MINK FARM SET ON FIRE

6th November, Sweden.

Via BiteBack Magazine:

translation of anonymous report (photo: blt.se):

“There is now one less mink farm in Sweden. It was burned down in the heart of the Swedish mink industry: Sölvesborg, a small town of inbred animal abusers and extreme racists.

The farm was empty, but now future abuse is prevented.

No animals were hurt.
Unfortunately no mink farmer was killed in the fire.

To all fur farmers in Scandinavia. You might be next!

Close down before it is too late.

/Djurrättsmilisen

The Swedish Animal Rights Militia

in Memory of Barry Horne (RIP)”



THE ANIMAL RIGHTS MILITIA VISITS MINK FARMER FOR HALLOWEEN.

29th October, Sweden.

anonymous report:

“On the 29th of October Djurrättsmilisen (the Swedish Animal Rights Militia) celebrated an early Halloween together with fur farmer Niclas Pettersson. Loads of cat shit was thrown into his beloved garden. And a Halloween prop, a gravestone, was put in his garden as well. The gravestone was marked with ‘RIP Niclas Pettersson ex-mink farmer’. 

Happy Halloween you disgusting animal abusing scum! //Djurrättsmilisen”

Photo: Unrelated lab raid in the late 80s.

ALF PRESS OFFICER IN SKY NEWS (2005).

Content Warning: It includes some vivisection footage that might be distressing to viewers. 

In this episode of ALFridays we show you a Sky News segment featuring Dr Jeyyr Vlasek, an ALF press officer, during 2005.

Based in the USA, the feature includes SHAC campaign, anti fur campaigning and anti bear hunt protests. With a very strong focus on direct action, the mainstream media wonders the links in between underground and overground actions. 

There is also a snippet on the actions that the vivisection lobby took during the SHAC campaign to counteract the investigation footage, like employing professional spokespeople and releasing their own videos on animal testing.

It is an interesting segment that shows how direct action and acts of sabotage can get the attention of the media, starting the conversation on issues that otherwise would be ignored.

THREE GOATS AND TWO RABBITS RESCUED.

reported anonymously:

“Switzerland – End of September

Three young goats and two rabbits destined to death were rescued and brought to a safe place.

We couldn’t stay still watching them incarcerated in tiny spaces while bred to become pieces of meat. 

With this action we want to send a solidarity sign to Matthias who is in prison in Switzerland accused of different actions against animal exploitation businesses and whose trial will start on the 6th of November.

The best solidarity is DIRECT ACTION and continuing the struggle! 

For total liberation, for anarchy!”

DOG RESCUED FROM HORRIBLE LIVING CONDITIONS

9th October, Cremona, Italy.

via: Frentedeliberacionanimal.net

“On her neck she wears the wounds of the chain, in her mind the traces of solitude. She was an object, not even worthy of a name. Forced to drink rotten water and food leftovers, without any contact or even any interaction with his “owner”. A pure soul that has suffered repeated physical violence.

The liberators could not look away, they had to save him and they did. His recovery will be long, at some point he will be able to trust humans again. Now she will be given the chance to live in a place where she will receive love, a word unknown to her, hundreds of miles away from cruelty.

The deep wound in her neck will sooner or later disappear, but within her a very heavy scar with which she will have to live will remain forever.

Long live ‘Little Sweet Angel’.”

MULTIPLE HUNTING TOWERS DESTROYED WITH FIRE.

October, Germany.

via: BiteBack Magazine.

According to media reports, “militant hunting opponents” are suspected of being behind the destruction of numerous hunting towers near the city of Celle in recent months. Four hunting towers were set on fire in the last week alone.

Other reports from Northern Germany and Bavaria put the count of hunting towers destroyed up to 30.

The police has offered money for anyone who wishes to be shanked for being a snitch.

STILL NOT LOVING THE POLICE

As some of you who have followed this page for a while now, you’ll know our views on cops, and the institution of the police, we hate them. In this A is for Anarchy, we’re going to explain why that is, and why the cops are not your friends.

The main reason for our hatred of cops is that they exist solely to maintain the status quo, which in today’s capitalist society means upholding the systems of oppression that affect anyone not of the ruling classes. The Police willingly choose to uphold unjust laws, evicting people from their homes, stealing people’s possessions simply because they’re sleeping on the streets, criminalising sx-wrkers for simply making a living, locking people up for stealing food to live, and yet the large corporations who exploit humans, animals, and the planet go unchallenged, ask yourself, why do you think this is? Why can a CEO be praised for stealing millions of pounds yet someone stealing an overpriced vegan wrap is criminal filth in the eyes of the law?

