“The dog Milla has barely turned one year old but has already been through hell. More or less abandoned by her aggressive owner who kept throwing her outside, she has wandered through the Swedish city of Helsingborg looking for company, love and food, but no one has taken pity on her. Many have reacted and called the police and the County Administrative Board, but in the end everyone has turned their eyes away. Until last week.
Thanks to a few animal lovers, Milla, who has been given a new name and a new family, can now live the life she deserved from the start. In her new home on the countryside, she gets to play with other dogs, eat lots of treats and be a beloved member of the family. It’s gonna be a merry Christmas for her after all!”
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Received anonymously via email:
“A chairde/friends,
The Animal Rights Militia of Ireland wishes to send our solidarity this holiday season to all those who are incarcerated because they chose to fight for a better world – whether that be for animal or human liberation, for anarchism and for socialism, for making a stand against the ongoing genocide in Palestine or for their own civil liberty. We salute you and we are with you.
Throughout 2024, the ARM has grown significantly in number, not only in Ireland but across Europe. The rise in this movement has been the awakening that sometimes the only language that those who commit heinous acts of cruelty against animals understand is that of violence.
We strongly believe that there are people out there who cannot be changed through dialogue alone. People who will continue to rape and pillage through our land with not a care in the world, so long as their bank balance is increasing.
In 2024, the ARM restructured itself into a quasi-military group, with units in all four provinces of Ireland. We have singlehanded closed down several puppy farms, liberated dogs from horrendous situations, removed neglected horses, targeted people who were convicted of animal abuse, and ran a targeted campaign of black propaganda and direct against against those in the hunting community.
We structured ourselves in the shadow of the revolutionary men and women who fought for an Ireland free from oppressive forces. Whilst their goal has yet to be met, ARM exists to highlight that those who oppress Ireland do not only stand on the necks of her people, but her rivers, her fauna and her flora.
Lough Neagh, the largest lake in Ireland, has been poisoned by capitalist greed, and failed by the politicians and environmental agencies in the north. Companies like Moy Park (chicken processing factory), Emerson Group (Sand dredging company) and large scale animal agri. farms have been allowed to dump toxic waste into the lough with zero repercussions.
To make matters worse, the Lough is owned by English ‘nobility’ – the Earl of Shaftesbury, who benefits heavily from cut he gets from the dredging companies. An English aristocrat owning a single pebble in Ireland in 2024 is beyond crass, even without allowing blue-green algae to poison our island.
In 2025, we will play a massive part in ensuring our land is no longer raped by these parasites. The Lough and her surrounding rivers are not estimated to recover for almost a century because of the blue-green algae. What point is there in fighting for a free Ireland if we are only to be united with her on her deathbed?
In the coming year, we pledge our commitment to striking fear into those who partake in bloodsports. Until there is a ban in place, and until that ban is enforced, you can expect us. We are going to ensure that the most violent hunts in Ireland disband completely.
We pledge to shut down the largest puppy mills on this island. Mills that currently generate millions each year at the expense and exploitation of innocent animals. No more.
We implore each country to start their own charter.
Respect existence or expect resistance. No more fucking about.
“Operation Christmas Miracle: We risked our freedom to rescue three turkeys from Christmas slaughter in Dorset. Watch their great escape.
Turkeys are known for their empathy towards others and their strong social bonds. They have excellent memories and have better eyesight than humans! But at the slaughterhouse, 10 million turkeys will be hung upside down by their legs and have their throats slit just for a Christmas meal that will soon be forgotten. The supermarkets don’t show you that in their festive ads. Now, Mary, Eve and Star will have the chance to live the life every animal deserves. They are symbols of freedom and resistance against animal oppression.
You have the power to save lives, too. Don’t let your body be a graveyard for tortured souls. This Christmas, join the rebellion. Choose vegan and free animals.
Rodent breeders are scum. One row of cages full of ‘fancy’ rats, the next row along white rats they gas to feed reptiles. Over, and over, and over, hundreds of boxes, tens of thousands of animals.
When we found this place just outside Birmingham and the ammonia hit our nose we knew we had to do something, so after finding good homes we snuck in once again and helped free 15 rats, 10 mice and 7 hamsters who will now live a life away from exploitation.
