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THE ANIMAL LIBERATION FRONT LIBERATES FOURTY ANIMALS FOR NEW YEARS.

31st December, Milano North Italy.

Received anonymously via email: 



ENGLISH (translation):



“The only toast and the only celebration in which we participate is animal liberation!

40 of our brothers will start the new year as free individuals.

Tonight 15 hens, 1 rooster, 9 white doves and 14 pigeons were freed from captivity and a situation of severe mistreatment. Locked up without water or food, they were seen by the human tormentor as objects for his own use and consumption!

We will never stop until every cage is empty!

A.L. F. ”

ITALIAN (original):


“L’ unico brindisi e l’ unica festa a cui partecipiamo è la liberazione animale!

40 nostri fratelli inzieranno l’ anno nuovo da soggetti liberi.

Stanotte 15 galline, 1 gallo, 9 colombe bianche e 14 piccioni sono stati liberati dalla prigionia e da una situazione di grave maltrattamento. Rinchiusi senza acqua né cibo, erano visti dall’ umano aguzzino come oggetti a proprio uso e consumo!

Non ci fermeremo mai finché ogni gabbia non sarà vuota!

A.L. F. ”

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FOLKS FIGHTING THE MURDER OF WOLVES IN NORWAY NEED YOUR SUPPORT RIGHT NOW!

Help wolf activists pay fines! (Link below)

“Six wolf activists saved wolves that were confined by hunters and received fines of 73,000 Norwegian kroner (EUR 6,500) for it. This fundraising campaign aims to gather enough money to cover the fines for the activists. Any remaining funds will be used for legal expenses if the case goes to court and for a fine fund if similar actions occur again.

In the early hours of Tuesday 2 January six Norwegian wolf activists entered the hunt area of Aurskog-Høland in southern Norway. Hunters had been tracking a number of wolves from the Fjornshöjden pack, limiting the animals’ movement with flag-lines.

It is common practice in Norway for hunters to harry wolves using flag-lines, temporary fences many miles long that the wolves do not dare to cross. The fenced area is tightened until the wolves have little freedom of movement. At this point all the wolves within the fenced area are shot.

The hunt began on New Year’s Day, and by nightfall a number of wolves were trapped in the flag-lined area. The hunters decided that the flag lines should stand over night, so that the wolves would be easier to kill next day.

Wolves from the pack were heard calling to each other across the flag-lines. The trapped animals were in all likelihood highly stressed, unable to return to the safety of the pack.

At the darkest point of the night six activists slipped quietly into the area. The activists removed large parts of the fence, allowing all but one of the animals to escape and return to their family members. Sadly, one wolf did not escape. This was the alpha female, mother of this year’s litter of cubs. She was shot on 2 January. But hunters confirmed that several of the cubs survived.

Five of the six activists were arrested. They spent the night in police cells, and were fined a total of NOK 73,000 (EUR 6,500).”

Please donate generously. At the time of this post, they have already managed to raise 62k NOK. It would be incredible if we could help get them over the 11k NOK left, so donate if you can afford it but if you’re unable to, please share to every platform you can think of!

https://chuffed.org/project/105454-hjelp-aktivistene-som-ble-botelagt-for-a-redde-ulver-fra-jakta

IN SOLIDARITY – UNTIL ALL ARE FREE

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SABOTAGING HUNTS: DECEMBER ROUND UP

Image credit: @caldervalleyhuntsaboteurs

The month began with a sharp frost that resulted in a number of hunts deciding it was too cold to go out. Some remained committed to killing wildlife however but were successfully prevented, as seen by Sheffield Hunt Saboteurs who forced the Broomhead Beagles to give up on their plans to hunt mountain Hare. Foot packs have previously been advised by their governing body that they should pack up if confronted by saboteurs and is testament to their lack of confidence in their ability to protect themselves legally and their diminishing public image. In this case, wildlife protection can come as a result of simply turning up. The group’s efforts were dedicated to a colleague from Staffordshire who had sadly lost their life recently. Severn Vale Hunt Sabs also continue to utilise Hare hunting’s vulnerability, as seen in a recent report which saw them shutting down both the Royal Agricultural College Beagles and Dummer Beagles in the same day.

Unfortunately, not all efforts in hunt sabotage can be successful due to a variation of factors that can work heavily against the hunted animal. North Dorset Hunt Sabs reported that at least one fox was killed during a meet of the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt. In addition to this, despite the best efforts of Beds and Bucks Hunt Sabs and Peterborough Hunt Sabs, who successfully prevented multiple foxes being killed by the Fitzwilliam Hunt, hounds rioted and killed a Muntjac Deer. These outcomes can be hard on those who take action against hunting, but the fact remains that many more wild animals would suffer if not for their continued efforts. Evidence of this can be seen in an abundance of reports published by sabotage groups across the UK and Ireland.

