Terrorism: Homespun Terrorists Aug 7, 2008
As Jerry Vlasak, a spokesman for the Animal Liberation Front, told the AP, "If you had to hurt somebody or intimidate them or kill them, it would be morally justifiable.". This threat couldn't be clearer. (Investors Business Daily)
The War on Scientists in America Aug 6, 2008
Jerry Vlasak, who, as a spokesman for the Animal Liberation Press Office, serves as an apologist for animal rights zealots, issued this statement: "This is historically what happens whenever revolutionaries begin to take the oppression and suffering of their fellow beings seriously, whether human or nonhuman. It's regrettable that certain scientists are willing to put their families at risk by choosing to do wasteful animal experiments in this day and age.". . (Townhall.com)
Violence and experiments on animals Aug 6, 2008
Editor - Regarding Debra J. Saunders' "The war on scientists in America," Aug. 5): Jerry Vlasak, a spokesman for the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, is not a representative of the animal rights movement and neither is Wayne Pacelle (president, Humane Society of the United States). The animal rights movement is based on values that oppose violence or discrimination in any form and anyone I would consider a true animal rights advocate only ever engages in peaceful activism. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Firebombs show new tactics of animal activists Aug 5, 2008
Jerry Vlasak, a former animal researcher who now serves as a spokesman for the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, which posts on its Web site communiques from activists taking credit for attacks, said peaceful protests have been ineffective in stopping "the torture and murder of animals." ... Animal Liberation Front, a group that took responsibility June 16 for setting fire to a UCLA van as part of its effort to force the university to stop experimenting on primates, has historically... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Animal-rights activists suspected in attacks on UC Santa Cruz ... Aug 5, 2008
Vlasak, of the North American Animal Liberation Press Office website, said his organization had received no communique from any group claiming responsibility for the Santa Cruz fire bombings. Although he said he had no direct knowledge of the attacks, he also said that "the use of force" is "not unpredictable or untenable.". (Los Angeles Times)
FBI investigates new attacks on scientists Aug 5, 2008
A spokesman for the North American Animal Liberation press office, which commonly posts messages from groups taking credit for animal rights violence, issued a statement Sunday saying it had not received any claims of responsibility for the attacks. "It's regrettable that certain scientists are willing to put their families at risk by choosing to do wasteful animal experiments," press office spokesman Jerry Vlasak said in the statement. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Santa Cruz firebombs look familiar Aug 5, 2008
A different view was expressed today by Jerry Vlasak, a Los Angeles spokesman for the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, which often posts on its Web site communiques from activists taking credit for attacks. He said the benefit of animal research does not justify its expense or the exploitation of animals. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Animal rights activists support firebombing of researchers Aug 4, 2008
While a spokesman said he didn t know who committed the act, the Animal Liberation Front called the attacks a necessary act, just like those who fought against civil rights injustices ... The attacks point the spotlight on the fierce battle between biomedical researchers and the animal liberation movement being waged across the country. (Montana Standard, MT)
* The great apes: When rights are not just human Jul 24, 2008
In an essay he wrote for In Defense of Animals, a book I edited that appeared in 2006, he wrote: No realistic level of guerilla attacks of the kind carried out by the Animal Liberation Front could have hurt the battery farming industry as much as the new Austrian law does. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Animal groups cry fowl over Oliver's shock tactics Jul 24, 2008
Animal Liberation said that Oliver's demonstration was animal abuse. "They are going about it the wrong way," spokesperson Noah Hannibal said. (The Age)
Seattle woman gets 5 years, $7M fine in UW arson Jul 19, 2008
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Kolar was part of a group that called itself "The Family." The group is responsible for a string of arsons across the Western United States on behalf of the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front. U.S. District Judge Franklin D. Burgess allowed Kolar to remain free until she has to report to prison in late September. (Seattle Times)
The unalienable rights of chimps? Jul 16, 2008
Peter Singer, a Princeton University bioethics professor and animal liberation activist, declared the vote to be of "world historical significance." The American comedian Stephen Colbert - flashing a photo of a performing chimpanzee - insisted that the new law had better not give apes "the right to not wear a tuxedo and roller skates.". In fact, it will likely do just that. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Editorial: Violence is hypocritical to the cause Jul 13, 2008
