a few saws to destroy them. So if you see similar structures in your area, put on your masks and take action.
We hope these actions will make it easier for our forest-dwelling comrades (wild boars, deers, birds, etc.) to escape their murderers.
PS: Hunters, you can rebuild them, we will come back.
FRENCH
Durant la deuxième semaine de Janvier 2025, dans le Nord-Est de la France (Yonne), nous avons détruit 22 miradors en une nuit. Situés sur trois différents sites, certaines de ces structures avaient déjà été détruites quelques mois auparavant. Les miradors aident les chasseurs de l’Yonne à tuer des personnes innocentes : ils dissimulent les chasseurs, leur permettent de tirer avec davantage de sécurité et empêchent les animaux de contre-attaquer. Cependant, il suffit de quelques repérages et de scies pour les abattre. Alors si vous voyez des structures similaires près de chez vous, mettez vos masques et passez à l’action.
Nous espérons que ces actions permettront à nos camarades vivant dans la forêt (sangliers, cerfs, oiseaux, etc) d’échapper plus aisément à leurs meurtriers.
PS : Chasseurs, vous pouvez les reconstruire, nous repasserons.”
9th January, France
VIA: Attaque (from local press)
ENGLISH (translation):
“Étupes hunters are fed up! Since September, their personal vehicles have been the target of several acts of vandalism: flat tires, scratched bodywork… Every three or four weeks, while they are hunting game, a new act of vandalism takes place in front of the hunting lodge where members of the AICA Étupes Taillecourt fusion park. “We don’t understand who could have a grudge against us,” says Eric Ajoux, president of the AICA Étupescourt fusion. says Eric Ajoux, president of the association.
Every month, between five and six cars fall victim to punctures of one or more tires. “The tires are pierced on the sidewall by a knife blade. I’ve already had to pay over 600 euros to repair my car this year. It’s just not possible! says a disillusioned Eric Ajoux.
Some members of this hunting club no longer dare to come hunting for fear of seeing their cars damaged. “What’s it going to be tomorrow, broken windscreens, a car on fire? asks Eric Ajoux. Especially as it’s always the same cars that are targeted. Philippe is also one of the victims. “Both my rear tires were punctured on a Sunday, so I couldn’t get to the garage, plus my door was scratched. I was really angry. If it goes on like this, I’ll end up not coming here any more”, he admits. he admits.
The Etupes hunting association is suspicious of certain individuals.“We think it’s someone from the commune, since we’re the only hunting association in the area to be attacked”, thinks Eric Ajoux.thinks Eric Ajoux.Between 6 and 7 complaints have been lodged with the gendarmerie by hunters who have suffered damage.”
FRENCH (Original):
“Les chasseurs d’Étupes en ont ras-le-bol ! Depuis le mois de septembre, leurs véhicules personnels sont la cible de plusieurs dégradations : pneus crevés, carrosseries rayées… Toutes les trois ou quatre semaines, pendant qu’ils chassent le gibier, un nouvel acte de vandalisme a lieu devant le chalet de chasse où se stationnent les adhérents de l’AICA Étupes Taillecourt fusion. « Nous ne comprenons pas qui peut bien nous en vouloir, nous avons de bonnes relations avec tout le monde, les randonneurs, la mairie, les riverains …« , affirme Eric Ajoux, président de l’association. Entre cinq et six voitures, sont victimes, chaque mois, de crevaisons d’un ou plusieurs pneus. « Les pneus sont percés sur le flan par une lame de couteau. J’ai déjà eu plus de 600 euros de réparations sur mon véhicule cette année. Ce n’est pas possible« , lâche, Eric Ajoux, désabusé.
Des adhérents de cette société de chasse n’osent plus venir chasser par peur de voir leurs voitures dégradées. « Demain, ça sera quoi, des pare-brises de cassés, une voiture en feu ?« , s’interroge, Eric Ajoux. D’autant plus que ce sont toujours les mêmes voitures de ciblées. Philippe, est également une des victimes. « Mes deux pneus arrière ont été percés, un dimanche donc impossible d’aller au garage et en plus ma portière a été rayée. J’étais en colère. Si ça continue, je finirai par ne plus venir« , avoue-t-il.
La société de chasse d’Étupes à des soupçons sur certaines personnes. « Nous pensons que c’est quelqu’un de la commune puisque nous sommes la seule association de chasse du coin à être attaquée.« , pense, Eric Ajoux. Entre 6 et 7 plaintes ont été déposées à la gendarmerie par les chasseurs victimes de dégradations.”
3rd January, North Italy
Received anonymously via email:
ENGLISH (translation):
“In the night we attacked and rendered harmless for a long time two hunting posts.
