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The FBI also said that ALF supporters damaged two new homes under construction near Ann Arbor, Michigan in March 2003. The FBI further accused the ALF of damaging around 120 SUVs in West Covina, California, in the same year.įrom 1990 until 2015, Franz Weber Foundation (FFW) managed the Fazao-Malfakassa National Park in Togo, which was, according to an in-depth investigation by Duke University, ‘established by forcing the local communities off their land and without taking into consideration their point of view’. The same FBI report specifically pointed the finger of blame at the ALF network for committing arson at a large condominium complex that was under construction near La Jolla, California, which caused an estimated USD50 millions worth of damage. According to the FBI, in 2003, people and groups closely allied to and or members of ALF detonated improvised explosive devices at the premises of two northern California companies, which were targeted as a consequence of their business links to the UK firm Huntingdon Life Sciences. The evidence that ALF supports domestic terrorism is convincing.

To take all necessary precautions against hurting any animal, human and nonhuman.

To reveal the horror and atrocities committed against animals behind locked doors by performing nonviolent direct actions and liberations.

To inflict economic damage to those who profit from the misery and exploitation of animals.

and place them in good homes where they may live out their natural lives free from suffering. fur farms, laboratories, factory farms, etc.

To liberate animals from places of abuse, i.e.

ALF’s network of extremists emerged in the UK during the 1970s out of an equally fanatical group known as the Bands of Mercy, which was closely linked to the Hunt Saboteurs Association. Given that the ALF initiates and celebrates illegal, sometimes violent, activities, it has no centralised structure or transparent chain of command.Īny person or group can lay claim to being part of the ALF network, so long as they swear allegiance to a set of guidelines: It is composed of groups which use different names, including Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and Animal Liberation Brigade, for example. But it poses a threat to all those people and organisations that support the sustainable use of wildlife for the benefit of humanity.ĪLF is a loose global network of animal rights extremists who are best described as ecoterrorists.

Animal Liberation Front (ALF) has no involvement with CITES.