[frontline-news] UNDERGROUND DIRECT ACTION TOTALS FOR 2002
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UNDERGROUND DIRECT ACTION TOTALS FOR 2002
[Note: This Report was compiled by the North American Animal Liberation
Front Press Office <alfpress at resist.ca>]
There were 100 illegal direct actions taken in North America in 2002, a
30% decrease from 2001. Animal liberation actions comprised just under
50%, or 48 actions, while 53 actions were committed for a combination of
Earth liberation, anti-GMO, anti-SUV, anti-development and other reasons.
(One action was claimed for both animal and anti-GMO reasons, thus the
incongruity of the totals.)
(Earth liberation actions include those taken against forest destruction,
new developments, SUVs, gmo crops and research, police and military,
globalization, and other reasons.)
The Animal Liberation Front took action on 18 occasions, approx. half as
many which occurred in 2001. The Earth Liberation Front took action on 13
occasions, well less than half as many as the previous year. The ALF and
ELF claimed joint responsibility on 4 occasions, up 1 from 2001.
Below are brief summaries of Animal Liberation and Earth Liberation
actions, followed by a breakdown of the numbers. Following that are the
detailed listings of all actions taken in 2002.
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ANIMAL LIBERATION ACTIONS 2002
The total illegal direct actions taken for animal liberation that occurred
in 2002 were 48, down from 72 in 2001, a 33.3% decrease. March was the
busiest month with 9 actions while February and December each had only 1.
There were 44 actions in the US, in 13 states, 2 in Canada, in 2
provinces, and 2 in cyberspace. New York and California were the most
active states, with 11 and 10 actions respectively, followed by
Pennsylvania.
Acts of property destruction occurred in 35 of the 48 actions (73%)
including three fires set, down from 4 set in 2001. There were 8 animal
release actions and 2 animal rescues, one less than the previous year's
total of 11 animal release/rescue actions.
The Animal Liberation Front claimed credit for 21 of the 48 actions, or
44%, including 3 actions jointly claimed with the Earth Liberation Front.
15 actions (31%) were claimed by anonymous and unaligned activists, a
drastic increase from 2002, while 7 actions went unclaimed.
The campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences dominated the issues with 17
actions taken against HLS and their affiliated corporations. Marsh
received the most attention with 9 actions, likely directly leading to
Marsh's decision to divest itself of HLS on Dec. 18, 2002.
The fur industry was targeted in 13 actions, while dairy and meat issues
received 6 actions each. Hunting/trapping/fishing, pets, and circuses were
issues also focussed on.
7 actions were taken against fast food outlets, and over 1500 animals were
given a chance at freedom.
Total Actions 48
Monthly Totals
January 05
February 01
March 09
April 03
May 03
June 05
July 05
August 04
September 07
October 03
November 02
December 01
States/Provinces
CA 10
DC 01
HI 01
IA 02
IL 03
IN 02
MA 01
NJ 01
NY 11
PA 06
TX 04
VA 01
WA 01
cyberspace 02
ONT 01
PEI 01
Claims of Responsibility
Activists Working For Animal Rights 01
Animal Liberation Front 16
ALF and Earth Liberation Front joint claim 03
ALF - Frank Tasco Commando Division 01
ALF - Special Operations: HLS 01
Anonymous Activists 15
Earth Liberation Front 01
The Frogs 02
Provisional HLS Campaign 01
Unclaimed 07
Target Totals
Issues
vivisection 17
fur industry 13
dairy 06
meat 06
hunting/fishing 03
pets 02
circus 01
Fastfood Outlets Targeted
McDonalds 03
Burger King 02
Dairy Queen 01
Starbucks 01
Huntingdon Life Sciences Targets
Marsh 09
HLS 03
Stephens 02
CBC USA 01
Medical Diagnostic 01
Quilcap 01
Tactics Used
Vandalism 28
Animal Release 08
Food Tampering 04
Document Theft 03
Fire 03
- Cavel, March 31, $2 million damages
- Sims Poultry, May 03
- Mindek Mink Farm, Nov. 26
Animal Liberation 02
Smoke Bombs 01
Animals Released and Liberated
1450+ mink
40+ fox
16 frogs
5 minnows
3 crayfish
3 ducklings
1 dog
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EARTH LIBERATION ACTIONS 2002
The total direct actions for Earth liberation that occurred in 2002 were 53,
down from 65 in 2001, an 18% decrease. January was by far the busiest
month with 10 actions recorded.