The festive period includes some of biggest calendar dates for hunting and comes with increased violence and hostility to saboteurs and members of the public who oppose bloodsports. Tensions are much higher and are often fuelled by excess alcohol consumption and backed by higher numbers of hunt supporters who are in attendance. On the 23rd December, the windows of Sheffield Hunt Saboteurs vehicle were smashed in a premeditated attack. Devon County Hunt Saboteurs also had a window smashed during a meet of the Eggesford Hunt, while Northants Hunt Sabs had their tyres slashed at a Cottesmore Hunt meet. Suffolk Action for Wildlife also reported that the Essex and Suffolk Hunt killed a fox.

Boxing Day is arguably the busiest day in hunting. Traditionally, hunts will celebrate by parading hounds to members of the public in a town or village and is followed by hunting. Historically this attracts large amounts of supporters and acts as a way of raising money. Since hunting was banned under the Hunting Act 2004, the celebration is also utilised as a way of cleaning up the image of hunting, with some spectators unaware that the hunting of wildlife does in fact continue.  Opposition to hunting has had, and continues to have, a presence however, with protests being held during the parades and saboteurs on hand to disrupt hunting activity.

The vast majority of sabotage groups, if not all, were active on Boxing Day with too many to mention in this report. However, despite the challenges, efforts against were largely successful with many hunts unable to kill wildlife. Some were even reduced to stick to trail hunting; a sight unthinkable in the past and testament to their changing landscape. It is, however, important to not get ahead of ourselves and remember the challenges that remain against wildlife defence. Violence against saboteurs continued, including against the Wight Saboteurs who suffered an extremely serious eye injury during the meet of the Isle of the Foxhounds. Brighton Hunt Saboteurs also reported that protesters were arrested following violence they had received by supporters of the South Down and Eridge Hunt. Unfortunately, Glasgow Hunt Sabs also reported that a fox was killed after being shot by The Jedforest Hunt who were hunting on the Scottish borders.

Other tactics are utilised in the run-up to Boxing Day meets. For traffic and crowd control reasons, hunts usually apply in advance to the local authorities and/or councils to secure permission for a parade and other such logistics such as road closures. Campaigns to ban these parades, therefore, becomes a logical step in the demise a hunt due to how this will affect their public image and fundraising efforts. An example of this can be seen by Action Against Foxhunting who, in advance of the Southdowns and Eridge Hunts attempts to apply for permission to parade hounds through Lewes, applied for a charity wheelbarrow race in support of Lewes Food Bank. The application was successful and proved how there could be a fun alternative which would also be beneficial for the local community.  However, due to increasing threats of violence from hunt supporters as well as the hunts defiant intention to parade regardless, which organisers feared would result in premediated confrontation from hunt supporters, the charity event was cancelled. In a statement, Action Against Foxhunting made it clear this decision came at prioritising safety of the general public and the participants of the event. In effect, the Southdowns and Eridge Hunt sabotaged a food bank and should serve as a reminder that hunting not only has contempt for wildlife but also for human life as well.

Though some may see the hunt as victorious, it is important to recognise how important this event is to a hunt and, therefore, the need to continue pressure against it. Campaigns to permanently ban hunts from parading takes time, requires patience and continued pressure from the community; something that is clearly gaining momentum in Lewes. Historically, these campaigns have been won and will no doubt be achieved again. Some may question the impact of small victories but it is important to recognise that hunts operate by maintaining a support structure. Each victory is an attack on that structure and, with fewer structural elements to rely on, a hunt will inevitably collapse.

The festive period is seen as a middle point for the fox and hare hunting season. As the vast majority of sabotage groups have remained consistently active for months (not including cub and leveret hunting), it is understandable that some are feeling tired. Messages of support, donations and purchases of merchandise go a long way in showing appreciation for what they do. Tip-offs are also vital and can directly result in wildlife protection.

NO LIFE LIKE THE WILD

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MAXMARA GETS REDECORATED TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR.

1st January, Stockholm Sweden.

received anonymously via email:

“Beware animal abusers.. we, the animal rights movement, are coming for you harder then ever.”Beware animal abusers.. we, the animal rights movement, are coming for you harder then ever.

Despite pressure by activists worldwide, Maxmara shows no mercy for their innocent victims and refuses to enact a fur-free policy. Maxmara is one of the few designers still selling animal fur, making the brand one of the few that keeps the horrific fur trade alive.

Our animal siblings can not free themselves. So if you do nothing, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” – E. Wiesel.

Let 2024 be the year that animal fur officially goes out of style !! (The first step towards total animal liberation).

We wish Maxmara and all the other animals abusers an absolute shit new year!”

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WILDLIFE ENTHUSIASTS DESTROY TRAPS AND HUNTING TOWERS.

2023 (delayed report), Belgium.