Jerry Vlasak, an Animal Liberation Front press office spokesman, told the Associated Press he doesn't advocate killing those who use animals in research, but that intimidating or murdering them could be "morally justifiable.". Really. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Activist attacks threaten research Jul 8, 2008
it would be morally justifiableAccompanying the attacks is increasingly tough talk from activists such as Dr. Jerry Vlasak, a spokesman for the Animal Liberation Front press office. In an interview with The Associated Press, he said he is not encouraging anyone to commit murder, but "if you had to hurt somebody or intimidate them or kill them, it would be morally justifiable.". (MSNBC -- Race)
Animal Rights Protesters Torment Scientists Jul 8, 2008
Accompanying the attacks is increasingly tough talk from activists such as Dr. Jerry Vlasak, a spokesman for the Animal Liberation Front press office ... The Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility for dousing a home owned by Leventhal with glass-eating acid and covering it with animal rights slogans. (CBS News -- US)
Activists stage protest against chicken farming Jul 3, 2008
Annette Guice from Animal Liberation Queensland says factory farming is cruel to chickens and the industry should rethink how they produce the meat. "They die from heart attack, they can't walk on their own legs," she said. (ABC Regional Online)
Environmental arson brings prison term Jun 20, 2008
The fire, which destroyed the plant research center, was one of at least 17 fires set from 1996 to 2001 by the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front. In all, more than a dozen people were arrested, and four remain at large. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Northwest computer detectives dig up digital clues Jun 16, 2008
Examiners decoded e-mails of Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front members who were prosecuted on eco-terrorism charges, and examined three dozen hard drives, CDs and memory sticks in the still unsolved 2001 killing of federal prosecutor Thomas Crane Wales at his Seattle home. The lab helped Portland detectives corroborate the locations of a mother and father at the time of their baby's suspicious death by reviewing call logs between the couple's cell phones. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Radical Environmentalist Cops Plea Jun 4, 2008
Ten other radicals were sentenced to federal prison last year after pleading guilty to arson and other crimes claimed by the Earth Liberation Front and a sister group, the Animal Liberation Front, from 1996 to 2001. The FBI claims Arrow is also associated with ELF. He insisted he gave no information to implicate others as a part of his plea deal. (CBS News)
Radical 'snitch' in Western arsons gets probation Jun 4, 2008
They were often attributed to the Earth Liberation Front or the Animal Liberation Front. One of the founding members and leaders of the Eugene activist family, William Rodgers, committed suicide in Arizona in 2005. (Longview Daily News, WA)
The West: Enviro radical announces guilty plea May 29, 2008
Last year in Oregon 10 other radicals were given prison sentences of up to 13 years for arson and other crimes claimed by the Earth Liberation Front and by the Animal Liberation Front from 1996 to 2001. On his Web site, Arrow insisted that in accepting a plea agreement I am in no way selling my soul just to receive a sweet deal from the prosecution. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Kangaroo culling begins at Australian site May 20, 2008
Between 20 to 40 kangaroos were tranquilized and then killed with lethal injections by defense contractors, said Angie Stephenson, project manager of Animal Liberation New South Wales. She said a baby kangaroo was trampled and killed when the animals were rounded up into a pen. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Animal welfare groups outraged as kangaroo cull starts May 20, 2008
A spokesman for Animal Liberation ACT, Bernard Brennan, said 30 to 40 animals were killed yesterday ... Animal Liberation NSW and ACT and the Wildlife Protection Association of Australia were fund-raising for the relocation, which they said would cost only $750,000 in total. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Weather dampens kangaroo cull protests May 17, 2008
ACT Animal Liberation spokesman Bernard Brennan said all was quiet because the weather had really closed in. "So we are saving our energy. We have just got a dozen or so people at various points around the place, just keeping an eye on it," he told Sky News. (The Age)
For the animals, not the humans May 11, 2008
Not everybody knew that the silver-haired man with the steel-blue eyes and the missionary zeal had been convicted for his role in a 1986 Animal Liberation Front raid on an animal lab at the University of Oregon. Although frustrated that people didn't see things his way, he was in no way discouraged. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Animal protesters get naked for shoppers May 10, 2008
Angie Stephenson of Animal Liberation NSW, which organised the protest with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), called for an end to "death ships" that carry millions of live sheep and cattle from Australia to the Middle East. The animals were packed inside the ships for up to three gruelling weeks and endured terrible conditions, she said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Editorial: Roses n’ Razzies (April 25) May 3, 2008