We will continue to give clear and precise messages to hunters because those who cowardly kill and violate Nature and Animals must pay very dearly.
Animal LIberation Front Italy.”
ITALIAN (original):
“Nella notte abbiamo attaccato e rese inoffensive per molto tempo due postazioni di caccia.
Continueremo a dare messaggi chiari e precisi ai cacciatori perche’ chi uccide e stupra vigliaccamente la Natura e gli Animali la deve pagare molto cara.
Animal LIberation Front Italia.”
31st December, North Italy.
ENGLISH (translation):
received anonymously via email:
“NO ONE KNOWS BUT IT WAS THE WOLF WHO TAUGHT LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD TO GO INTO THE WOODS TO FOLLOW THE HUNTER’S TRAIL. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD WHEN HE MET THE HUNTER UNDERSTOOD THAT THE REAL PREDATOR TO BE AFRAID OF WAS NOT THE WOLF. FROM THERE ON LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD BEGAN TO FOLLOW THE ANIMAL’S FOOTSTEPS, WHICH LED HER TO HELLISH PLACES, PRISONS WHERE TENDER LITTLE BIRDS ARE SEGREGATED UNTIL THEY DIE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DECEITFULLY ATTRACTING THEIR FELLOW HUMANS. THE HUNTER, WHO IS AN INFAMOUS AND COWARDLY MAN, HIDES IN SHEDS AND SHOOTS THE LITTLE BIRDS THAT APPROACH DRAWING SADISTIC ENJOYMENT FROM THEM.
ALL THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
TO CELEBRATE THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW YEAR WE WENT TO ONE OF THE MANY SHEDS IN NORTHERN ITALY AND DESTROYED A DOZEN CAGES WHERE THEY ARE LOCKED UP THE BIRDS USED AS LIVE DECOYS, WE TAMPERED WITH THE LOCK OF THE SHED AND WE SOILED IT. THE ALF IS WATCHING AND THERE IS NO PLACE TO HIDE”
ITALIAN (original):
“NESSUNO LO SA MA E’ STATO IL LUPO AD INSEGNARE A CAPPUCCETTO ROSSO AD ADDENTRARSI NEL BOSCO PER SEGUIRE LE TRACCE DEL CACCIATORE. CAPPUCCETTO ROSSO QUANDO INCONTRO’ IL CACCIATORE COMPRESE CHE IL VERO PREDATORE DI CUI AVERE PAURA NON ERA IL LUPO. DA LI’ IN AVANTI CAPPUCCETTO ROSSO COMINCIO’ A SEGUIRE LE ORME DELL’ ANIMALE CHE LA CONDUSSERO IN LUOGHI INFERNALI, PRIGIONI DOVE TENERI UCCELLINI VENGONO SEGREGATI FINO ALLA LORO MORTE CON LO SCOPO DI ATTRARRE CON L’INGANNO I LORO SIMILI. IL CACCIATORE, CHE E’ UN UOMO INFAME E VIGLIACCO, SI NASCONDE IN CAPANNI E SPARA AGLI UCCELLINI CHE SI AVVICINANO TRAENDONE SADICO GODIMENTO.
TUTTO QUESTO E’ INACCETTABILE.
PER FESTEGGIARE L’ ARRIVO DEL NUOVO ANNO CI SIAMO RECATI PRESSO UNO DEI TANTI CAPANNI PRESENTI NEL NORD ITALIA E ABBIAMO DISTRUTTO UNA DECINA DI GABBIE DOVE VENGONO RINCHIUSI GLI UCCELLINI USATI COME RICHIAMI VIVI, ABBIAMO MANOMESSO LA SERRATURA DEL CAPANNO E LO ABBIAMO IMBRATTATO. THE ALF IS WATCHING AND THERE IS NO PLACE TO HIDE.”
1st January, Midlands UK
Received anonymously via email:
“After some digging we found a large scale breeder of guinea pigs and paid them a visit to check out their operations.
It wasn’t pretty and we were faced with the all too familiar sight of filthy over crowded areas. The dirty behind the scenes of the pet industry.
Not long after arriving we saw a worker walking around so we quickly placed eight guinea pigs into our carriers and absconded before being seen. We could only take as many as we had good homes for and while this means all the world to them it is just a drop in the ocean. You can not comprehend the number of victims involved. These breeders and sellers must be stopped. They will use their bodies like machines and dispose of them once they fall apart enough to no longer be profitable. The daily reality of the animals trapped in these places is a nightmare, especially those who will be used for breeding relentlessly till their body can’t take anymore. The battered parents of the animals you’ll see displayed at your local pet shop.
Endless solidarity to all our comrades behind bars and directly to Daniel Andreas San Diego. Your oppressors are our mutual enemies, be it breeders, vivisectors, farmers or the state. Fuck all cages and the people who make them.
