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Direct Action; Mexico, Australia, France, USA, Spain & Italy

Liberationists | 05.09.2009 02:06 | SHAC | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Social Struggles | World

27th August - 4th September

WINDOWS SMASHED AT PET STORE (Mexico)
MEAT WHOLESALERS GRAFFITIED (Australia)
TRAPS DESTROYED, SONGBIRDS FREED (France)
TRAPPING WEBSITES MINED FOR DATA (USA)
BURGER KING CLOSES ITS DOORS AFTER F.L.A. ATTACKS (Mexico)
ANTI-BULLFIGHTING SLOGANS PAINTED (Spain)
HARES LIBERATED (Italy)
UNILEVER PRODUCTS SABOTAGED (Mexico)
NOVARTIS PRODUCTS RUINED (Mexico)
MAXMARA SHOP GLUED (Spain)
BULLFIGHTING POSTERS PAINTED (Spain)

WINDOWS SMASHED AT PET STORE (Mexico)

received anonymously (translation):

"Sabotage of a pet store by the FLA in Guadalajara, Mexico

In the early morning hours of September 3 our cell, enraged by the enslavement of innocent animals by selfish anthropocentrism, decided to remove the peace from the lives of those bastards who take pride in living off the suffering and exploitation of others. This time we returned to smash all the windows of an evil site that sells animals and profits off products for domesticated or dominated beings; we also left a message, STOP ANIMAL EXPLOITATION F.L.A. The following morning the exploiters were troubled by this abolitionist attack, but it was not the first time they had been visited.

WE WILL CONTINUE ATTACKING THE DOMINATION OF ANIMALS AND THE EARTH"

>>

MEAT WHOLESALERS GRAFFITIED (Australia)

received anonymously:

"A series of meat and poultry wholesalers were graffitied in an industrial area in Melbourne, Australia.
They were painted with slogans including 'Animals are not machines', 'Factory farms are a living hell', 'Animal Liberation' and 'Meat Stinks'.

They were signed A.L.F."

>>

TRAPS DESTROYED, SONGBIRDS FREED (France)

The hunting and selling of ortolans-- an endangered songbird-- is illegal in France, but the birds continue to be killed and eaten. On August 30, members of the Ligue pour la protection des Oiseaux (League for the Protection of Birds) destroyed more than 200 poacher's traps and set free dozens of birds inside.

links:
- LPO press release:  http://www.lpo.fr/comm/2009/comm2009-08-30.shtml
- Guardian newspaper report:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/31/france-activists-poaching-endangered-ortolan

>>

TRAPPING WEBSITES MINED FOR DATA (USA)

anonymous report:

"Over 3000 GB was reaped from montgomeryfur.com, wasatchwild.com, utahtrappers.org"

>>

BURGER KING CLOSES ITS DOORS AFTER F.L.A. ATTACKS (Mexico)

received anonymously (translation):

"Listing of small animal liberation actions in August:

5 - Fur shop previously attacked was again glued.

8 - Chicken restaurant loses money by not being able to open the business for hours.

10 - Homemade bomb detonated in the windows of a restaurant that sells the corpses of rabbits.

13 - Glued rotisserie stops selling dead animals for several hours.

17 - Gate of the municipal dairy sealed; the following day, police intervened to try to open the business and guard it.

18 - Acid bomb with marbles inside was detonated in the night at the entrance of a KFC as the employees, the manager and the security officer were still inside.

24 - Entrances, shutters and walls of a meat company were stained with red paint.

28 - A Burger King previously attacked by the FLA went bankrupt and stopped selling their products full of pain and suffering.

FLA México"

>>

ANTI-BULLFIGHTING SLOGANS PAINTED (Spain)

reported on Accion Vegana:  http://www.accionvegana.org/

"In the town of Tarazona (Aragon), coinciding with its fiestas patronales, graffiti that was 2 meters high was painted; the word 'murderers' could be clearly read, signed with the initials of the F.L.A. The action was also repeated in the Cascante (Navarre) bullring, which was attacked by the F.L.A. in 2008*.

Until we are all free!"

