Timeline of actions The detailed list of actions are divided chronologically Timeline of Animal Liberation Front actions 1976 1999 Timeline of Animal Liberation Front actions 2000 2004 Timeline of Animal Liberation Front actions 2005 Present Background Main article Animal_Liberation_Front Origins From the ALF s formation in 1976 to the present day the direct actions have included two distinct categories of tactics with activists often using both tactics together The removal of animals from laboratories and or releasing them from fur farms and other animal based industries The sabotage of animal based industries such as slaughterhouses butchers farms circuses greyhound stadiums and pet shops or businesses involved in or with animal testing organizations using tactics such as vandalism arson intimidation incendiary devices and hoax bombs Summary of landmarks 1970s 1976 The damage totaled 250 000 in the first year alone by the ALF First recorded fur farm raid with 1 000 foxes released from Dalchonzie fur farm in Scotland 1977 After the ALF cause 80 000 damage at Condiltox Laboratories in London England the company closes It is claimed as a victory for direct action by the ALF 1977 One of the first ALF actions in Netherlands is reported with activists removing hens from an intensive farming unit in Eindoven 1979 A cat two dogs and two guinea pigs are taken from New York University Medical Center the first ALF raid in the United States 1980s 1980 First animal researcher is targeted with a Glaxo Wellcome now GlaxoSmithKline employee s garage being vandalized 1981 The Silver Spring monkeys are removed from an animal research laboratory in the USA Dogs are taken from a laboratory in one of the first raids known in France by the ALF with more raids that followed 48 beagle dogs are taken from a laboratory in Germany as one of the first ALF raids known in the country First ALF actions reported in Canada at a butchers shop 1982 A laboratory in Zrich Switzerland is raided as one of the first Swiss ALF actions with 48 beagles taken First ALF action is reported in Australia The ALF claimed it had injected Mars Bars in stores throughout England with rat poison Mars halted production at a cost of 4 5 million The ALF later admitted the claims had been a hoax 1983 Malta South Africa and New Zealand have the first ALF actions reported 1984 The ALF steal tapes from the University of Pennsylvania after raiding the building and release the footage to PETA which make the documentary Unnecessary Fuss The first action in Denmark is reported by the ALF 1985 A five week old macaque named Britches is taken from the University of California releasing footage that stops eight of the seventeen animal research projects currently going on One of the first ALF actions in Sweden occurs with a raid and two beagles taken from a dental school 1987 Ronnie Lee is sentenced to ten years in prison for ALF actions The first actions by the ALF in Italy Austria and Spain are reported 1990s 1992 The first ALF action occurs in Israel 1994 The ALF report an action in Poland Keith Mann is sentenced to 14 years in jail reduced to 11 years on appeal after he had set a number of meat lorries on fire and after his arrest escaped from prison 1995 600 foxes have their coats dyed at various fur farms in Finland as the first ALF action reported in the country 1996 The first ALF action is reported in Norway 1997 Consort Beagle Kennels closes after an ALF campaign 1998 The last fur farm is raided in the United Kingdom with the practice then banned by the Fur Farming Prohibition Act 2000 Hill Grove Farm closes after an ALF campaign The ALF report that they have taken the first ALF action in Belgium 2000 Present 2000 Shamrock Farm closes after an ALF campaign Regal Rabbits closes after an ALF campaign 2001 Following a series of hunger strikes ALF activist Barry Horne dies in prison while serving an 18 year sentence for planting incendiary devices in stores selling animal products ALF activist David Blenkinsop and two others assault Huntingdon Life Sciences director Brian Cass with pick axe handles ALF founder Ronnie Lee said He has got off lightly I have no sympathy for him 2003 The ALF release 1 000 mink from their cages in the very first fur farm raid in Ireland 2004 Bite Back publishes a Direct Action Report stating that ALF activists removed 17 262 animals from facilities and claimed 554 acts of sabotage vandalism and arson The report claims that the UK is leading the way with Sweden Italy and Holland closely behind and that the year saw actions in more countries than ever before Vehicles at RMC building sites