“The elves have been busy, delivering mayhem wherever we go. On a cold night in December and armed with boltcutters, we entered a duck egg laying farm and took six birds with us. The place was grim, it stunk more than many other bird farms we have been to and we hated leaving behind so many ducks, but we only had homes for six females so this was the best outcome we could deliver!
“We join the 12 days of Christmas call to action with the liberation of three Cornish cross chickens who were going to be murdered to end up in a supermarket shelf or in a Nando’s plate. Broiler chicks have been genetically selected to grow so fast that their legs don’t hold their body weight. For this reason we decided to only take three, so we could ensure personalised care and so we know with time and physiotherapy they’ll build their strength and be able to live a fulfilling life.
Thank you to all who fight, we hope to read many more reports this Christmas.
“Over a dozen signs promoting a local reindeer event in Dorset have been removed and recycled in the run up to Xmas.
Our fellow animals do not exist to be props for human entertainment. Every single one is a complex life with thoughts, feelings, and needs. They also deserve their own agency. We have a duty of care to those who cannot live wild (due to human activity), and that does not involve forcing them to perform and to be touched or stared at for our amusement.
Next year, we won’t just remove the signs; we will remove the reindeers too, and place them in safe homes where their needs will be met.”
We claim responsibility for the liberation of chickens that were destined to be used as food for animal parasites, forced to be born to then torture them until their assassination, now they will live their own life, they’ll share space with people who do not consider them something, but someone.
With this liberation we remind you all that unfortunately there is a constant kidnap, exploitation and murder of animals in every direction you look.
We call all to put their energy against this exploitation and liberate, sabotage, attack speciesists by any means necessary, relentlessly and declaring war to speciesism.
Frente de Liberacion Animal. Antispeciesist dissidents. “
SPANISH (original):
“desde algun rincon de buenos aires argentina
revindicamos la liberacion de gallinas destinadas a ser usadas como alimento para lacras que parasitan a lxs animales, son forzandolas a nacer para luego torturarles hasta su asesinato, ahora van a vivir su vida, habitaran el espacio con diferentes personas que no las consideraran algo, sino alguien.
recordamos con esta liberacion que lamentablemente existen constantes instancias de secuestro, explotacion, asesinato de animales, en cada lugar donde mires.
alentamos a destinar energia en el asunto y liberar, sabotear, aviolentar especistas, y a todos los metodos necesarios, sin parar, para darle guerra al especismo.
frente de liberacion animal disidencias antiespecistas”
Liberation of 24 turkeys before Christmas in France.
The capitalist and speciesist system had sentenced them to life imprisonment and death. Sentenced them to end up as christmas turkeys.
That night, 24 young turkeys escaped their prison. All they needed was little help to open the door and to drive them to a safe place.
This post is a call to action: Be an accomplice of the animals. Help them fighting against their oppressors. Mask yourself up and open the doors.
Total Liberation can’t wait !”
FRENCH:
“APPEL À L’ACTION
Liberation de 24 dindes/dindons juste avant Noël
Le système capitaliste et spéciste les a condamnées à la prison à vie et à la mort. Il les a condamnées à finir en dindes de noël.
Cette nuit-là, 24 jeunes dindes se sont échappées de leur prison. Tout ce dont elles avaient besoin, c’était d’un peu d’aide pour ouvrir la porte et pour les conduire en lieu sûr.
Ce post est un appel à l’action : Soyez le·a complice des animaux. Aidez-les à lutter contre leurs oppresseurs. Mettez votre masque et ouvrez les portes.”
“The first of December we broke into an egg farm and took as many chickens as we could carry with us. The action was easy and those chickens will have a life of freedom and care for the rest of their lives, instead of being exploited for their eggs until they are no longer profitable.
We want to use this opportunity to call for direct action in the wake of Christmas. Tis the season for trouble, liberation and revenge. We would love the very speciesist ’12 days of Christmas’ carol to be re-written with direct action, so go out there, bash a window, save an animal, make a butcher sad this Christmas, wear your favourite Christmas jumper for the photo and report it as “12 days of Christmas”. Let’s remind each other that we are not alone this Christmas with messages of liberation from the underground.
Merry troubles!”
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