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19th July, Denmark.
received anonymously via email:
“On July 19th the so-called “Slagter Morten” who sells dead bodies in Kerteminde, Denmark, was visited by activists. Six windows, a door and some electronics were destroyed. The pictures are taken by the animal abuser.”
July, Argentina.
via @anarcoveganismo.arg
ENGLISH (translation):
“Whilst everybody is focused on stuff happening elsewhere in the world, we plan to break into a place of slavery.
The anxiety is high, the night camouflages us between the mud and the dry weeds, we cut the wire and there we are, in front of them, all of them scared and cold, pushed against each other. They look at us fearful, but tonight some are coming out of the cages and will never suffer because of them again, they will stretch their legs and open their wings.
To us, that is veganism. because we cannot keep asking humans to please stop enslaving and murdering our animal siblings, because there is no more time to wait. And we also can’t pretend to care about regulating or welfarising the chains of speciesism.
Everybody can do this, everybody can take in their own hands direct action if they are brave enough.
Why would we wait anymore? Away from victimhood and against all odds, that’s our duty.
Those six lives are now safe, their life will be different, they will live with dignity and freedom.
All the other chickens are suffering the slavery that the system forces upon them by describing them as property and using them until death.
Their eyes see their sisters dying in cages, or being slaughtered. Their liberation is in your hands. Who, if not you?”
SPANISH (original):
TRES ANARQUISTAS LIBERAN 6 GALLINAS PONEDORAS
“Mientras todxs están pendientes de lo que sucede en otra parte del mundo, nosotrxs planeamos el ingreso a un centro de esclavitud.
La ansiedad en inmensa, la noche nos camufla entre el barro y la hierba seca, se corta el alambre y ya estamos ahí frente a ellas, todas temerosas con frío, acurrucadas y juntas. Nos miran con desconfianza, pero esta noche algunas van a salir de esas jaulas y nunca más volverán a padecerlas, estirarán sus patas y abrirán sus alas.
Para nosotrxs esto es veganismo, porque no podemos seguir pidiendo a lxs seres humanxs que por favor dejen de esclavizar y asesinar a nuestrxs hermanxs animales, ya no hay más tiempo. Así como tampoco, pretender que regulen las cadenas del especismo.
Cualquiera puede hacerlo, cualquiera puede tomar entre sus manos la acción directa si tiene el valor.
Que más vamos a esperar? Lejos del victimismo y contra todo pronóstico es nuestro deber.
Estas 6 vidas ya están a resguardo, les espera una vida diferente, les espera una vida digna en libertad.
Lxs demás animales están en este mundo sufriendo la esclavitud que el sistema les impone, lxs cataloga como mercancías y asi lxs utiliza hasta su muerte.
Sus ojos ven a sus hermanxs muriendo en jaulas o siendo asesinadxs, depende de vos su liberación. Si no sos vos, quien entonces?”
9th May, Bristol UK.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Photo unrelated, we did not receive media with this report]
received anonymously via email:
“In the early hours of 9th May some hooded creatures gained access to the yard of John Sheppard, a ‘family owned & operated’ butchers and slashed the tires of around 15-20 refrigerated vans, also tagging the sides and using leftover paint to cover the wing mirrors and headlamps.
This small action was done in solidarity with the Filton24, anarcho-nihilist vegan Ru of Susaron case and T, anarchist accused of torching a cop car in Brussels.
Free Palestine!
Fire to all cages!
– ALF anarchists”
17th June, Bratislava, Slovakia.
received anonymously:
“Tagging and poster campaign in Bratislava, Slovakia, in the early morning of Wednesday”
17th June, Zamora, Spain.
received anonymously via email:
ENGLISH (translation):
“A female Podenco puppy has been rescued from a hunting pack in Zamora, Spain. We have named her Palestina. She is now living happily with a family.
Rehalas are hunting packs of around 20 dogs used to chase wild boar and other animals in a form of hunting known as ‘montería’.