There were 49 actions in the US, in 16 different states, and 4 in Canada,
in 2 provinces. Oregon was the most active state with 10 actions recorded,
followed by Virginia with 7. California had 6 and Pennsylvania recorded 5.
Fire was used on 20 actions, or 38% of all actions, a 33% increase in
relative usage from 2001 when fire was used only 25% of the time.
The Earth Liberation Front claimed credit for 14 of the 53 actions, or
26%, including 1 action jointly claimed with the Animal Liberation Front.
60% of all Earth liberation actions went unclaimed.
New developments dominated the issues focussed on with 13 actions taken
against various new homes and building projects. Forest issues accounted
for 10 actions while cars and SUVs took 8. 91 vehicles were targeted.
GMO crops and research and police, government and military sites were
targeted on 6 occasions each, powerlines in Oregon on 5 occasions, while
golfing, education, the olympics, corporate globalization and sexism each
accounted for 1 action each.
Total Actions 53
Monthly Totals
January 10
February 02
March 02
April 05
May 02
June 05
July 06
August 04
September 06
October 06
November 01
December 04
States/Provinces
AZ 01
CA 06
CO 02
IN 01
KY 01
MA 02
ME 01
MI 01
MN 04
MT 01
OR 10
PA 05
TX 01
UT 02
VA 07
WA 04
BC 03
ONT 01
Claims of Responsibility
Animal Liberation Front 01
ALF and Earth Liberation Front joint claim 01
Anonymous Activists 02
Anonymous Anarchists 02
Earth Liberation Front 12
Pacific ELF 01
The Frogs 01
Nighttime Gardeners 01
Unclaimed 32
Target Totals
Issues
development 13
forest/environment related 10
cars & SUVs 08
GMO 06
police & government 06
powerlines 05
corporate 01
education 01
golf 01
olympics 01
sexism 01
Tactics Used
Vandalism 23
Fire 20
- Rocky Mtn. Park kiosk, Jan. 01, $600,000 damages
- new homes, Jan. 03, $500,000 damages
- U. of MN, Jan. 26, $630,000 damages
- Springfield Country Club, Jan. 28
- Liberal government, Feb. 21
- North Bay Ford, March 21, $135,000 damages
- Wintergreen Gorge generators, pumps, March 24, $500,000
- Pacific Lincoln, April 01, $40,000 damages
- RCMP parkade, April 20, $1.5 million damages
- new home, May 27
- new home, June 27, $725,000 damages
- new townhouses, June 30, $1 million damages
- construction site, July 19, $1500 damages
- USDA research station, Aug. 11, $735,000 damages
- new home, Aug. 16, $200,000 damages
- police car, Aug. 26
- military vehicles, Oct. 14
- St. Paul Police Dept., Oct. 15
- high school, Oct. 15
- Timber West log unloader, Dec. 18
Monkeywrenching 11
Crop Destruction 02
Explosives 02
- UT Power Substation, Feb. 24
- Starbucks, July 06
Attempted Fire 01
- mall development, Sept. 21
Tree Spiking 01
Warning Letters 01
Vehicles Targeted
SUVs 57
cars 31
pick-up trucks 03
Crops Targeted
corn
strawberry
wheat
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2002 Animal Liberation Action List
Jan. 01
McAllen, TX
Dairy Queen
minor damage
Claimed by The Frogs
Jan. 03
New York, NY
Stephens Inc. (Warren Stephens)
Warren Stephens' home painted, porch lights and windows
smashed
Claimed by ALF
Jan. 05
Lake James, Edinburg, TX
fishing trap
3 crayfish, 5 minnows released
Claimed by The Frogs
Jan. 07
US
Stephens Inc.
