Defend Direct Action
18th January, South East England
received anonymously via email:
“Yet again we find ourselves visiting the shitty farm and taking another sheep back with us. The farmer is despicable and gives zero shits about the animals, so at least another sheep will hopefully have a future.”
16th January, South East UK.
Received anonymously via email:
“After seeing the shit show that was “How to steal a pig and influence people” by Channel 4 we visited a farm and took two pigs who will never again be destined to slaughter.
That documentary was so human centric and fame oriented that we had to make our own “How to steal a pig in three easy steps” video. The idea is obvious, whilst open rescue could be a useful tactic, we should consider the safety of the individuals helped free and our own freedom to carry on working, and no one should be engaging in open rescue as a tool to grow their social media presence and their business opportunities.
It is about time that we shift the focus from our face to the individuals who we are supposedly aiming to help. It is their story, NOT OURS. Doing anything else make us self absorbed and ego driven. Liberation is communal and cannot be achieved by creating saviours and heroes that will “free all the animals”. We need more anonymous, quiet and smart individuals being accomplices in the fight for animal liberation and less pretty faces to follow on instagram. We need active participants not likes on posts.
To all the farmers out there outraged about how “dangerous it is that Channel 4 is promoting animal theft”; we existed long before Channel 4 published anything. We don’t need your shit TV to make us realise what it is right.
And to aid the conversation in relation to money and donations we would ask people to rethink what they are doing with the resources. The animal liberation movement has to redirect what they have to spare towards worthy projects, be it grassroots campaigners, be it prison support and arrest support, or obviously sanctuary costs.
IT IS THEIR STORY, NOT YOURS.
Anarchopiglet Liberation Front. “
January, Kent UK.
received anonymously via email:
“Little Oakhurst Pt2:
Happier but still not content, we returned to the farm, focusing on the wooded areas, finding more animal remains and this poor ram leaning against a tree, drooling from the mouth.
We approached slowly, not wanting to frighten them, when they didn’t try to run, we knew something was wrong and later discovered that they were blind.
Not wanting this animal to become another statistic on this fucking filthy farm, we took them to safety.
A note to the Farmer, We are watching & we WILL be back.”
January, Kent UK.
Received anonymously over email:
“After seeing a BBC Report about Little Oakhurst Brissenden Farm in Kent, we decided to come down and take a look at this filthy shithole it didn’t take long before we were surrounded by the decaying bodies of abused animals.
Walking the fields was hard as the mud was up to our knees, we made our way through the woods where we found this poor baby stuck and abandoned, we dug them out, warmed them up and took them to safety.
No longer will they live in such horror.
Liberation dedicated to Kent Animal Defenders for all of their hard work.”
14th January, Northern Italy.
via: BiteBack Magazine
“37 ducks used as live decoys freed from hunter’s cages in Northern Italy”
We have some serious projects coming up that we really want to share with you. To start with we should be mentioning the workshops coming up. Next week we will be in two different cities in Germany, and in three weeks we will be visiting Bratislava and Vienna. All the information is on our events on Facebook. You can find it also on our website or you can check our Instagram stories.
We are talking about organising two-week-long activist events this year. For anyone that has been to Liberate or Die this will sound familiar, but basically, we like organising activist camps where people come (FOR FREE!), mingle with activists from around the world, listen or give talks and take action together. Although we cannot give the specifics right now, we will be uploading the dates and rough locations soon, so be on the lookout and get ready for it, last year’s Liberate or Die was amazing and we are really excited to be pushing and attempting to organise two!).
We have a couple of media/art projects coming up soon. One of them is still secret, but we can talk about the second one. For a while, we have been sneezing our brains about how to bring you more stories and we have decided that video format is the way forward, so we are going to attempt to publish a mini-documentary every 4-6 weeks featuring a campaign, a grassroots group or an individual working towards animal liberation in whatever way they believe is right to be able to share the skills, the action and the focus. We also want to turn the spotlight around from the usual faces and towards the vast amount of people who do the groundwork whilst being able to feature people who aren’t just charismatic men in front of a camera. This project makes us very excited and we cannot wait to release the first episode. If you know of a campaign or a grassroots group that should feature in this series, comment below!
Now, all this requires a little bit of funding (not much, we’ve learnt to get by with very little), so after being asked over and over and over about flags we decided it would be a good idea to get them printed for people to enjoy whilst we fundraise. Have a look at our merch page quickly as if they sell as fast as the bandanas did, we will not have any left in 24 hours!
https://www.unoffensiveanimal.is/…/defend-direct-action-f…/
Our Patreon has actually gone downhill quite a bit and we are receiving a lot fewer donations than we were this time last year. We understand that many people have e other commitments and we do not want anyone to struggle whilst giving Unoffensive any money, but if you can afford it, please consider joining for even one or two dollars a month. If you cannot afford it, please share it with your friends and family, it would mean the world and having a steady amount of monthly donations helps us massively do the work we want to do in the future whilst sustaining prison support donations and helping folks with fines and legal fees.
www.patreon.com/animalliberation
That is all for now. To sum it up, long week events coming up soon, video projects coming up soon, there are flags for sale on our website and if you can, join our Patreon!!!!
Love, rage and biodegradable glitter,
Unoffensive Animal.
11th January, Drenthe, Netherlands
received anonymously via email:
“After eating way too many vegan pancakes, an evening workout was needed. So chopping up some wood to help it biodegrade seemed like the best thing to do.
Big fuck you to all hunters and everybody who exploits animals.”
25th December, Italy.
anonymous report, from frentedeliberacionanimal.net (translation):
“A lamb was rescued on Christmas day in Veneto (Italy) and taken to a home where he will be free.
The lamb will not be part of the food chain, will not be a slave again.
Happy Holidays.”
25th December, Spain.
Via: BiteBack Magazine.
“On entrance to the farm, as always we checked the farms bins first. as we opened the lid this duck lifted his head and opened his eyes, he was full of blood and laying amongst loads of dead bodies that were already decomposed.
i went in to pick him out of there, my hands going into the body fluids of the other poor ducks, some babies, some adults, the smell was nauseating…
he is now doing fine in a refuge.
we saved a total of 82 lives…..
hell exsists.. its called farms
if there is no demand there will be no suffering
PLEASE GO VEGAN.”
14th December, Austria.
via: Biteback Magazine.
received anonymously:
“One hunting tower damaged, Vienna, Austria
The action took place exactly one week ago.”