* http://www.directaction.info/news_dec05_08.htm

>>

HARES LIBERATED (Italy)

reported on finoallafine.info:  http://www.finoallafine.info/

"In the night of August 2, 2009 a hare farm in Manerbio (Brescia - Italy) was attacked by anonymous liberators. A communique states that all the fences surrounding this big farm (described as large as 2-3 football fields) were opened to let the hares run free. More animals are kept in sheds too near the farmer's house and couldn't be released.

The swimming pool of the farmer was filled with red paint and spraypainted slogans left all around it on chairs, tables and a barbecue."

>>

UNILEVER PRODUCTS SABOTAGED (Mexico)

anonymous report:

"August 27:

We punctured 22 Pond's brand creams-- Pond's is owned by Unilever, HLS accomplices-- in various shopping centers in Mexico State. The damages are estimated at over 700 pesos.

HLS will not have refuge in Mexico!

Sabotage the bastards!

ALF México"

>>

NOVARTIS PRODUCTS RUINED (Mexico)

anonymous report (translation):

"On August 26th we entered various shopping centers in different municipalities in Mexico State and discreetly, with a medium-sized needle, perforated 17 tubes of Lamisil cream, a Novartis brand, which can no longer be sold because the cream spills out if you just pick it up to look at it.

This time the damages to this cream tested on animals in Novartis laboratories have been hundreds of pesos; the fight against Novartis continues.

Our words are not lies, we have proved it once again.

Novartis, break with HLS!

ALF México"

>>

MAXMARA SHOP GLUED (Spain)

reported on Accion Vegana:

"Early on Monday the 24th, before it opened for business, the store (Serrano 38) had its four locks sealed with pieces of wire and superglue.

MaxMara is a multinational fashion company, with stores in 105 states.
There is a campaign in Italy to convince the company to stop selling fur. Our action was a gesture of support, as also happened in other cities where stores were stoned and sealed.
In the spanish state there are many MaxMara stores and sub-brands:

▪ alicante, avenida oscar espla, 32
▪ barcelona, paseo de gracia, 23
▪ barcelona, c/escuelas pias, 2
▪ bilbao, gran vìa, 56
▪ granada, calle alhondiga. 3
▪ lerldainnovació, calle major 11-13
▪ madrid, calle serrano. 38
▪ marbella, muelle benabola. 8 puerto banus 29660 marbella – malaga
▪ oviedo, calle marquès de pidal, 9
▪ pamplona, c/felipe corriti, 41 bajo
▪ s.cruz de tenerife, mario boutique parque bulevar local 46, nivel 1 c/puerto escondido,4a
▪ sevilla, plaza nueva, 3
▪ valencia, calle pascual y genis, 18
▪ valladolid, calle hèroes del alcazar de toledo, s-n
▪ vitoria, calle eduardo dato, 20
▪ zaragoza, paseo de la constitución, 21

We will do everything possible so that they stop selling fur, and in support of our Italian comrades.

CVN Madrid"

>>

BULLFIGHTING POSTERS PAINTED (Spain)

reported on Accion Vegana:

"In the town of Tudela (Navarre) during the fiestas patronales, posters advertising bullfights and the running of bulls were crossed out and graffitied; among them the most prominent said 'animal and human liberation', signed by the FLA.

Until we are all free!"

>>

August articles

Global
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/08/436930.html (27th)
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/08/436686.html (22nd)
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/08/436560.html (20th)
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/08/436193.html (13th)
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/08/435672.html (5th)
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/08/435564.html (3rd)

UK
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/08/436662.html (RBS glued shut, 21st)
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/08/436368.html (Barclays targeted, 17th)
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/08/436088.html (HSBC attacked, 12th)

USA: Arson Attack Destroys 22 Luxury Apartment Buildings
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/08/436613.html (21st)

Mexico
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/08/436563.html (Eco-Anarchists Attack, 20th)
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/08/436314.html (ELF Torch Water Truck, 16th)
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/08/435737.html (ELF Sabotages Telmex, 6th)

Austria: Novartis CEO's hunting lodge destroyed
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/08/435773.htmll (7th)

More information
 http://www.animalliberationfront.com

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