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Direct Action: Italy, Germany, France & UK

ALF | 04.04.2008 16:33 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | World

2nd-4th April -- World Month for Lab Animals Begins!

BIRDS FREED FROM CAGES (France)
BUTCHERS MARKET STALLS GLUED (Norwich, UK)
FLAMES DESTROY VIVISECTION SUPPLIER HQ (Italy)
ALF RUIN NOVARTIS EXECUTIVE'S CARS (Italy)
FUR SHOP COVERED IN RED PAINT (Germany)
CIRCUS PATRONS STUCK WITH FLAT TIRES (Italy)
SAWED, SHASHED AND CHOPPED (Germany)


SAWED, SHASHED AND CHOPPED (Germany)
SAWED, SHASHED AND CHOPPED (Germany)


BUTCHERS MARKET STALLS GLUED (Norwich, UK)
BUTCHERS MARKET STALLS GLUED (Norwich, UK)


BIRDS FREED FROM CAGES (France)
BIRDS FREED FROM CAGES (France)


anonymous communique:

"Animal liberation by French ALF: a black and white bird and a crow have found freedom!

Saturday March 29th, 2008, during the afternoon we were for a walk near Versailles (Paris subburban, 78).
We arrived in a farm bordered by fields and we saw 2 birds in dirty cages. We verified that the birds were not ill, their wings were ok. Then we freed them. They flew far away. What happiness!
We wanted to break the cages but the farmer arrived and we had to run! It will be for the next time. We will come again and we'll make sure there are no bird prisoners again.

ALF is alive in France!"


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BUTCHERS MARKET STALLS GLUED

received anonymously from activists in the UK:

"Late on the night of April the 2nd, nine of the freshly refurbished
market stalls were targeted on the famous Norwich market in
England. The nine market units belonging to at least three different
Butcher 'Businesses' had all their locks glued & messages reading
'Meat Is Murder' & 'Until the Suffering Ends' were spraypainted on
the walls & shutters of two stalls & both were signed by the ALF
logo.

Unfortunately these were the only gifts we could leave these
butchers. They should consider themselves lucky. This is only the
beginning.

The attacked market stalls were numbers 72, 73, 82, 83, 113, 122,
123, 102 & 103.

If anyone wanted to pay the abusive bastards at Norwich Market a
visit with glue & paint a helpful map & business guide can be found
at this address, www.norwich-market.co.uk. Since Norwich
market has a total of 19 animal abusing stalls including butchers,
fishmongers, leather, wool & fishing tackle salesmen I'm sure
anyone interested would have a wide range to choose from."

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FLAMES DESTROY VIVISECTION SUPPLIER HQ (Italy)

According to the media, a fire destroyed the headquarters of Ugo Basile, a leader in the production of vivisection equipment, in Comerio (Varese). The fire started early in the morning on March 30 and gutted the 3-story building. There has been no claim of responsibility but police believe the fire was intentional.

*Ugo Basile has a North American branch in Schwenksville, PA.

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ALF RUIN NOVARTIS EXECUTIVE'S CARS

reported by activists in Italy:

"26 March 2008 - Castelnuovo Berardenga (Siena)

Rino Rappuoli, Novartis global head of vaccine research, had his posh cars
covered with paint and paintstripper by the ALF. The action has been
claimed to aboveground goups linking Rappuoli to vivisection in the
Novartis Siena labs and Novartis involvement with HLS."

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FUR SHOP COVERED IN RED PAINT

reported by activists in Germany:  http://www.tierbefreier.de/alf

"During Carnival 2008 we attacked a fur shop in Schweinfurt (Lower Franconia). In order to draw attention to the senseless and bloody business of the fur trade, we covered a display window and the entrance door with red paint.
alf"

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CIRCUS PATRONS STUCK WITH FLAT TIRES

recent actions reported by activists in Italy:

"24 February - Sassuolo (MO):
Ten cars of spectators at 'NIUMAN' circus had their tyres slashed.

March - Emilia:
A small rabbit farm already raided some months ago has been visited; only
two guinea pigs were found and immediately rescued.

19 March - Ramiseto (RE)
A small rabbit farm raided in 2003 has been found closed and dismantled.
In the same night this cell visited a mink farm in the same town to
confirm its closure and completely abandoned state.

23 March - Emilia
A turtle has been stolen from a pet-shop."

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SAWED, SHASHED AND CHOPPED

Activists have claimed responsibility for the destruction of eight hunting facilities in the district of Gifhorn since the beginning of the year. Beginning in January ( http://www.directaction.info/news_mar05_08.htm) when hunting towers were destroyed in Gravenhorst, additional hunting towers have been sawed and overturned, and one tower was set on fire, near the cities of Calberlah, Isenbüttel and Wasbüttel. The initials "ALF" were left behind in paint.

Activists in Germany have also reported that a hunting tower was destroyed in the city of Ahrensfelde on the night of March 19, and several others targeted in the Landkreis Bamberg district. Read the German communiques at  http://www.tierbefreier.de/alf.

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Previous article:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/04/395265.html (April/March)

More information:  http://www.animalliberationfront.com

ALF
- Homepage: http://DirectAction.info

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