Each pack leader (rehalero) keeps dozens of dogs locked up in appalling conditions, sometimes chained up all year round, except on the days they are used for hunting.”
SPANISH (original):
“Una cachorra de podenco ha sido rescatada de una rehala en Zamora, España. La hemos llamado Palestina. Ahora vive feliz con una familia.
Las rehalas son grupos de unos 20 perros empleados para hostigar jabalíes y otros animales en una modalidad de caza llamada “montería”.
Cada rehalero mantiene decenas de perros encerrados, en condicones lamentables, a veces encadenados durante todo el año; excepto los días que son empleados para cazar.”
1st May, The north, UK
received anonymously via email:
“Another giant chicken shed, they are the same all over the country. Massive, stinking and packed with chickens who are deprived of grass, sunlight and so many other things.
Straight away we were greeted by the sight of a rotten corpse of a chicken that died in this man made hell. We are sorry we never got to take them to freedom. We filled up our carriers in no time and took everyone we could carry away to a better future of loving homes and fresh air.
We hope Marius who should be released from prison by the time we send this report is also enjoying the sunlight and fresh air.
Until every cage is empty and broken, ALF”
May, Midlands UK
received anonymously via email:
“Four birds, one night
Hello again scummy gamekeeper. You got new traps and moved them to new locations but we know our way around in the dark.
The first larsen we found was full of rotting flesh and scared magpies. The call bird looked in a bad way and the two trap compartments had successfully captured two other magpies. We took them all away and broke your trap. Next we found some fens and then another larsen. This one had just the call bird, skinny and covered in fleas with no food and hardly any water. We took them away with us too.
After a night of rest, a health check, some food and treatment, three birds flew away to rejoin the wild. But one call bird had been so roughly treated that they will need time to recover before they can fly away.
Fuck all traps, all cages and prisons. We will keep going till they are all broken.
Solidarity with the Filton 24, one struggle one fight.”
17th April, Yuba County, USA.
via: animalliberationpressoffice
According to press, someone broke into a falconry, smashed the gift shop, released 11 birds, then arranged a cow skull and bones and left a slashed falconry glove alongside it:
‘Walter, a four-year-old great horned owl, is one of three birds still missing after a break-in at West Coast Falconry on April 17. Owner Kate Marden has had Walter since he was two days old and says he has no survival skills in the wild.
The three cow skulls had been arranged in a row on a bench. A jawbone sat to one side, hip bones to the other. On the ground directly in front of them, someone had placed an eagle-handling glove, its heavy leather cut and sliced. Someone had worn it to remove a large eagle from its enclosure, then slashed the leather and left it behind.
That was only part of what Kate Marden’s housemate found around 6 a.m. on Friday, April 17, at West Coast Falconry in Browns Valley. In the weight room and the small gift shop, equipment had been damaged. Gloves had been slashed. And in the enclosures where 11 raptors had gone to sleep the night before, the birds were gone. The tracking devices each bird wore had been cut off. The enclosure doors had been closed behind them, so the birds could not return to roost.
“It felt a little symbolic,” said Marden, who has operated the falconry business for 20 years. She paused, then let the thought go. “I don’t know. It was just — ”
While Marden has her suspicions about who was responsible, no one has claimed credit for the break-in and the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office has not publicly identified a motive. What Marden is certain of is that the 11 birds had no business being released. All of them, she said, are non-releasable. Some were imprinted on humans as hatchlings and never developed survival skills. Others are injured and some are non-native species from a breeding project.
“It felt like an animal rights kind of thing,” Marden said. “Except that the sad part is that this is sentiment, not science.” ‘
12th May, Cotswolds UK.
received anonymously via email:
“While out for a walk in the Cotswolds, I came across a Larsen trap with a crow locked inside, being used as a lure.
I had to work quickly and quietly as the trap was right outside the gamekeeper’s house, and it was clear someone was home. I untied the piece of string holding the trap shut, opened the hatch, and reached in for the bird.