RASPBERRIES to a truly moronic display in the name of animal protection: The Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility for releasing minks and destroying breeding records at a fur breeding farm in Jefferson. We think fur looks best on its natural owner, but this was simply idiotic. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
36 comments Apr 15, 2008
"Obama s campaign did not respond to repeated attempts to get comment on the latest controversy to hit his campaign. As somebody who has stood toe-to-toe with Code Pink, I am sickened that Senator Obama would accept large donations from the leader of the hateful, anti-American group, said Melanie Morgan, chairman of Move America Forward, the nation s largest pro-troop group.Code Pink has also waged a campaign of psychological warfare againstAmerica's wounded warriors and their families by... (Human Events Online)
Code Pink 'Bundles' for Barack Apr 14, 2008
The cofounder of RAN also founded the violent and radical Animal Liberation Front, which the FBI listed as one of the largest domestic terrorism threats in the United States. Evan s radical ideology fit with the other founders of Code Pink, which is notorious for its attempts to shut down the Berkeley Marine Recruiting Center, occupying congressional offices, intimidating families of soldiers who gave their lives in Iraq, attacking opponents and disrupting Congress while dressed in Pepto... (Human Events Online)
Attacks against medical researchers: Time to take a stand Apr 10, 2008
This commentary is an urgent public statement, highlighting the increasing problem of terrorist acts, by individuals affiliated with groups such as the Animal Liberation Front, against investigators conducting research in non-human primates in the United States. Collectively, the 87 authors wish to not only declare their stance against these terrible acts, but also to emphasize the unique and vital role that non-human primate research plays in furthering our understanding of the neurobiology and... (EurekAlert!)
FBI: Eco-Terrorism Remains No. 1 Domestic Threat Apr 1, 2008
For years, officials have battled against members of shadowy groups such as the Earth Liberation Front and its brother-in-arms, the Animal Liberation Front. Law enforcement has made strides prosecuting cells, but it's been unable to end the arsons that have plagued developments encroaching on rural lands in the West. (Fox News)
No Retrial on Deadlocked UW Fire Charges Mar 28, 2008
cell of the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front. Two women who pleaded guilty in the UW fire, Lacey Phillabaum and Jennifer Kolar, testified against Waters. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Feds say they won't retry Waters in university ecoterror fire Mar 28, 2008
cell of the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front. The plant research center was targeted because the activists mistakenly believed scientists there were genetically engineering poplar trees. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Beck, Primus, Ben Harper join Outlands lineup Mar 25, 2008
Also appearing will be Rodrigo y Gabriela, Caf Tacvba, Broken Social Scene, Regina Spektor, Devendra Banhart, Galactic's Crescent City Soul Krewe, Steel Pulse, Cold War Kids, Andrew Bird, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Drive-By Truckers, M. Ward, ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra), Matt Nathanson, Two Gallants and Mother Hips. "So many things fell in line for us," said Another Planet Productions' Gregg Perloff, who is presenting the event in partnership with Superfly Productions of New Orleans,... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Protest planned against kangaroo cull Mar 15, 2008
"We have to do whatever we have to in order to save these kangaroos -- there's a lot of feeling in the community, especially from NSW," said Animal Liberation spokesman Bernard Brennan. "We've been known to stand our ground and it's always dangerous when things go violently.". (United Press International)
Woman Guilty in U. of Washington Arson Mar 7, 2008
The fire, which destroyed the plant research center, was one of at least 17 fires set by radical activists with the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front from 1996 to 2001. Waters maintained her innocence on the stand, despite the testimony of two women convicted in the fire and records suggesting she obtained a rental car used in the crime. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Woman convicted of arson at UW facility Mar 7, 2008
Prosecutors said the burning of the research center was part of a six-year arson rampage by regional members of ELF and another group, the Animal Liberation Front. Their fires, which began in 1996, caused $20 million in damage, destroying a Colorado ski resort, sport utility vehicles and genetic engineering labs. (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Ecoterror suspect convicted Mar 7, 2008