Warren Stephens' credit card maxed out
Claimed by ALF
Jan. 13
Jewell, IA
fur industry
documents taken from pelt-processing plant
Unclaimed
Feb. 04
New York, NY
Quilcap (Parker Quilen)
windows smashed and paint thrown on apartment building
Claimed by anonymous activists
March
Wyoming, Livingston Conties, NY
Western NY dairy farms
4 milk contamination actions, 8 in Wyoming County since
Jan. 2001, 12 in
past two years, $50,000 damages
Unclaimed
**counted as four actions in March
early March
Travellers Rest, PEI
Walter Simmons' fox farm
40 fox released
Claimed by Activists Working For Animal Rights
March 05
San Antonio, TX
Marsh Inc.
locks glued, windows and doors stickered
Claimed by anonymous activists
March 25
Kenilworth, IL
Marsh (Thomas Wiegand)
executive's home spray-painted, front covered in red paint,
windows
smashed
Claimed by anonymous activists
March 31
Dekalb, IL
Cavel International
horse slaughter plant torched, $2 million damages
Unclaimed - undetermined cause
March 31
Indianapolis, IN
Heavenly Hams
2 stores and office paint-bombed
Claimed by ALF
April 04
North Brunswick, NJ
McDonalds, Burger King
locks jammed
Claimed by anonymous activists
April 11
San Jose, CA
Starbucks
walls spray-painted with anti-dairy and anti-GMO slogans
Claimed by ALF
April 18
cyberspace
HLS
34,640 telephone calls made remotely from HLS-dumpstered
computers in a
four day period
Claimed by Provisional HLS Campaign Internet Division
May 03
Bloomington, IN
Sims Poultry
refrigerated truck torched
Claimed by ALF
May 12
Harbor Creek, PA
Mindek mink farm
200 mink released
Claimed by ALF and ELF
May 13
Colton, CA
Maple Leaf Farms
3 ducklings rescued in daylight raid
Claimed by anonymous activists
June
Erie, PA
Lawrence Dana Fox Ranch
unknown number (entire breeding stock) foxes released
Claimed by ALF
June 07
Lake Forest, IL
Marsh (James Meathe)
Midwest Regional Director's house painted red, windows
smashed
Claimed by ALF, Special Operations: HLS
June 11
San Jose, CA
Marsh (Andrew Hauser)
home spray-painted
Claimed by anonymous activists
June 15
Boston, MA
Marsh (Rob Harper)
employee's house painted red
Claimed by ALF
June 23
Davis, CA
Marsh (Dard Hunter)
house spray-painted
Claimed by anonymous activists
July 09
State College, PA
Mr. Charles Dress Shop
windows smashed, $500 damages
Claimed by ALF
July 10
State College, PA
Mr. Charles Dress Shop
red paint thrown on store, $400
Claimed by ALF
July 10
Seattle, WA
Marsh
smoke bombs set off during the morning at two seperate
highrise office
towers on floors where Marsh has offices
Unclaimed
July 29
Fresno, CA
private home
dog liberated from backyard
Claimed by anonymous activists
July 29
Jericho, NY
Marsh (Frank Tasco)
PGA Lightpath Classic golf course vandalised, 4 greens and
4 holes dug up
Claimed by Frank Tasco Commando Division of ALF
Aug. 18
Waverly, IA
Misty Moonlight (Nick Demuth) Mink Ranch
1200 mink released, "thousands of dollars" in damages
Claimed by ALF
Aug. 29
Washington, DC
circus/PeTA
PeTA anti-circus elephant has "ALF" carved into it
Claimed by ALF
Aug. 30
Los Angeles, CA
Medical Diagnostic Management (Rodney Armstead)
executive with ties to HLS had windows smashed
Claimed by anonymous activists
Aug. 30
Torrance, CA
CBC USA (HLS-related)
locks glued, windows and walls spray-painted, window
smashed
Claimed by anonymous activists
Sept.