Some of you may ask “but aren’t the police just people like us, shouldn’t we try to get them on our side?” or “I’ve never had a bad experience with the police” (I’m looking at you Extinction Rebellion). Whilst I guess cops are technically people, they are not like us. Do you really trust someone who’s morals can be bought for the right price? If you’ve never had a bad experience with the police, you’re very likely to be privileged, submissive, or both. The reality is accepting the police into any movement not only alienates communities that face significantly more police oppression, it also puts every activist in that movement at risk. The people who sign up to be cops choose to base their livelihoods around protecting the status quo, they know exactly what they’re signing up for and what they will be expected to do as an arm of the State. 

Now you may be wondering what we can do to challenge policing in our local area, the easiest way to do so is to start a community “CopWatch” (as long as it is safe for you to do so). What this involves is recording how cops interact with the community, either by writing it down or taking video evidence. Providing those under arrest with information about their rights is also another good way to challenge the abuses by cops, again, only if it is safe for you to do so. 

For information on your rights (with a focus on protests but a good starter in general) check out https://greenandblackcross.org/action/know-your-rights/ and https://network23.org/freebeagles/

For what to do during an immigration raid/immigration check (fuck “immigration enforcement” too) check out https://network23.org/antiraids/immigration-checks-know-your-rights/

Both of the above sites provide “bust cards” free to print, as well as other pdf’s and zines about your rights, and what cops can and can’t do

For more information about policing in general, and alternatives to cops (although with a slight USA centred spin) check out the following:
https://crimethinc.com/podcasts/the-ex-worker/episodes/5

https://crimethinc.com/podcasts/the-ex-worker/episodes/6

https://crimethinc.com/2011/10/25/seven-myths-about-the-police

https://crimethinc.com/2017/07/10/dear-citizens-this-is-your-police-in-praise-of-the-police-free-zone-in-hamburg

(if you haven’t already, go read everything you can by Crimethinc. as well as listening to their podcasts)

DECOY PARTRIDGE RELEASED FROM TRAP.

20th October, Paris.

received anonymously

“On the night of October 20th, in the Paris region, we released a partridge exploited as a decoy.

Hunters raise and exploit people of other species, lock them in cages or tie them to strings to attract their peers and then kill them all.

We do not know how long this person was locked up in this cage, and we can only imagine the number of his/her congeners he/she saw die before her/his eyes.

The cage was at the edge of a wood, near a field. We cut the wire mesh from the cage using scissors for metal. Then we took the person with us to free him/her in a forest where hunting is less present and where he/she will not be tempted to come back to eat where he/she was being held.

What we have done is illegal because speciesism is the norm. Exploitation and killing is socially accepted, and those who actively oppose it to help the victims are tracked down, tried and locked up by the state.

Revolt with us against all the oppressive norms, destroy what allows them to continue, and this, until the end of all dominations!”

French:
“Dans la nuit du 20 octobre, en région parisienne, nous avons libéré un.e perdrix / garbon exploité.e en tant qu’appelant.e.

Les chass.eurs/euses élèvent et exploitent des personnes d’autres espèces, les enferment dans des cages ou les attachent à des ficelles pour attirer leurs congénères et ensuite tou.te.s les assassiner.

Nous ne savons pas depuis quand cette personne était enfermée dans cette cage, et nous ne pouvons qu’imaginer le nombre de ses congénères qu’elle a vu mourir sous ses yeux.

La cage était à la lisière d’un bois, proche d’un champs. Nous avons découpé le grillage de la cage à l’aide de ciseaux à métaux. Puis nous avons emmené la personne avec nous pour la libérer dans une forêt où la chasse est moins présente et où elle ne sera pas tentée de revenir manger à l’endroit où elle était détenue.

Ce que nous avons fait est illégal, car le spécisme est la norme. Exploiter et tuer est socialement admis, et celleux qui s’y opposent activement pour aider les victimes sont traqué.e.s, jugé.e.s et enfermé.e.s par l’État.

Révoltez-vous à nos côtés contre toutes les normes oppressives, détruisons ce qui leur permet de perdurer, et ce, jusqu’à la fin de toutes les dominations !”