Luckily, she knew I was helping, and allowed me to check her wings hadn’t been cut (which often happens to prevent the bird from flying away if they escape. Her wings were intact, and my soul filled with love as I watched her fly high and free.
As swiftly as I could, I dragged the trap behind a hedge and stamped on it, ensuring no other birds will suffer inside it. Traps like these are all over the countryside: seek and destroy.”
26th April, Castilla Spain.
ENGLISH:
“We rescued a 9-month-old dog, whose ears had been recently cut off and who was found with other dogs used for hunting in deplorable conditions. Among all the dogs in this kennel in Castilla (Spain), we decided to rescue her because of the breed she belongs to, the Argentine Dogo, which is used to bite wild boars and immobilize them so that the hunter can stab and kill the boar. This poses a very high risk, and the life expectancy of these dogs is very short. A trusted veterinarian removed the chip, treated the wounds on her ears, and now she is in a home where she lives with other dogs. From the moment she arrived, she started playing with her new sisters. She is a very affectionate dog, and despite her appearance, she is not aggressive at all. She will never be exploited as a resource nor will she fall victim to speciesism.
Soon, it will be one year since the death of a militant who dedicated more than 40 years of his life to the fight for animal liberation, Karl Garside. Until his last day, he remained committed to animals. Unfortunately, he suffered a sudden death while exercising. Karl never sought the spotlight; he was aware that this struggle is collective, and in order to carry out his activism, he always tried to remain unnoticed.
We want to dedicate this action to Karl. Because, although he did not seek recognition, we believe our movement should know his story. Activists like him are role models, and even after they are gone, they can continue to contribute to the fight because they remain an example to follow.
We take this opportunity to send a big hug to his partner in life and the mother of his daughter, to his daughter, to his granddaughters, to the rest of his family, and to all his companions and friends. We know his loss cannot be repaired, but nothing takes away the fortune of having known him.
An activist does not die if the struggle continues.”
SPANISH (original):
“Hemos rescatado un perro de unos 9 meses, al que le habían cortado las orejas recientemente y que se encontraba con otros perros destinados a la caza en lamentables condiciones. Entre todos los perros que había en esta perrera de Castilla (España) decidimos rescatarla a ella porque la raza a la que pertenece, dogo argentino, es utilizada para morder jabalíes e inmovilizarlos para que el cazador pueda clavar el cuchillo y matar al jabalí. Esto supone un riesgo muy alto y la esperanza de vida de estos perros es muy corta.
Un veterinario de confianza le ha quitado el chip, le ha curado las heridas de las orejas y ahora se encuentra en un hogar donde convive con otros perros. Desde el momento en el que llegó se puso a jugar con sus nuevas hermanas. Es una perra muy cariñosa y a pesar de su aspecto, nada agresiva. Nunca será explotada como un recurso ni será víctima del especismo.
Dentro de poco tiempo se cumplirá un año de la muerte de un militante que dedicó más de 40 años de su vida a la lucha por la liberación animal, Karl Garside. Hasta el último día mantuvo su compromiso con los animales. Por desgracia sufrió una muerte repentina cuando hacía deporte. Karl nunca buscó el protagonismo, era consciente de que esta lucha es colectiva y para poder llevar a cabo su militancia siempre trató de pasar desapercibido.
Queremos dedicarle a Karl esta acción. Porque, aunque él no buscaba reconocimiento, creemos que nuestro movimiento debe conocer su historia. Activistas como él son un ejemplo a seguir que, una vez que nos han dejado, pueden seguir aportando a la lucha porque son un ejemplo a seguir.
Aprovechamos para mandar un fuerte abrazo a su compañera y madre de su hija, a su hija, a sus nietas, al resto de su familia y a todos sus compañeros y amigos. Sabemos que su pérdida no se puede reparar pero nada os quita la suerte de haberle conocido.
Un militante no muere si la lucha sigue.”