December 22, 2007 - UK, FOIE GRAS SUPPLIER HIT
December 21, 2007 - Spain, BARCELONA FUR SHOPS PAINTED
December 20, 2007 - France, ESCADA SHOP GLUED SHUT
December 19, 2007 - Spain, NEW LIFE FOR 87 DUCKS
December 19, 2007 - USA, BRICK SHATTERS FUR STORE WINDOW
December 18, 2007 - Italy, ACTION REPORTS
December 15, 2007 - UK, NEW PRISONER: MEL BROUGHTON
December 14, 2007 - USA, KFC PAINTED
December 13 , 2007 - UK, HUNT VEHICLES VANDALIZED

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December 22, 2007 - UK, FOIE GRAS SUPPLIER HIT

received anonymously:

"A flying visit to Direct Fruit Supplies (DFS) in Leeds led to gate locks and shutters being superglued shut. Spray painted messages were left for all to see.

DFS is a supplier of foie gras to the catering industry, and thanks to their website we have a list of their customers (some who sell this cruel product) and they will be contacted and given details of actions conducted by the Animal Liberation Front that have occurred in defence of ducks and geese that suffer this appalling fate, that is just in case the violent images of ducks being brutalised is not enough for them to think deeply about the companies they support.

Direct Fruit Supplies
Unit 1, Taverners Walk, Sheepscar Grove
Leeds, LS7 1AH
Telephone: 0113 267 0089 | Fax: 0113 230 0605
E Mail:  info@directfruitsupplies.co.uk
www.directfruitsupplies.co.uk"

December 21, 2007 - Spain, BARCELONA FUR SHOPS PAINTED

reported anonymously:
"Four fur shops were painted in Barcelona on the night of December 4. 'Fur is death,' 'Murderers,' '100% Cruelty', 'Animals need their skin', and other slogans were painted on windows, entrances, walls and on the ground around the stores."

Spanish:
"La madrugada del 4 de diciembre se realizaron pintadas en 4 peleterias de Barcelona. 'Piel es muerte', 'Asesinos', '100% Crueldad', 'Los animales necesitan su piel', y otros slogans que fueron pintados en las ventanas, la entrada, paredes y el suelo alrededor de las tiendas."

December 20, 2007 - France, ESCADA SHOP GLUED SHUT

received anonymously:

"Locks were glued at the Escada Shop in Paris found at 53 avenue Montaigne. 75008. This was to avenge the animals they kill for furs.

We will again return,
ALF"

Previous Actions
Spain:  http://www.directaction.info/news_dec04_07.htm
Germany:  http://www.directaction.info/news_nov19b_07.htm
Spain:  http://www.directaction.info/news_oct31_07.htm

Campaign:  http://www.escada-campaign.org

December 19, 2007 - Spain, NEW LIFE FOR 87 DUCKS

anonymous communique, reported by activists in Spain:  http://www.klinamen.org

"On the night of 27 November, 87 ducks were liberated from a farm in Girona. They were going to be killed to make pate with their dead bodies.

If not now, when?
if not you, who?

Come on, there are still thousands of animals waiting to be liberated."

Original Spanish:
"La noche del 27 de Noviembre fueron liberados de una granja, en Girona, 87 patos, los cuales iban a tener una muerte segura, para acabar convertidos en pates.

SI HOY NO, CUÁNDO?
SI TÚ NO, QUIÉN?

Ánimos, miles de animales quedan encerrados por liberar"

December 19, 2007 - USA, BRICK SHATTERS FUR STORE WINDOW

According to Newsday newspaper, a brick shattered the glass front door of Strathmore Furs (433 Hempstead Ave.) in West Hempstead, New York, late on December 18. Reportedly, a note attached to the brick suggested that owner Thomas Szenes close down the store. Mr. Szenes was in the store when the incident took place.

December 18, 2007 - Italy, ACTION REPORTS

reported by activists in Italy:

"November 29 - Parma (Italy)
Local Zoolandia shop gets 2 litres of paint on the entrance and 2 signs
smashed. This shop has been 'on sale' for the last 6 months, but is still
open.

November - Milano (Italy)
Pharmacology University is redecorated with paint bombs, while stones
smashed windows at the entrance. This building, where a lot of animals are
vivisected every day, was raided on april 2006 and has been subject to
numerous direct actions.

Raid:  http://www.directaction.info/news_apr28_06.htm

November - casalecchio Di Reno (Italy)
Tommasini fur shop is paint-bombed for the second time in a few weeks.

November 29 - Italy
A slug breeding farm has been raided! A lot of these little animals have
been carefully taken away and saved.

December 5 - Emilia Romagna (Italy)
'ALA' milk lorry has its tyres slashed.

December 10 - Sassuolo (modena)
Local Zoolandia shop is attacked again: front windows smashed with stones"

Zoolandia are a chain of pet shops in Italy who have been targeted douzens of times this year.
 http://www.directaction.info/news_apr24_07.htm
 http://www.directaction.info/news_mar09_07.htm
 http://www.directaction.info/news_feb18b_07.htm
 http://www.directaction.info/news_jan28d_07.htm

December 15, 2007 - UK, NEW PRISONER: MEL BROUGHTON

Mel Broughton has been remanded in connection with alleged offenses relating to the campaign against the construction of an animal research facility at Oxford University.

Write to him at:

Mel Broughton #TN9138
HMP Woodhill
Tattenhoe Street
Milton Keynes, Bucks MK4 4DA
UNITED KINGDOM

December 14, 2007 - USA, KFC PAINTED

Media has reported that slogans— including "Meat is Murder," "Mess with Animals get Served" and "ALF"— were painted on a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Bremerton, Washington early on December 13. Caulking was also found squirted on windows and doors.

December 13 , 2007 - UK, HUNT VEHICLES VANDALIZED

The BBC has reported that thousands of pounds of damage was caused to vehicles belonging to the Golden Valley hunt in Herefordshire. Tires were slashed and vehicles sprayed with battery acid and red paint.

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/7137553.stm