HUNTING TOWERS CUT DOWN IN SOLIDARITY WITH TOBY SHONE.

Via: Act for Freedom!

7th October, Forest of Dean UK.

“We made a choice to saw into 2 hunting towers in Staunton and the other NR St. Briavels, both in the Forest of Dean. This simple action was taken with the thoughts in our minds of pine martins in Germany and Switzerland that chew into brake cables whilst keeping warm and snuggled up to cooling down engines and also not forgetting the martins in the UK that were pretty much wiped out for their taste in game bird, their eggs and caged poultry, but now some 60 pairs have been released back into the wilds of the Forest of Dean.

So this bring us to welcome Toby Shone who’s to be released from HMP Garth NR Manchester early next month (9th Nov) who before his imprisonment enjoyed over a decade of his life in this beautiful countryside. Good luck with your future Toby!

Eco-Anarchists – The Pine Martins Cell

Ps These towers and others were attacked previously in the past, but metal straps were attached to protect them since the last attack. These straps were cut all in the day time, while the chair and hunting clothes we found there have been put to better use”

SOME ANARCHISTS LIBERATE OVER FOURTY EGG LAYING HENS.

10th October, North UK.

Received anonymously via email:

“With Sehid Waka in our memory and determined to keep him alive with our actions, we headed into the night armed with little more than animal carriers.

Chicken farms are easy to access. You might need to squeeze through a window, or perhaps through the automated gates, but this time we simply opened the unlocked door and walked in. 

Inside, rows and rows of commodified individuals, forgotten to the outside world, nothing more than machines producing eggs for some abuser to make money. Dust, death and the sticky air that digs into your lungs accompanied us through the farm whilst we caught and put in carriers a little over fourty hens.

They will live a better life now, away from metal bars and shit covered concrete floors. They’ll dig in the grass and run around and try and recover from the trauma they’ve endured. They’ll have a life surrounded by other hens and under the watchful eyes humans who care for their wellbeing and not the profits they produce. They will no longer be victims of capitalism.

To Waka with revolutionary love and rage. For as long as we fight, you’re alive.

To all friends who miss Waka too. Their memory will never die.

And to Toby Shone, who we’ve heard is being released soon. Welcome back friend <3

some anarchists.”

ITALIAN ALF DESTROYS A HUNTING HIDE

received anonymously via email:

7th October, North Italy.

ENGLISH (translation):

“This is the time when hunting starts and the hunters (the shits) come out of the sewers
to hide in these shacks from which they shoot Animals.

VIGLIACCHI! VIGLIACCHI! VIGLIACCHI!

We will always and by any means continue to oppose violence against Animals!
A.L.F.”

ITALIAN (original):

“Questo e’ il periodo in cui inizia la caccia e i cacciatori (le merde) escono dalle fogne
per nascondersi in queste baracche da cui sparano agli Animali.

VIGLIACCHI! VIGLIACCHI! VIGLIACCHI!

Continueremo sempre e con qualsiasi mezzo ad opporci alla violenza sugli Animali!
A.L.F.”

FLESHTV, A NEW PROJECT BRINGING TOGETHER ART AND ACTIVISM WITH A FOCUS ON ANIMAL LIBERATION.

FleshTV is a new platform aiming to bring together art and activism with a focus on supporting animal liberation.

Their very first project is a compilation featuring more than 20 musicians, composers from across the globe (in the fields of experimental music, sound art, noise, electro-acoustic, sound research). Each artist has contributed a track, a text and selected an organization (collective, sanctuary, non-profit,…) working towards animal liberation, with 50% of the project’s profits being donated to these chosen groups.

Some of the supporting groups are the ALFsg, who supports animal liberation prisoners, Agripunk, an italian animal sanctuary, Tras Los Muros, a spanish aninmal liberation photographer and even your favourite animal liberation anti-media collective Unoffensive Animal (aka US!!) in between many others.

They will be releasing their project to purchase on the 20th of October, and it will be limited to 170 copies.

To find more info, check them out on instagram @Flesh__TV and their website fleshtv.world where you can already pre-order their first issue!

Thank you FleshTV for the support!

STICKER SOLIDARITY FOR ANIMAL RIGHTS DEFENDANTS. – PRISONER SUPPORT.

@zerofoursixeight has released very cute vinyl stickers with a masked activist holding a piglet to fundraise money for defendants that were sentenced earlier in the year for actions related to the rescue of animals. Due to the reporting ban in place, we cannot really explain about the case, but this is what they’ve been able to tell on their fundraiser:

“There is an ongoing animal rights case going through the Crown Court, regarding the rescue of animals.

Currently there’s a reporting ban in place, so the information that can be shared is still extremely limited.