cell of the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front. A professor whose research was destroyed, Sarah Reichard, testified that the arson had devastated her, turning her from someone who backpacked alone in South America to someone who cowered in her home when a Greenpeace volunteer came to the door. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Eco-terrorists tough to pin down Mar 5, 2008
ELF and a similar organization, the Animal Liberation Front, have been linked to politically motivated arson and sabotage around the Western United States. Between 1996 and 2001, attacks caused tens of millions of dollars in damage to targets including a timber-company headquarters and a Vail, Colo. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Dream homes set afire, apparently by eco-radicals Mar 5, 2008
The FBI has said the ELF and a sister group, the Animal Liberation Front, have committed hundreds of criminal acts. ELF is known for trying to cause economic damage to companies or organizations it considers to be harming the environment. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Burning Rage Mar 4, 2008
Ever since, the ELF, along with its sister group, the Animal Liberation Front, has been burning everything from SUV dealerships to research labs to housing developments ... The ELF is a spin-off of another group called the ALF, or Animal Liberation Front, whose masked members have been known to videotape themselves breaking into research labs, where they destroy years of painstaking work and free captive animals. (CBS News -- Early Show)
ACT decision makes kangaroo cull likely Mar 4, 2008
"What we're dealing with is the difference between animal welfare and animal liberation.". Dr Cooper declined to say if she had recommended culling the kangaroos in a report to the ACT government on managing the territory's lowland grasslands. (The Age)
Our big appetite for eggs Mar 2, 2008
The RSPCA is endorsing a range of eggs which Animal Liberation says are laid by chickens kept in inhumane conditions ... An Animal Liberation spokeswoman said the group was shocked by the conditions at the Buchanan facility ... Animal Liberation said the RSPCA standard gives each bird an amount of space equivalent to a piece of A3 paper. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Nation: Violin teacher faces 35 years in eco-terror case Feb 29, 2008
The fire, which destroyed the university's Center for Urban Horticulture, was one of at least 17 fires set by radical activists with the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front from 1996 to 2001. Waters maintained her innocence on the stand Wednesday, despite the testimony of two women convicted in the fire and records suggesting she obtained a rental car used in the crime. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Newsweek: Animal-rights activists vs. UCLA Feb 28, 2008
Fed up, UCLA last week won a temporary restraining order in Los Angeles Superior Court against five individual protestors and three animal-rights groups: the , the Animal Liberation Brigade and the UCLA Primate Freedom Project ... UCLA's run-in with violent animal-rights activists began in 2006, when someone from the Animal Liberation Front put a Molotov cocktail outside what was evidently believed to be the home of UCLA psychiatrist and animal behavior researcher Lynn Fairbanks ... Two days... (MSNBC -- Crime)
UCLA wins restraining order against activists Feb 28, 2008
The University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) succeeded last week in getting a temporary restraining order against five vociferous animal-rights activists, as well as organizations such as the Animal Liberation Front, who have claimed responsibility for various property crimes and threats against researchers ... They are trying to mix above-ground protestors that never do anything illegal in with the Animal Liberation Front and the underground organizations that have flooded homes and broken... (Nature News Service)
Animal-rights activists invade Europe Feb 28, 2008
The fire was believed to be caused by the Animal Liberation Front, an extremist group. Stinissen, who has been at the University since 1994, says that he cannot remember a single previous incident of extremism. (Nature News Service)
Foie gras is banished from table of Prince Feb 27, 2008
Last Updated: 2:39am GMT 27/02/2008. The Prince of Wales has risked angering the French by banning the delicacy foie gras from royal menus. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Letters to the Editor - 2/26/2008 Feb 27, 2008
Four major issues are addressed with urgency: the editorial in regard to the state's fiscal con game ; Debra Saunders in regard to the anarchic, criminal conspiracy that calls itself "North American Animal Liberation Front"; Oceanside City Councilman Jerry Kern's important message on TOD (transportation oriented development); and Harry Rosenfeld on the giant hoax of biofuel as the solution to pollution. Mostly these issues get scant attention in your news columns or elsewhere in the media. (North County Times)
Topless demonstration by PETA in Sydney Feb 27, 2008
The animal liberation group was drawing attention to the Running of the Bulls event in Pamplona, Spain, which PETA says is cruel to the animals. (Photo: chinadaily. (Xinhuanet, China)
Animal Liberation Front targets Portland worker (1) Feb 24, 2008
