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On Different Results of Direct Action

Animal Person

There is a profound difference between what Sea Shepherd does and what the Animal Liberation Front does, but there are also similarities, and those similarities increase in number if a direct action by the ALF (or anyone else) is an open rescue and therefore a direct defense of sentient nonhumans being attacked by humans.

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FBI Serves Search Warrant to ALF Supporter

Critter News

The FBI served a search warrant Monday on a Salt Lake City home occupied by a supporter of the Animal Liberation Front. The agents took computers, papers and other items it thought to be related to "animal enterprise terrorism," Young said, reciting language from the warrant. From the Iowa City Press-Citizen.

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Beef Farm's Trucks Burned by Activists

Critter News

Animal rights activists are behind the burning of cattle trucks at Harris Farms in western Fresno County early Sunday, according to a statement released by a clearinghouse for activists. And, this happened in Fresno County which is in the San Joaquin Valley of California. I grew up there. Full story here at the Fresno Bee.

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