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UK Animal Liberation Newswire Archive

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Wickham labs to be demolished & re-built

29-05-2008 21:17

700 Mice liberated from Wickham Laboratories by the ALF in December, 2003.
Wickham Laboratories in Hampshire, which tests anything on animals from pharmaceuticals to kitchen cleaner, faces demolition if the owner (Cartmell) gets the go-ahead to replace the lab with 14 new homes.

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Support the imprisoned activists & hunger strikers in Austria

29-05-2008 18:43

PRESS RELEASE: 14 persons charged, 10 arrested, 5 on hunger strike.
Dated: Thursday 29th May 2008

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Direct Action Mexico: Six Month Review

29-05-2008 15:47

Mexico City Leather Company Painted
multinationals vandalized, circuses sabotaged,
pharmacy locks glued, furriers redocorated,
restuarants sabotaged, grills dismantled,
butchers and markets painted,
puppies and doves liberated,
& meat suppliers torched...

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There is such thing as a free lunch!

29-05-2008 12:25

Free food stall and info day in Bath next week, as part of the Network for Climate Action days of action, on food and climate change:

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The Exploding Christian Vegetarian Movement: or Thou Shalt Not Kill Animals

28-05-2008 23:46

The Christian vegetarian movement is exploding. This post includes articles
by a Vatican priest, a Jesuit priest, , Seventh Day Adventist Ellen White, John Wesley, General
Bramwell Booth of the Salvation Army (an article published many decades ago
by the London Vegetarian Society, a Baptist minister, a Pentecostal prayer warrior, etc

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Tre Arrow reached a non-cooperation plea agreement

28-05-2008 22:20

American eco-activist, Tre Arrow, has reached a non-cooperation plea agreement with the authorities concerning the ELF charges against him. Below is a statement which his support campaign has circulated.

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Update on Austrian activists in prison

28-05-2008 20:03

In the meantime all 10 animal rights activists have been remanded to pre-trial detention without the possibility of bail. Nine of them are in the jail in Wiener Neustadt (right next to the courthouse Wiener Neustadt). One person is still in jail in Innsbruck – rumors about a possible transfer to Wiener Neustadt have not been verifiable up to this point. The next evaluation of the detention will probably take place in two weeks; at this time the only thing that will be decided on is whether the current detention will continue or whether the prisoners will be released.

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Fur shops & foie gras supplier targeted

28-05-2008 17:14

FIVE FUR SHOPS CLOSED WITHIN A YEAR (Sweden)
FUR INDUSTRY UNDER ATTACK AS NEVER BEFORE (Norway)
FOIE GRAS SUPPLIER VANS PAINTED (UK)

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Day of Action on Food & Climate Change 3rd June

28-05-2008 13:35

Join activists around the country on the 3rd June in promoting local, organic, plant-based food. The food we eat contributes up to a third of the emissions poisoning the planet. It's time for a detox! Events are planned all over the country with film nights, free vegan food stalls, community gardening, banner drops, demos & a few surprises.

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Re: Sean Kirtley - Animal Rights Prisoner

27-05-2008 15:44

This article is to inform supporters of Sean Kirtley that, he will not be sentenced on Friday.

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Midsummer Common Cows Protest – Go Veg!

26-05-2008 22:12

Protest held on the Saturday 24th May 08.

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Austrian activists in prison

26-05-2008 20:39

Subject: EVANA Newsletter May 2008: Austrian activists in prison

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Time For Action 4 - SHAC Need Your Footage + Trailer

25-05-2008 16:44

This movie is about a global struggle against HLS, and we need YOUR global contributions to help us put together Time for Action 4. Since the last movie, we have seen hundreds of demos across the globe and would love to hear from you if you've documented your protests.

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Solidarity for imprisoned anti-fur activists in Austria

24-05-2008 22:55

Berlin, GERMANY
In response to the Viennese armed "elite" police force (WEGA) storming a total of 23 apartments, houses & offices to arrest and imprison anti-Kleider Bauer activists in Vienna, Lower Austria, Styria and Tirol on May 21st 2008, solidarity demonstrations have taken place in; Vienna, Wiener Neustadt, Graz, Bregenz, Hamburg, Berlin, Stockholm, Munich & Salzburg.

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Support Sean in court - Fri 30th May

24-05-2008 19:45

Please support Sean Kirtley when he is sentenced - Coventry Crown Court, Friday 30th May, 10am

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Activists arrested for robbery of a chicken from sun valley have case dropped

23-05-2008 21:47

Two activists that where arrested in connection with the theft of a live chicken from the Sun Valley Foods slaughterhouse in Hereford were today told the police would be taking no further action against them.

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Direct Action, Liberation & Solidarity for Political Prisoners

23-05-2008 19:55

21st-23rd May

CALF RESCUED FROM PADDOCK OF HORRORS (New Zealand)
TWO TARGETS HIT IN PARIS (France)
FUR SHOP PAINTED IN SOLIDARITY WITH IMPRISONED ACTIVISTS (Mexico)
80 HENS AND ONE ROOSTER LIBERATED (Sweden)

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Wave of Repression against Activists in Austria

23-05-2008 19:29

(Austria) – Around 7:00 am on Wednesday May 21 members of the Viennese elite police force (WEGA) stormed several apartments in Vienna. Some of the residents were woken up in their beds with guns drawn on them. A total of twenty-three (23) apartments, houses and offices were searches in Vienna, Lower Austria, Styria and Tirol.

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Posters down at Jolly's circus

23-05-2008 16:18

We are appalled that an animal circus has come to our village near York.

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Nottingham & Lincoln Animal Rights Joint Day of Action Against P&G

22-05-2008 18:26

Nottingham and Lincoln Animal Rights joined forces as part of the national day of action (May 17th) against Procter and Gamble, as co-ordinated by Uncaged Campaigns. Procter and Gamble continue to test on thousands of animals in cruel and unusual experiments.
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