“Back in 2022 our team spent much of our efforts targeting a deer farm and the hunting grounds adjacent to it. We cut fences releasing hundreds of deer in three separate occasions, the second time we ensured to pile up feed in corners of the ground away from the fences so that the deer wouldn’t return when the farmer called them in. The third time as well as spreading food we ensured the quad and feed funnel machine the farmer uses to replenish the feeders were very much out of service so that they couldn’t use the sound of feed coming to lure them back in.
In the process we destroyed around 20 hunting towers dotted around in the property. Some would go back up, then they would go down again. This process took over a year on and off, masking up to avoid the multiple trail cameras set up to catch us and being really sure that all we wanted is for those deer to never again be target practise for some rich scumbags.
When the new breeding season started and we did not see any movement, we dropped the campaign and hoped for the best. Early December we headed back to the hunting grounds and it was delightful to see brambles growing over the carcasses of the fallen towers, with not a single hunting seat up. The farm was empty too, with big holes in the fence and completely dried up drinkers and empty feed bins, so we are assuming this deer farm site is no more! We will keep an eye on it every now and them during the next few years, but we do not believe they’ll set their business back.
Keep sabotaging this Christmas. Fight back against speciesism!
“We knew of a small backyard breeder who makes their money exploiting dogs and cats and so have been keeping a close eye on them, waiting for an opportunity.
They are almost always at home and we regularly hear distressed barking. One night while checking their garden we heard meowing from their shed. We broke in and had a look around. We found one very sad kitten who was shivering in a small filthy cage. Obviously we couldn’t leave her there. She was sick with gunky eyes and a snooty nose which is why we assume she hadn’t been sold, she was also skinny and covered in fleas.
We took her to a trusted animal rehabber who has provided her with so much love and care. Just 5 days later and she was unrecognisable with clean eyes and nose and finally free of fleas.
Fuck all breeders and fuck every single person that keeps them going by buying animals. Animals are not products, they are not toys for holidays.
Turkeys are already being slaughtered in the build up to Christmas. Their corpses will be the centerpiece of so many families tables who won’t spare a second to think about what their short life was like and how they came to end up mutilated and packaged ready to be picked off a shelf. Our initial target had already been emptied with all the birds sent to slaughter. We left the empty barns, that had been full to bursting with young curious birds not long ago, heavy hearted. We went to the next nearest known location.
It’s not hard to locate many farms and work out access when you spend some time searching the internet and walking around on the odd free days and nights. You’d be surprised by how many doors are unlocked or just a broken padlock away from opening. Flood lights and cameras don’t matter if you cover your face, have someone keeping lookout and know your exits.
While the farmers snored we entered an unlocked barn near their house at our second location. This time we found it still filled with turkeys. They were loud when they saw us but as quickly and quietly as we could we safely caught and put into carriers six turkeys. We only had homes for six or we would have taken more.
We sadly left the rest and disappeared from the farm before anyone woke up. We took them to a safe house were a nice comfortable space had been prepared for them. They got served a big salad with greens and grapes and blueberries in the morning.
We wish we could give this fresh start to all of them but as long as the system that commodifies them goes largely unchallenged it will continue.
“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.
Rudolf’s underground team.”
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