One defendant was recently found “Not Guilty” by the jury, one is still yet to stand trial, one is awaiting a retrial, and three were sentenced at Reading Crown Court at the beginning of February.

We are fundraising to help these three resilient activists with their costs after sentencing. Any funds remaining after these are covered will go towards supporting the two other defendants in this case who are standing trial at the start of next year.”

You can donate directly to the fundraiser here: gofund.me/caab7d6d

If you want stickers tho (because they are so cute), you can support the defendants whilst getting a few nice goodies by purchasing a few slappers here: 

https://zerofoursixeight.com/products/direct-action-saves-lives-vinyl-sticker-ar-fundraiser

Show solidarity, donate a few coins or buy a few stickers and support those fighting in the front lines!

DEER HUNTING SEAT DECOMISSIONED.

25th September, Dorset UK.

Received anonymously via email:

“A shooting tower used to massacre deer has been put out of action in Dorset, giving our wildlife the chance to run free for another day. These towers are often very easy to topple, and we urge everyone who sees one to take this simple action to save lives.”

HUNTING ASSOCIATION RECEIVES ANIMAL MANURE AS A PRESENT.

30th September, North Italy.

ENGLISH (translation):

“On the occasion of the ‘hunting opening in Italy we wanted to remind how cowardly and infamous human beings hiding behind the authorizations of a murderous state that trades the lives of animals to maintain power. Hunting is called a sport by those who practice it, but there is no sport in the world in which the ‘opponent is placed in such unfavorable conditions that he has no chance of winning. This practice cannot be definitively a sport but is a true legalized murder that authorizes mentally disturbed people to roam around with weapons in their hands to kill our brothers and sisters. We decided to bring manure in front of the headquarters of the National Hunting Federation because we have no respect for people we consider to be excrement of society. We filled their mailbox with manure and daubed the windows and walls of the headquarters with inscriptions: hunters you are shit, cowards and infamous.

THE ALF IS WATCHING AND THERE IS NO PLACE TO HIDE. A.L.F”

ITALIAN (original):

“in occasione dell’ apertura venatoria in Italia abbiamo voluto ricordare quanto i cacciatori siano degli esseri umani vigliacchi e infami che si nascondono dietro le autorizzazioni di uno Stato assassino che baratta la vita degli animali per mantenere il potere. La caccia è definita da coloro che la praticano uno sport, ma non esiste sport al mondo in cui l’ avversario è posto in condizioni talmente sfavorevoli da non avere alcuna possibilità di vincere. Questa pratica non può essere definitiva uno sport ma e’ un vero e proprio assassinio legalizzato che autorizza persone disturbate mentalmente di aggirarsi con delle armi in mano per uccidere i nostri fratelli. Abbiamo deciso di portare del letame davanti alla sede della Federazione Nazionale Della Caccia perché non abbiamo alcun rispetto per persone che consideriamo degli escrementi della società. Abbiamo riempito la loro casella postale di letame e imbrattato le vetrine e i muri della sede con scritte: cacciatori siete delle merde, dei vigliacchi e degli infami.

THE ALF IS WATCHING AND THERE IS NO PLACE TO HIDE. A.L.F”

TWELVE HUNTING TOWERS DEMOLISHED, LEAVING ONLY NINE LEFT IN THE HUNTER’S GROUNDS.

via: Attaque

past years, Mornas France.

ENGLISH (translation):

“In Mornas (Vaucluse), hunters are wondering who is destroying their tree stands. These 1.50-2 m towers are erected in the wild to make hunting safer: the bullet is no longer fired horizontally, but towards the ground at an angle of 30 degrees.

For several years now, the watchtowers of the sixty Mornas hunters have been deliberately damaged. The towers are sawed off, torn from their bases and attached to the cars with cables. A few years ago, there were 21 watchtowers. Now there are just 9!

The hunters speak of “sabotage” and are worried about the future of their hunting area: the 1,100 hectares of the Uchaux hill are also very popular with hikers and mountain bikers. The Mornas hunters have not lodged a complaint, but they are concerned about the sharing of nature.

Near the hunting cabin in the pine forest, the debris from the watchtowers piles up. Christian Jodar, treasurer of the Amicale des Chasseurs de Mornas (Mornas hunters’ association) calls the place “the watchtower cemetery”. He is indignant: “This is sabotage, of planned and organized actions”. Sylvain Ribe, president of the Mornas hunters’ association, counted the number of stands: “We put up 21, leaving 9. The rest have been destroyed. The four legs are set in concrete blocks, but they come with cars and cables; they shoot to knock down or break the watchtowers. And the latest thing is that they’re partially sawing out the floor of the watchtowers. You can’t see it with the naked eye, but when you climb on them, you can break your face with a gun”. The president recalls a hunter from Mornas who suffered a head injury in a fall after the sawed floor of a watchtower collapsed.

