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February, Marseille France
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In February, a dozen glue-trapping* locations and hunting stations were destroyed in a single night in and around Marseille. A couple weeks earlier, similar vandalism was reported in Vaucluse and Var. According to media reports, anti-hunting messages and the ALF logo was found on site.
*In March 2021, the barbaric practice of trapping birds on glue-covered sticks was declared illegal by the European Court of Justice.
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A hunting tower in Erichshagen (Nienburg) was damaged during the night of February 26-27. A rung of the ladder was sawed through, and “Murderer” was painted in red on the tower.
25th December, Argentina.
received anonymously (translation):
“Liberation of chickens in Argentina. A night out for normal people (Christmas) in which they celebrate with murdered animals on their plates, I, abnormal, anonymous, took advantage of the alienation of those celebrations to join in the celebration by entering a center of kidnapped chickens used as slaves to produce eggs, and be consumed by horrible people who make those places exist. I celebrated by entering, laughing in the face of fear, mocking its construction, and the norms of inaction, and I took several slaves, who are now no longer slaves, now they are alive. They are not, nor will they be used for a human purpose, celebrate! because animal liberation is direct and immediate when you want it!”
Spanish:
“Liberacion de gallinas en argentina. Una noche de fiesta para la
gente normal(navidad) en la que celebran con animalxs asesinades en sus platos, yo une anormal anonime aprovecho su alienacion con esas celebraciones y tambien festejo!, entrando en un centro de secuestro de gallinas usadas como esclavas para que produzcan huevos, y sean consumidos por gente horrible que hace que existan esos lugares. festejo!entrando, burlando el miedo, burlando sus construcciones, y burlando la norma de la inaccion y me llevo varias esclavas,
que ahora dejaron de serlo, ahora son vidas, que no son, ni seran usadas por un proposito humane, festejo! porque la liberacion animal es directa e inmediata cuando se quiere!”
15th March, Chile
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A rodeo ring in Cañete (Biobío) was heavily damaged in an arson attack. According to media reports, a pamphlet referring to the liberation of Mapuche political prisoners was found at the site.
20th March, South UK
received anonymously via encrypted email:
“As Easter approaches we decided that we needed to do something, this lamb won’t be appearing on a plate near you! Liberated and safe now, they’ll never know the fate that might have been.
A note to Priti: You might pass in history as the politician that single handedly forced the resurgence of the ALF. Why protest in front of a butchers when you can get a longer sentence than if you smashed the windows or liberated a lamb? Fuck you, you evil, fascist scum.”
23rd March, Kent, UK
received anonymously via email:
“On the Resist Anti Trespass day of action we went for a little walk around the countryside. After a few ignored “private property” signs we heard sheep in a near-by orchard. We decided to take a look and wasn’t prepared for what we saw. Two dead ewes and a lamb standing by them. Knowing they wouldn’t survive, we took this baby to a safe heaven to live the life they deserve.
Fuck the proposed anti trespass law. It affect us all; it’s a racist law specifically targeting travellers. It’s a classist law that will criminalise being homeless. It’s an ecocidal law that will make protest camps completely illegal. It’s a speciesist law that will attack the way hunt sabs operate and the way farm investigators work. Resist Anti-Trespass.
RATS FOR LIBERATION!
(Photo is just a stock image in order to protect the identity of the lamb).”
Some anonymous folk have sent a compilation of actions in Sweden by the ALF and other autonomous groups. They also sent the following paragraph:
“Fighting for animal liberation over the whole of so called Sweden. All animal oppressors are targets. All means are allowed. No regret. No forgiveness. No one is safe. The fight continues. Until all are free! – Gråben “
6th March, Bristol UK.
received anonymously via email:
“GOODBYE BUTCHER SHOP WINDOW
We went for a walk armed with rocks, spraypaint and a target in mind. It wasn’t hard, especially now being masked up is not a sight people find unusual. The street was empty and we knew which way to run after. We painted ‘ALF’ multiple times across the large window and then enjoyed the crashing sound as our stones went through it.
We dedicate this action to each animal whose flesh has been sold at this speciesist shop and to our comrade Marius Mason. An animal rights and eco activist he is serving a very long sentence for multiple arsons against Monsanto.
To a world where people get off their arses and actually fucking do shit themselves.
ALF”
28th February, Atlanta, USA.
received anonymously via email:
“On Sunday night, 02/28, we smashed the windows of the Midtown Butcher Shoppe in Atlanta, GA. We did this in solidarity with an old vegan anarchist friend who died recently. This world of exploitation and hierarchy is truly awful. Tell the people in your life you care about them. More importantly, get together and attack.”
PHOTO: Unrelated butcher shop smashed in broad daylight, 2016 UK.
8th March 2021, London UK
received anonymosuly via email:
“The Ginger Pig shops have always upset me, it has been great to see they have been getting a few visits. At least something is happening against them, at least other people out there are sick to death of them too. Then I noticed I was slipping into a deeper type of passivity. Waiting for someone else’s hit report to appear, I told myself there was even less reason for me to do something, someone else would probably get round to it. This was just the anxieties I’m sure a lot of us have around taking action.
This night, I packed their locks tight with glue at one of the shops that had been damaged before. The Ginger Pig, as well as others, are targets for us all and if you are nervous remember that the worst we can do is nothing.
Hope they have an annoying morning trying to open up their disgusting shop.
Solidarity!”