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ALF Animal Liberation Front

ALF Animal Liberation Front. By: Maricela Valentin Alejandra Serrano Jaime Hernandez. Definition.

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ALF Animal Liberation Front

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  1. ALFAnimal Liberation Front By: Maricela Valentin Alejandra Serrano Jaime Hernandez

  2. Definition • These extremists have used arson, harassment, direct threats, animal releases, and razor blade letters to intimidate individuals and businesses to preserve to be abusive to animals, or destructive to the environment

  3. Ideology • The ALF’s ideology is one of the unbarring support for the liberation of captive animals by any means, including criminal activity.

  4. Demographics‘An Interview with David Barbarash’ • Since it's an underground movement, the precise demographics is obviously unknown • Basic idea based on who's been arrested and convicted • There've been a fair number of studies done on the animal rights movement, and they used to say the average animal rights activist was a middle-aged, middle-class white woman. Not sure that's still true • Doesn’t consider themselves as a Terrorist group ‘hence, where’s the body count?’

  5. Contd. (Interview) • “And I also know that if we give a shit about anything else besides ourselves and our money, then we need to start doing something, whether it's joining the ALF or ELF underground, writing a letter, picketing in front of a fur store, or stopping a Wal-mart from coming into your community. Simply being born a biological human doesn't automatically make you a human being and give you membership in human society. In order to become fully human and to be a member of any sort of human society we would care to join, we have to take responsibility - take active responsibility - for the actions of our species and of our selves. Sitting on the fence just doesn't cut it. You might as well be dead”. David Barbarash, 2002

  6. AFL in the US • ALF activists in the US have generally cohered to the movement started mandate of protecting human life during the course of the “direct actions” while some simultaneously causing severe economic danger to varying retailers, fur farmers, laboratories in the US. • The Animal Liberation Front isn't really an organization, but more of an international movement of animal liberation activists who believe conventional methods of protest aren't enough to obtain the goals of animal liberation, and that there is a moral justification for taking action outside the law.

  7. Origins • ALF’s roots can be traced in 19th century, and a small group of activists called the ‘Bands of Mercy’. Set up in 1824 • 1965, the group was re-created, calling themselves ‘Hunt Saboteurs Association’ • They layed false scents, blew hunting horns to send the hounds in the wrong direction, set off smoke bombs, and members lay down between the hunters and the fox.

  8. Mission/Objective • The ALF Mission Statement: To effectively allocate resources (time and money) to end the "property" status of nonhuman animals. • The Objective of the Mission: To abolish institutionalized animal exploitation because it assumes that animals are property.

  9. ALF’s Aims • According to Robin Webb, the ALF's British press officer, the ALF's stated aims are: 1. To liberate animals from suffering or potential suffering and place them in good permanent homes or, where appropriate, release them into their natural environment. 2. To damage or destroy property and equipment associated with animal abuse by (a) taking that property out of the arena of animal abuse so it can no longer cause harm, and (b) inflicting economic loss on the abusers with the intention of driving them out of business.

  10. Acts of Domestic Terrorism • December 2000, 11 luxury homes under construction in Phoenix, Arizona were destroyed by arson. • Each of the arson’s occurred during the evening hours. • Warnings left at three of the arson sites were signed at either the “Coalition to Save the Preserve” or the “C.S.P., North Phoenix Mountain Preserves Unit”. • Property damages associated with the arsons is estimated in excess of $5 million dollars.

  11. Acts of Domestic Terrorism Cont. • NOVEMBER 12, 2001 • Burglary and Vandalism • San Diego, California • (One act of Domestic Terrorism) •      On November 12, 2001, the San Diego (California) Police Department responded to a burglary and vandalism report at Sierra Biomedical. A Sierra Biomedical van was covered with red paint and graffiti referencing the ALF. It was subsequently determined that toxic chemicals believed to be acid and bleach had been deliberately poured throughout the research facility. Additional graffiti in black spray paint stating that “VIVISECTION IS FRAUD” and “THE ALF WAS HERE” was also found at the facility. Damages were estimated to exceed $500,000. The ALF claimed responsibility for this incident via an e-mail sent to the vice president and general manager of Sierra Biomedical.

  12. Visalia, California (One act of Domestic Terrorism) •      In the early morning of February 20, 2001, the Tulare County (California) Fire Department responded to a suspicious fire at the Delta and Pine • Land Company in Visalia. Damage to the facility was estimated to exceed $200,000. On February 25, 2001, the ELF claimed responsibility for the arson via an “Urgent News Advisory” on its web site. The advisory described how the arson was carried out. In its claim of responsibility, the ELF stated that the company was targeted due to its work with genetically engineered seeds.

  13. Terrorism by Event

  14. Terrorist Activity by Classification

  15. Victims • The victims include but are not limited to Farmers and Realtors, research laboratories personnel, cruisers, zoos, fast food restaurants, forestry, and large corporations.

  16. Fur Wars • Animal Liberation Front declared war on fur farmers and was going all out in an intense campaign for mink liberation. • On June 7th the A.L.F. made their first attack against a Utah fur farm. • “No fur products sold here anymore”.

  17. Fur WarsContd. • On June, A.L.F. struck in Washington state, which 80 minks were liberated. • On July 4th, Langley, British Columbia the A.L.F. raided the Akagami mink ranch and released 400 animals. • On the same night, they raided the Latzig mink ranch in Howard Lake, Minnesota. Another 1000 mink were liberated.

  18. Fur Wars Contd. • The next target was Holt Mink Ranch in South Jordan, Utah. - Utah fur farmers were scared, which lead them to install heavy duty fencing with aluminum plates along the top that make a lot of noise when someone tries to go over them. - A.L.F. took it apart, cut it down, and rolled up. They also smashed the new locks on all of the cages, 3000 mink were released, but police group arrived and the group had to evacuate. - $35, 000 of damage

  19. La Fur Protest • On February 11, 2006, there was an anti-fur protest in downtown Los Angeles (Chinatown).

  20. LSU Rat Liberation • On April 22, 2005, in Louisiana State University, members of A.L.F. broke into the lab and removed 21 mice. • Aquariums were smashed, windows broken and paint stripper poured on outer walls. Spray paint was used for slogans and further vandalism of the labs, and the locks were glued on doors to any rooms that housed no animals.

  21. LSU Rat Liberation • “We acted as operatives not only of compassion, but good science. Animal research is not only cruel but hazardous -- as data derived from the animal models is not applicable to humans and therefore dangerous”. • “Our aim in inflicting as much economic damage as possible is to drive up the cost of animal experimentation until this sadistic psuedo-science is no longer economically feasible”.

  22. LSU Rat LiberationContd.

  23. Free Dogs Act • On December 5, 2001 in New York, ALF raided Marshall Farm York. - Marshall Farm is a breeder of beagles and ferrets for animal research laboratories across the U.S. Huntingdon Life Sciences. • ALF liberated 30 beagle dogs and 10 ferrets.

  24. Free Dogs ActContd.

  25. References • ALF.com/aflmission.htm. Retrieved February 23, 2006 • www.FBI.com. Retrieved March 1, 2006 • www.animalliberationfront.com. Retrieved March 4, 2006. • http://www.derrickjensen.org/barb.html. Retrieved March 5, 2006 • www.en.wikipedia.org/. Retrieved on March 1, 2006. • www.furcommission.com. Retrieved on February 27, 2006. • United Sates., Congress House., et al. (2002)Eco-terrorism and lawlessness on the national forests : oversight hearing before the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health of the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, DC : U.S. G.P.O

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