Received anonymously via email:



“In the past year, during the hunting seasons, a crew of Belgian wildlife enthusiasts immobilized more than 15 structures.

These structures were used to kill or trap our wild animal brothers and sisters. Sometimes the time to strike was chosen carefully to slow down expensive and organized driven hunts that took place shortly after. Sometimes the locations were chosen to show new hunters in the area that their violent mindset and abuse is not welcome where we patrol.

For animal and human liberation.”

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STATE ATTACKS “FUTURO VEGETAL” WITH MASS ARRESTS, UNDERCOVER COPS, AND BIZARRE CHARGES

Futuro Vegetal is a grassroots, non-hierarchal AR and environmental activist group. They’ve been taking a series of accountable and unaccountable actions, from spray painting yachts to sabotaging gas stations and burger kings.

Police repression targeting the group has been intense. Just last month, there were 30 arrests. 15 of those arrests happened on the same day, December 21st, in a coordinated police operation across a number of different cities in Spain. These people were then accused of being part of a “criminal organisation,” despite the group clearly not meeting the legal definition of one. Two people have additionally been charged with directing a “criminal organization.” Other charges brought against members of the group include property damage and public disorder.

Two activists have trials set to commence in May in France, with other activists awaiting trial dates.

It’s not only these arrests and charges the group has been dealing with. At the beginning of last year, they discovered an undercover cop who had infiltrated the group. A number of raids on homes have been conducted by both the Spanish and French police, some of them without a court order. Multiple devices and other items were seized. The group is aware they have been under police surveillance for some time.

Solidarity from the community towards people suffering police repression goes a long way. Future Vegetal is now calling for help with legal fees.

You can send them funds via https://opencollective.com/futurovegetal

You can keep up to date on their actions and court dates via their social media: Twitter, Insta and fb @futurovegetal and on their website: https://futurovegetal.org/

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2023 IN REVIEW – UNOFFENSIVE REPORTS.

Another year has passed and because we apparently enjoy spending hours doing the maths, we have a list of the 2023 reported animal liberation actions by country, type and target!

It is worth mentioning, as always, that this list is in no way exhaustive as many people might decide to take action and not report it and because we keep an eye on platforms that use English, Spanish, Italian and German as their main languages, but we might’ve missed many other actions published in other platforms or by other countries! 



The total of reported animal liberation actions in 2023 is 99. Of those, 58 are sabotages, 30 are liberations and 11 are arsons.

Surprisingly and unlike other years, action against the flesh industry and sabotage against hunting infrastructure have equalised, with 40 reported actions against the meat industry and 41 against hunting. This is notable as in previous years we have seen a huge disparity in the numbers, with hunting infrastructure reported a lot more times than any other kind of target.

We’ve seen two reported actions against vivisection (both attacks against infrastructure, not liberations), we’ve received ten reports against fur farming (mostly coming from the USA as the campaign to free as many fur farmed animals as possible has continued) and six reports against animals used for entertainment, be it zoos, circus or the pet industry.

It is noteworthy on the action against fur farming that as well as seeing lots of farm releases in the USA, 2023 saw an arson at Saga Furs in Finland.

By country, this is the list of reported actions: 



United Kingdom: 22
Germany: 15
USA: 13
Italy: 12
France: 6
Sweden: 5
Belgium: 4
Chile: 4
Denmark: 3
Greece: 3
Ireland: 3
Spain: 3
Czech Republic: 2
Finland: 2
Australia: 1
Netherlands: 1

Italy and Germany as it has become the norm compete for the country with most reported anti-hunting actions, whilst the UK placed 1st on number of reported liberations, with almost 90% of the reported actions being liberations from flesh farms.

This year also saw Denmark kicking hard, with a lobster liberation report ending in a great pressure campaign that would force a supermarket to stop selling live lobsters, and with a report from a hatchery that mentioned 20k fertilised eggs had been destroyed before they could start being incubated.

The USA reminded us that targeted campaigning works, with multiple fur farms reported shut (via NAALPO), but it was Sweden that really celebrated the closure of a fur farm, as Niclas Peterson’s mink farm in Falkenberg was shut for good after an incredibly strong campaign.

We also reported over 50 actions related to the ECO struggle, a vast majority of them coming from the Atlanta Forest and the Mountain Valley Pipeline campaigns in the USA, but also a good chunk from Germany, which seems to have sprouted “Switch off!”, who are really leading the way in insurrectionary eco struggle in Europe.

In the prisoner support corner, it was great too hear that all folks arrested and charged because of T&S campaign related actions had been freed without sentences, but most importantly it’s been incredible to know that Eric King is finally free! 



See you in the new year, and until then, please go to a prison near you and make a fuck load of noise this evening, so that the people locked up know someone is celebrating with them! 


FIGHT BACK!

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INDIVIDUALS SABOTAGE TWENTY SNARES.