The hunters’ president believes that the opponents of hunting are mistaken, as watchtowers are installed to make hunting safer: “I think this is pure vandalism by the anti-hunters. It’s a pity: these watchtowers improve safety for hunters and non-hunters alike, because they’re shoot-to-kill. We shoot from tree stands with the axis at 30 degrees to the ground, so that the bullet sticks in the ground instead of flying miles away horizontally. It’s safety pure and simple. This damage to the tree stands is damaging for everyone, hunters and non-hunters alike.

[…] The Mornas hunters explain that they are not the only ones affected, as hunting stands are being deliberately destroyed all over France.”

FRENCH (original):

A Mornas (Vaucluse), les chasseurs se demandent qui détruit leurs miradors. Ces tours d’1,50 à 2 m sont montées dans la nature pour sécuriser la chasse : la balle ne part plus horizontalement mais vers le sol avec un angle de 30 degrés.

Depuis plusieurs années, les miradors des soixante chasseurs de Mornas sont volontairement dégradés. Les miradors sont sciés, arrachés de leur socle avec des câbles attachés aux voitures. Il y avait 21 miradors il y a quelques années. Il n’en reste plus que 9 !

Les chasseurs parlent de « sabotage » et s’inquiètent pour l’avenir de leur zone de chasse : les 1.100 hectares de la colline d’Uchaux sont aussi très fréquentés par les randonneurs et les vététistes. Les chasseurs de Mornas n’ont pas porté plainte mais ils s’interrogent sur le partage de la nature.

Prés du cabanon de chasse dans la pinède, les débris des miradors s’entassent. Christian Jodar, le trésorier de l’amicale des chasseurs de Mornas appelle cet endroit : « le cimetière des miradors ». Il s’indigne :  » C’est du sabotage, des actions prévues et organisées ». Sylvain Ribe, le président des chasseurs de Mornas, a fait le décompte : « on en a posé 21, il en reste 9. Le reste a été détruit. Les quatre pieds sont pourtant scellés dans des plots en béton mais ils viennent avec des voitures et des câbles; ils tirent pour renverser ou casser des miradors. Et la dernière nouveauté, c’est qu’on nous scie partiellement le plancher des miradors. On ne peut pas le voir à l’œil nu mais quand on monte dessus, on peut se casser la figure avec une arme ». Le président se souvient d’un chasseur de Mornas blessé à la tête dans une chute après l’effondrement du plancher scié d’un mirador.

Le président des chasseurs estime que les opposants à la chasse se trompent car les miradors sont installés pour sécuriser la chasse : Je pense que c’est du vandalisme pur des anti-chasse. C’est dommage : ces miradors améliorent la sécurité des chasseurs et des non-chasseurs car ce sont des tirs fichants. On tire des miradors avec un axe à 30 degrés vers le sol pour que la balle se fiche dans le sol au lieu de partir à des kilomètres à l’horizontale. C’est de la sécurité pure et simple. Ces dégâts sur les miradors sont bien dommageables pour tout le monde, les chasseurs et les non -chasseurs ».

[…] Les chasseurs de Mornas expliquent qu’ils ne sont pas seuls concernés, partout en France des miradors de chasse sont détruits volontairement.

THIRTEEN HENS LIBERATED FROM AN EGG LAYING FARM.

[photo unrelated]

26th September, Bavaria Germany.

Received anonymously via email:

“A sanctuary offered us a home for 12 chicken.
So in a cold september night we had a mission.
Find a target,get the animals out and bring them to the sanctuary
We packed our carriers and got in the car.

Dressed in black, covered face and determination in the eyes of each of us, we pulled up to the farm. We climbed the fences, got in and quickly filled our boxes with the hens that will go to a good home. At the sanctuary we realised that as our tradition we had one more animal saved than planned.

In total it took us 15 minutes to execute this liberation and changed their fate
These minutes made the difference between slaughterhouse and sanctuary.
Let us all spend more time liberating animals and less time politely asking for animal liberation on protests.
expect to hear from us!

Good luck with yalls actions for the animals.”

HARES LIBERATED, BREEDER FENCES CUT DOWN TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE A69 ROAD.

24th September, Lacroisille France.

According to local press, a group self-called “Lièvres Vénères Et Libres” reported having cut the fences of a hare breeder who sold 20ha of land to ATOSCA, who plans building the A69 road. They say that the hare breeding farm needs the fences up to contain the hares before road works can commence, as the hare breeder has sold 20ha to the company so they can build the road across his land.

The collective warns ATOSCA that in 50km of road to be built there are many opportunities to sabotage them.