The World Link: Animal Liberation Front targets Portland worker. Animal Liberation Front targets Portland worker ... PORTLAND The Animal Liberation Front, a militant animal rights group that has kept a low profile in Oregon for a number of years, has resurfaced vandalizing the home of a Portland employee of Wachovia Securities. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Sidelines - Premium content Feb 24, 2008
This is disingenuous given PETAs support for the Animal Liberation Front, and their stance against all animal testing. given that Ms. Anderson has HepC and is likely eagerly waiting the arrival of medicines for her condition. (Nature News Service)
UCLA Fights Animal 'Terrorists' Feb 22, 2008
Hampton said the suit specifically requests restraining orders and injunctions against the Animal Liberation Front, the Animal Liberation Brigade, the UCLA Primate Freedom Project and five protesters believed to be affiliated with those groups ... Jerry Vlasak, a spokesman for the Animal Liberation Press Office, said any pickets named in the suit have a constitutional right to protest. (Fox News)
UCLA granted restraining order against animal rights protesters Feb 22, 2008
"We're not willing to wait until somebody is injured before taking legal action to protect our faculty and administrators from terrorist tactics, violence and harassment."The University of California's Board of Regents filed a lawsuit in Superior Court in Santa Monica, seeking the temporary restraining order and permanent injunctions against the Animal Liberation Front, the Animal Liberation Brigade, the UCLA Primate Freedom Project and five protesters believed to be affiliated with those groups... (Fresno Bee -- State)
Lawmakers take up dogfighting bill Feb 20, 2008
rooster wrote on Feb 18, 2008 4:13 PM:" Waterloo88 - so you're against dogfighting but people fighting to the death is ok? Are you Roman by chance? I don't like it either but punishable by death? The Animal Liberation Front would love you. ". taxpayer wrote on Feb 18, 2008 5:56 PM:" This is fantastic and about time. This should have been done a long time ago!!! Rooster if people want to be stupid and fight to the death ok, but leave the animals out of it. ". (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Researchers profile domestic extremists Feb 18, 2008
The section on the United States lists such organizations as Animal Liberation Front, Environmental Liberation Front, Anti-Castro Cubans and the Black Revolutionary Assault Team among others. More from msnbc. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Target Research Feb 14, 2008
In 2005, Jerry Vlasak, a Southern California trauma surgeon and leader of the North American Animal Liberation Front, which is an animal rights organization, told a U.S. Senate committee that he could justify killing researchers ... In 2005, Jerry Vlasak, a Southern California trauma surgeon and leader of the North American Animal Liberation Front, which is an animal rights organization, told a U.S. Senate committee that he could justify killing researchers. (Townhall.com)
High school's kidnapped goats found wandering in hills Feb 14, 2008
The Animal Liberation Front took responsibility for freeing the infant goats, which are part of the school's Future Farmers of America program ... Animal Liberation Front spokesman Jerry Vlasak says the school was exploiting the animals. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Home of UCLA primate researcher firebombed Feb 6, 2008
In October, the Animal Liberation Front claimed it used a garden hose to flood London's home. No arrests have been made. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Harpooned by hypocrisy Jan 19, 2008
Peter Singer, a professor of bioethics at Princeton University, is the author of Animal Liberation and, with Jim Mason, The Ethics of What We Eat. Advertiser links. (Guardian Unlimited)
Encinitas man arrested on suspicion of bomb hoax Jan 8, 2008
The threats also included a letter to university police claiming that a group called the Animal Liberation Front had placed bombs in at least six campus buildings, an affidavit said. According to the affidavit, three of the four phone threats were made from Sills' cell phone. (North County Times)
FBI nabbed the wrong guy Jan 8, 2008
Officials said the university had also received a letter that day that stated a group called the Animal Liberation Front would detonate explosive devices at research buildings on campus if research animals were not evacuated. Several buildings at the La Jolla campus were evacuated while authorities investigated the device. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Making science cool Jan 6, 2008
Last week, members of the Animal Liberation Front broke a window in her home while nobody was there. They then inserted a garden hose and turned on the water, causing major damage. (The Palm Beach Post)
Week in Photos: Weird White Dwarf, WWII Bomb, and More Jan 5, 2008
About 250 Animal Liberation Victoria (ALV) protestors demonstrated against Japan's plans to kill about ... Photograph by Animal Liberation Victoria/Handout/Reuters. (National Geographic)
Red woman against humpback hunting Jan 5, 2008
A woman from Australian Animal Liberation Victoria organization, sitting on a Japanese national flag outside Japan's consulate in Australia, Jan. 3, 2008, had her body painted red to protest against Japan's continuing humpback hunt on the excuse of scientific experiment despite international consensus. (Photo: Xinhuanet. (Xinhuanet, China)