in Bedford and Bournemouth are damaged by the ALF with the company in the same month announcing they have pulled out of the construction of the Oxford University s animal laboratory after the actions Three butchers windows are smashed in what is known as the first ALF action in Turkey 2005 The ALF is named as a terrorist threat by the United States Department of Homeland Security which the FBI and ATF claim are one of the most serious threats to the nation along with the Earth Liberation Front ELF 2006 Newchurch Farm closes after an ALF campaign culminating in a grave robbing incident claimed by a related front called the Animal Rights Militia In Russia 10 000 animals are taken from a breeding facility in one of the largest ALF animal removal operations in history ALF activist Donald Currie is jailed for 12 years and placed on probation for life for planting homemade bombs on the doorsteps of businessmen with links to Huntingdon Life Sciences The ALF claim responsibility for a firebomb attack on UCLA researcher however the device had been placed on the doorstep of a house occupied by the scientist s 70 year old neighbor 2007 The Animal Liberation Press Office in North America report that There were at least 53 claimed actions by the animal liberation underground in North America in 2007 almost twice the number from the year before claiming that there are even more that went unreported MoD research using goats in hyperbaric chambers conducted by QinetiQ are stopped which followed a raid from the ALF in July 2006 The MoD then confirm that the tests will not continue the following year After the homes of Van Der Looy employees are targeted because of their involvement in the building of the life science industrial park in the Netherlands the company pull out of the building project because of the unacceptable intimidating attitude by the ALF 2008 The ALF ELF DBF Swedish Dutch ALF and related groups increase illegal actions against the food industry by 377 in the United States and 42 globally from 2007 to 2008 The main source of the actions was Bite Back Magazine with the Animal Agricultural Alliance claiming a total of 640 acts of sabotage vandalism and arson had been reported overall marking an increase of 35 The attacks against food retailers focussed on McDonalds Burger King and KFC with techniques including destruction of property such as smashing etching or paint bombing windows as well as the liberation of thousands of animals Mexico is fast becoming an emerging center for the activity with ALF cells in North Carolina South Carolina Utah and Texas also reporting actions in the United States The attacks are thought to be attributed to promoting a vegan agenda which the alliance described as shocking and disturbing especially during the current economic downturn 2009 ALF cells are active in around 42 countries including in North and South America Australia and New Zealand Russia South Africa Malta Turkey Israel Iceland Malaysia and most European countries 2010 In Woodland Park NJ two ALF workers were spotted at the sight of a deer culling only 12 hours before One bystander got pictures of one and it appeared on News 12 NJ and on Yahoo Local He was caught disabling hunting stands and successfully escaped into a black van The other was in a small car by the time she he was noticed Vandalism was commited by the workers See also Animal Liberation Front Supporters Group Animal Liberation Press Office Bite Back Behind the Mask Notes 401 animals liberated labs destroyed Bite Back November 18 2004 Monaghan Rachael Terrorism in the Name of Animal Rights in Taylor Maxwell and Horgan John The Future of Terrorism Routledge 2000 pp 160 161 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Mann Keith From Dusk til Dawn An insider s view of the growth of the Animal Liberation Movement Summary of Dates Puppy Pincher Press 2007 History of the Animal Liberation Movement North American Animal Liberation Press Office Monumental Animal Liberation Front Actions United States Animal Liberation Front website Guillermo Kathy Snow Monkey Business National Press Books pp 69 72 Confectionery Poisoning Hansard November 19 1984 Schweitzer Glenn E and Dorsch Schweitzer Carole A Faceless Enemy The Origins of Modern Terrorism De Capo Press 2002 p 90 The Guardian April 14 1990 and November 14 1991 cited in Garner Robert Animals Politics and Morality Manchester University Press 2004 p 235 The video footage released by PETA can be viewed at Unnecessary Fuss 1 Unnecessary Fuss 2 Unnecessary Fuss 3 Unnecessary Fuss 4 Unnecessary Fuss 5 videos Eco Violence The Record Southern Poverty Law