Some anarchists”
5th January, NY USA.
Received anonymously via email:
“I decided to pay a visit to central park animal prison. Thousands of people spend time in this park every day going about their daily lives meanwhile these animals are destined for a lifetime behind bars, away from their natural environments where they are free to roam and live as they are supposed to. I redecorated the signs for accuracy and poured red paint all over the entrance to represent the many deaths lost to this disgusting place after a life in prison. Two coyotes a raccoon and a rat crossed paths with me on my way out eager to see action taken on behalf of animals. Fuck all prisons. Abolishing them doesn’t stop at only the ones that have human animals inside.”
26th December, Buenos Aires Argentina.
Received anonymously via email:
ENGLISH (translation):
“Universities around the world teach extremely anthropocentric degrees where they show how to exploit animals directly. They do so by forcing births, by locking them up, by murdering and violating them, whilst thousands of sad future exploiters take notes to keep the system of abuse.
Our objective: a university in Buenos Aires that breeds rabbits. Some of them are confined in cages for life, used to breed more rabbits, with their babies taken away to be exploited in a multitude of ways.
We found access and took almost all breeding rabbits. They all now know the sun, the wind, the stars and a place away from exploiters. With this action we want to keep adding wood to the fire of animal liberation and we want to remind all that take similar actions that their tattoos, their names and their attempts to be recognised for actions is repugnant and helps nobody. This is for the animals, not their liberation, for freedom.
Always anonymous, always lurking
Frente de Liberación Animal.”
SPANISH (original):
“Universidades de todo el mundo enseñan en las carreras mas antropocéntricas a explotar animales de forma directa, de las maneras más redituables. Lo hacen forzando a nacer divers@s animales: encerrando, asesinando y violando, mientras miles de miserables futur@s explotador@s, ansios@s toman nota para poder continuar con la dinámica de sometimiento. Nuestro objetivo: una universidad de buenos aires, que tiene un criadero de conej@s, algun@s de es@s conej@s son encerrad@s de por vida para utilizarles como maquinas reproductoras, confinad@s a una jaula con ese fin, sus crías son destinadas a diversos fines de explotación.
Encontrando la buscada oportunidad, nos llevamos la mayor cantidad de conej@s utilizad@s como reproductores. Tod@s ell@s conocieron el sol, el viento, las estrellas, y una tierra segura la cual no es transitada por explotador@s. con esta acción pretendemos seguir dando leña a la llama urgente de la liberación animal Y recordamos a tod@s aquell@s que hagan acciones similares, que sus siluetas, sus tatuajes sus nombres, sus intentos por ser reconocid@ por ello son repugnantes y están demás, esto es por l@s animales es por su liberación y la libertad
Siempre anonim@s, siempre acechantes
Frente de liberación animal”
21st December, Ireland.
Received anonymously via email:
“On Saturday the 21st December 2024, Iveagh Foxhounds parked up on the Drumlin Road, near Donaghacloney, Co. Down.
The exact meeting spot had been targeted with a warning sprayed on the gable wall the night before, telling the hunt that they weren’t welcome at that location and advising the landowner who was hosting them to cease relations immediately. Our warning was ignored.
We must preface the following action by highlighting that we are in no way involved with any other anti-hunt group nor animal rights activists. We act alone and do not involve ourselves in any other circles, which keeps everyone safe. We do not align with the values of hunt saboteurs or peaceful protestors.
Our initial plan was thwarted by a heavy police presence in the area, so we bided our time, quietly waiting for the hunt to set off.
As the hunt did so, ARM volunteers deemed it fit to damage several vehicles belonging to the hunt. Most notable, a red Nissan pickup truck – vehicle reg. MXZ7182 – which had a brick thrown through the windscreen, rendering it unmovable until fixed.
Make absolutely no mistake, had the opportunity arose, members of Iveagh Foxhounds would have faced physical injury. ARM volunteers were equipped and had planned to carry out such an action.
Fox hunt groups across Ireland – you will no longer terrorise the countryside.
No option is off the table until you fold.
You have been warned.
To our comrades in the world of animal rights, we ask you to make a stand with us. Make your own cell. Dialogue, chanting and placard holding has got us nowhere.
People have fought and died for the cause of animal rights, whether that be out on the fields saving wildlife from the hunts or on hunger strike, to raise awareness of the plight of those who cannot speak.
“No altar, no belief, no holy book, has ever been able to reconcile the rich and the poor, the exploiter and the exploited. And if Jesus himself has to take the whip to chase them from his temple, it is indeed because that is the only language they hear.” -Thomas Sankara
Do not doubt us. Join us.”