Defend Direct Action
5th June, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
According to local media, during the morning of the 5th of July, a hunting tower was set on fire by unknown activists. Forest walkers raised the alarm, and the fire brigade ensured that the fire could not jump into any dry areas around it. They were completely unable to save the hunting tower.
As it has become a standard, local German police begs for any clues as to who could be involved in the arson.
1st June, Philadelphia USA.
via: Philly Anti-Capitalist.
“On June 1, under the moonlight, some feral gnomes poured grit into the lubrication system of an earth destroying machine – paralyzing it before it kills more of the post-industrial wild habitat in Bartram’s. The goal of this earth destroyer, and the developers in power of it, is to raze the land, killing and displacing all of the wild and free life from the area in order to make way for a Biotec Campus who markets a sanitized version of life. That life includes the torture of nonhumans and displacement of humans and nonhumans alike for it’s concrete pathways and steel buildings.
We will oppose every destroyer, every tool of power and development that seeks to capture, kill, torture, and displace all our lives. The feral land, trees, nonhuman and human animals will not be bulldozed with ease.”
11th June. Tuscany Italy.
Received anonymously via email:
“somewhere in Tuscany a poacher’s cage was found in which a wild boar was imprisoned. The non-human animal has been set free. The cage will be destroyed soon.”
1st June, Vantaa Finland.
received anonymously via email:
“Our lives and environments are under a constant attack, because of this we have no other way than to defend ourselves by attacking against the forces that destroy us.
On Thursday 1.6. before dawn we cut a hole in the fence of Saga Furs in Vantaa, Finland and made an incendiary attack against their premises.
Saga Furs has no justification for existing. As a company they make profits for their rich owners and cause monstrous suffering to animals produced for the fur industry. This will not end by asking or hoping.
Until Saga Furs is fertilizer for our gardens.”
editor’s note: Saga Furs is a huge fur auction company. Image unrelated to the action.
4th June, unknown location
received anonymously via email:
“The Sunshine hellhole
Every year on National Animal Rights Day, many great people go out to march and advocate for animals; an important part of our cause for animal liberation. However, once the banners are put up and the sun sets away, the cruelty continues.
Next time you are out at your local park or just cruising basically anywhere, gaze up at the trees. For a start, you can admire their gracious heights and the beautiful creatures that live amongst them. However, certain trees will have an insect trap imposed upon its branches. These glue traps kill any creature who is unfortunately baited onto its unforgiving mat. The fortunate part is that they are pretty easy to find; they are basic-looking triangular prisms that are tan and stand out against green foliage. An easy target that anyone can do. Even if it is just one, its life-saving.
So far four traps are down and more shall follow their same fate. Fuck the government and its cruelty to the most vulnerable. This act is dedicated to anyone who has helped animal abusers and earth rapists suffer consequences from their actions. “
Editors note: Image not related to the action. Location not communicated by the anonymous activist.
3rd June, Midlands UK.
received anonymously via email:
“Lamb liberated in solidarity with Marius Mason and all long term anarchist prisoners.
We’d seen the lambs many times, we knew, while they were with their mums now, it wouldn’t be that long before they fattened up and the farmer sent them to slaughter. The field was easy to access but watchful mums keeping their babies close were hard to catch. Herding them into a corner and closing in we managed to grab one. Picking them up and taking them to safety we hoped their mum would understand that we’d look after them. We wish we could of taken her other lamb and her, the whole herd. They all deserve better than what awaits them. This lamb will get real care and never see the slaughterhouse or be left to die and decay in some field corner.
It is nearly June 11th, so with the freedom of this lamb we want to send love to Marius and all anarchist comrades serving prison. The fight goes on, and we hope that reading about this lamb allows you to feel freedom, even if just for a second.
To Lisa E and the German antifascists. To our Chilean comrades awaiting trial. To the KTB prisoners. You are not forgotten. We keep fighting.
Until we are all free, every cage is empty and every slaughterhouse and prison is up in flames,
ALF”
28th May, Denmark.
received anonymously via email:
“A few nights ago the ALF attacked one of the largest hatcheries for the egg industry in Denmark.
A well coordinated attack by activists on one of the largest hatcheries for the egg industry in Denmark. Over 20,000 fertilized eggs where kept in a cooling room, which prevents the eggs from developing into chicks. Fertilized eggs are stored at around 17 degrees Celsius for up to 3 weeks, before being moved to the “pre-incubators”, where they are kept for 18 days at around 37 degrees Celsius. At 37 degrees, they develop into chicks, before being moved to incubators the last 3 days, where the eggs hatch.
Once hatched, the males would be gassed to death, while the females would be abused for their bodies for over a year, before also being gassed to death.
Only the 20,000 eggs kept in the cooling room at 17 degrees were destroyed. Every measure was taken to ensure that no animals were harmed.
Not only did this action cause the hatchery economic damage and disrupt their industry, it also prevented over 20,000 chickens from being born into a terrible life.”
Unknown date, Athens Greece
via: Dark Nights.
“On the occasion of the celebration of the great slaughter, there was an awakening of our reflexes to a ritual that takes place at regular intervals validating the rules of hierarchy of species where animals are inferior and are species to be exploited. By striking at butchers we strike at the institutions and laws that wash away crimes but at the same time we highlight how the everyday person, the trader, the customer, etc. also participates in this timeless holocaust. From this authoritarian mania, people from below do not escape by participating in customs or anti-customs calling themselves anti-authoritarians who contribute to the maintenance of the mass massacre by the domination. Being another proof that the state and power is primarily maintained by those who follow the rules, institutions and laws set by those from above and secondarily by the state and power.
For these reasons we chose as a minimal act of retaliation to strike shops and warehouses of dismembered corpses, conceived as food, because of sadistic anthropocentric culture. We chose to sabotage with simple means such as paint, glue, and leaflets by promoting it to every person who espouses the idea of anti-slavery to act accordingly in the spaces where they move.
Breaking down in practice the structures of control, discipline, and self-monitoring. We propose mass sabotage because anarchy without direct action is incomplete.
Authoritarians of all forms will find us before you.
Anti-Spe renovations“
February, Ohio USA.
via: Animal Liberation Press Office
“In February of this year, two females were seen vandalizing a semi at a mink farm in Mercer County (In all liklihood, Schmidt Fur Farm, 1038 StaOhio). There were mink releases at farms in Massillon, Ohio, and two in Michigan in that same time frame.”
via: Animal Liberation Press Office
April, Winsconsin USA.
[Stay free kids.
We need a legal fund if these kids are captured.
One of the first acts of sabotage for the animals on U.S. soil in 2023 and the suspects are 10 year olds.]
Baraboo, Wisconsin —(WKOW)
“Right now Baraboo Police are asking the children who vandalized property at Circus World to come forward.
On Facebook, authorities said multiple children broke into one of Circus World’s buildings Saturday afternoon, damaged electronic equipment and then ran away.
Police say there’s video of the entire incident.
As they await a copy of that video, police are asking the kids to turn themselves in, so they can resolve the matter sooner.”