Center Fall 2002 McCarthy Charles R Reflections on the Organizational Locus of the Office for Protection from Research Risks Online Ethics Centre for Engineering and Science October 28 2004 accessed October 2 2006 On the basis of Unnecessary Fuss PETA petitioned the Office for Protection from Research Risks OPRR to have the University of Pennsylvania s head injury lab closed down The OPRR initially refused to act on the basis of edited material and after more than a year of refusing to turn over the original tapes PETA eventually did so The edited tape was found to have grossly overstated the deficiencies in the Head Injury Clinic but OPRR also found serious violations of accepted procedure Best Steven in Best amp Nocella eds Terrorists or Freedom Fighters Lantern Books 2004 p 22 Bennetto Jason Animal rights activist jailed after threatening scientist The Independent April 30 2005 Goodwin Jo Ann The Animals of Hatred The Daily Mail October 15 2003 From Push to Shove Southern Poverty Law Center undated retrieved 2 October 2006 Making a Mink from Mink Sunday Mirror February 8 2004 Video slideshow picture release from fur farm Bite Back October 11 2003 Radical animal rights magazine issues 2004 Direct Action report Law Enforcement Agency Resource Network January 25 2005 Oxford lab supplier has 2 sites trashed Bite Back June 29 2004 a b Illegal Incidents FBI Glaxo chief animal rights cowards are terrorising us The Telegraph July 28 2004 Rood Justin Animal Rights Groups and Ecology Militants Make DHS Terrorist List Right Wing Vigilantes Omitted Congressional Quarterly March 25 2005 FBI ATF address domestic terrorism CNN com Terry Frieden May 19 2005 The FBI defines domestic terrorism as activities that involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any state appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population to influence the policy of a government by mass destruction assassination or kidnapping and occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States 18 U S C 2331 5 Britten Nick Animal rights gang jailed for 12 years to deter lunatics The Daily Telegraph May 12 2006 Liberation of thousands in Moscow Bite Back July 24 2006 Addley Esther Animal Liberation Front bomber jailed for 12 years The Guardian December 8 2006 UCLA Vivisector Lynn Fairbanks Targeted by Animal Liberation Front The Animal Liberation Press Office June 12 2006 Accessed May 11 2007 Chancellor taking steps to protect UCLA Seattle Times Rebecca Trounson and Joe Mozingo August 27 2006 Accessed May 11 2007 2007 Review North American Animal Liberation Press Office January 3 2008 Ecoterror resurfaces with Seattle arsons The Chistain Science Monitor March 3 2008 Military goat tests to be stopped Portsmouth News 15 October 2007 Cruelty campaigners grab research goats Portsmouth News July 28 2006 MoD considers ditching gonising live goat experiments The Herald October 15 2007 Goat experiments scrapped Southern Daily Echo 7 February 2008 http www directaction info news_dec30b_07 htm Bite Back 2008 http www directaction info news_dec30b_07 htm Retrieved 2008 02 19 160 http news monstersandcritics com business news article_1385270 php Animal_rights_protesters_cause_suspension_of_Dutch_science_park Animal rights protesters cause suspension of Dutch science park m amp c Extremist attacks on global food chain increase Drovers February 25th 2009 ALF cells are known to be active in Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Belarus Brazil Canada Canary Islands Chile Colombia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Holland Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Malaysia Malta Mexico New Zealand Norway Peru Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom United States Uruguay Venezuela See Diary of Actions 1 amp 2 Bite Back February 21 2009 ALF in Malta was founded in 1983 Mann Keith From Dusk til Dawn An insider s view of the growth of the Animal Liberation Movement Summary of Dates Puppy Pincher Press 2007 Further reading Mann Keith 2007 From Dusk til Dawn An Insider s View of the Growth of the Animal Liberation Movement Puppy Pincher Press ISBN 978 0 9555850 0 5 Best Steven and Nocella Anthony J 2004 Terrorists or Freedom Fighters Reflections on the Liberation of Animals Lantern Books ISBN 1 59056 054 X Newkirk Ingrid 2000 Free the Animals The Story of the Animal Liberation Front Lantern Books ISBN 1 930051 22 0 External links Diary of Actions Bite Back North American Animal Liberation Press Office Animal Liberation Front Categories Animal Liberation Front Animal rights movement
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