December, Santiago Chile.

Via: @anarcoveganismo.info

ENGLISH (translation)

“Walking in the countryside near Lampa we found homemade traps for hares, with a metal stick buried underground holding a metal wire to catch wild species. We did not hesitate to dig them out and break them. There were 20 in total, they were rendered completely useless and taken away from the location.

We dedicate this small sabotage to Sebastian Oversluij Seguel, who was assassinated by the police a decade ago. He was an anarchist comrade who took part in many actions to further the animal liberation struggle, being part of the antispeciesist fight using direct action with everything he had available and pushing his politics forward.

Sabotage wherever you go, do not stay put! 

Total liberation, against all cages, against all authority.”

SPANISH (original)

Individualidades sabotean 20 trampas para liebres.

Recibido de forma anónima:

“Caminando por un sector rural cercano a Lampa, logramos identificar la instalación de trampas caseras destinadas a la caza de liebres, las cuales estaban enterradas en la tierra con un fierro que amarraba alambres para la captura de especies silvestres. No dudamos ni un segundo en desenterrarlas y romperlas. Eran 20 en total, quedaron inutilizables y fueron retiradas del sector.

Dejamos registro de este pequeño sabotaje en memoria de Sebastián Oversluij Seguel, a 10 años de su asesinato por un mercenario del capital. Compañero anárquico que realizó diversas acciones por la liberación animal, aportando a la lucha antiespecista de acción directa con lo que tenía a su alcance, sin delegar a nadie más que a sus propias convicciones.

Sabotea donde sea que vayas, no te quedes inmóvil.

Liberación total, contra toda jaula, contra toda autoridad.”

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ANIMA NATURALIS RESCUES SIX RABBITS DURING THEIR RABBIT MEAT FARM INVESTIGATION.

7th December (delayed report), Spain.

[EDITOR’S NOTE: We have selected a short excerpt from their report, which can be found on their website.]

Via: Anima Naturalis.

ENGLISH (translation)

“The images we obtained during the investigation are heartbreaking, but today I’d like to share with you a little bit of hope beyond so much injustice. This is the story about the nights we managed to liberate six lucky bunnies out of that hellhole.

[…]

Mikel, Floc, Marta and New weren’t even two weeks old when we found them in that hole. They were walking over faeces, surrounded by parasites and without access to water or food. We don’t know how long they had been there, but we know they wouldn’t have survived much longer.

Hygiene in the farm was non-existent. The cages were old and rusty, some even broken. When we looked around we saw multiple baby rabbits on the floor, so we decided to take as many as we could.

[…]

We started running around the farm and managed to catch four, making them comfortable in a warm box. As soon as we arrive to the car with the four buns sleeping tightly the anxiety cleared and turned in relief. The worse had already past.

[…]

They all had fungal infections, parasites and were malnourished. Mikel was the weakest. His body couldn’t pull through and was the first one to die. Marta didn’t make it either, even tho their caregivers did their very best.

[…]

The good news is, Floc and Neu made it! Now they live happy, almost a year later, enjoying the attention, their big bunny family and the space to express their natural behaviours.

[…]”

SPANISH (excerpt, find it in full on their website).

“Las imágenes que obtuvimos [durante la investigacion] son desgarradoras, pero hoy quiero compartir contigo un poco de esperanza entre tanta injusticia. Se trata de las noches en las que logramos liberar de aquel infierno a 6 afortunados.

[…]

Los pequeños Mikel, Floc, Marta y Neu apenas tendrían dos semanas cuando los encontramos en aquel foso. Estaban sobre excrementos, rodeados de insectos y sin acceso a comida ni agua. No sabemos cuánto tiempo llevaban ahí, pero tenemos claro que no habrían podido sobrevivir muchas horas más.
Las condiciones de higiene de la granja eran pésimas. Las jaulas se veían antiguas y oxidadas, y algunas incluso rotas. Al inspeccionar el lugar vimos varios gazapos en el suelo, así que decidimos llevarnos todos los que pudiéramos.

[…]

Comenzamos a recorrer la nave a toda velocidad, conseguimos atrapar a cuatro y los acomodamos en una caja caliente. Sólo fue al llegar al coche, con los cuatro durmiendo plácidamente, cuando toda la angustia se tornó en alivio. Lo peor ya había pasado.

[…]

todos ellos tenían hongos, parásitos y estaban desnutridos. Mikel, el pequeño Mikel… él era el más débil. Su cuerpecito no pudo recuperarse y fue el primero en morir. Tampoco lo logró Marta, a pesar de los esfuerzos de sus cuidadores.

[…]

¡La buena noticia es que Floc y Neu lo consiguieron! Ellos siguen viviendo felices, casi un año después, y disfrutan de todas las atenciones, una gran familia de conejos y espacio para desarrollar sus comportamientos naturales”