Harbor Creek, PA
Mindek mink farm
50+ mink released
Claimed by ALF and ELF
Sept.
Gerry, NY
Main Mink Ranch
dozens breeding mink released, breeding cards destroyed
Claimed by ALF
Sept. 01
Farmers Branch, TX
HLS (Dean Rodwell)
senior scientist's driveway and van covered with red paint
Claimed by ALF
Sept. 11
Los Angeles, CA
Woodland Hills Furrier
front window smashed
Claimed by anonymous activists
Sept. 19
Manhassett, NY
Marsh (Frank Tasco)
senior executive's home spray-painted and painted red
Claimed by ALF
Sept. 28
Richmond, VA
McDonalds, Burger King
25 windows etched at 1 Burger King and 13 windows etched at
each of 2
McDonalds
Claimed by ELF
Sept. 30
Honolulu, HI
pet store
16 frogs liberated and released
Claimed by ALF
Oct. 02
New York, NY
Lucky Brand Dungarees
2 windows smashed
Claimed by anonymous activists
Oct. 06
San Jose, CA
California Maison condos
animal traps set to catch feral pigs destroyed
Claimed by anonymous activists
week of Oct. 13
San Jose, CA
California Maison condos
animal traps set to catch feral pigs destroyed a second
time
Claimed by anonymous activists
Nov. 06
Scarsdale, NY
HLS (Mark Bibi)
HLS financial advisor home and vehicles damaged
Claimed by ALF
Nov. 26
Harbor Creek, PA
Mindek mink farm
mink barn torched
Claimed by ALF and ELF
Dec. 16
Sudbury, ON
fur store
fur store locks glued, spray painted
Claimed by anonymous activists
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2002 Earth Liberation Action List
Winter 2001/2002
Ward Valley, CA
meteorological monitoring station
shed and equipment vandalised
Unclaimed
early Jan.
Manteca, CA
Plant Sciences Inc.
GE strawberries salted, GE wheat uprooted
Claimed by Nighttime Gardeners
early Jan.
Fairfield, ME
new biotech facility/Jackson Labs
construction equipment (excavator and roller)
monkeywrenched
Claimed by ALF and ELF
Jan.
Houghton, MI
Michigan Tech University, U.J. Noblet Forestry Building
graffiti painted on murals, paintings stolen or damaged on
two seperate
dates
Unclaimed
Jan. 01
Bear Lake, CO
Rocky Mountain National Park
fire set at information kiosk, $600,000 damages
Unclaimed
Jan. 03
Kirkland, WA
new homes, development
fires set, 2 homes under construction burned down, 2 others
damaged, over
$500,000 damages
Unclaimed
Jan. 06
Edinburg, TX
development site
rebar spikes driven into ground
Claimed by The Frogs
Jan. 26
St. Paul, MN
University of Minnesota Microbial and Plant Genomics
Research Center
soil-testing lab and construction trailer burned down,
construction
equipment, including a bulldozer damaged, $630,000 damages
Claimed by ELF
Jan. 27
Lakeville, MN
Target
over 10 construction machines monkeywrenched
Claimed by anonymous anarchists
Jan. 28
Springfield, OR
Springfield Country Club
140 golf carts burned
Unclaimed
Feb. 21
Vancouver, BC
Liberal government
Premiere's office firebombed, minimal damage
Unclaimed
Feb. 24
Salt Lake City, UT
Winter Olympics
Utah Power substation damaged by explosion, minimal damage
Unclaimed
March 21
Santa Cruz, CA
North Bay Ford Lincoln Mercury
office, 3 pick-up trucks and 2 SUVs torched, $135,000
damages
Unclaimed
March 24
Erie, PA
hundreds of trees spiked in Wintergreen Gorge, crane,
generators and
pumps torched, other equipment monkeywrenched, $500,000
damages
Claimed by ELF
April 01
Seattle, WA
Pacific Lincoln-Mercury-Nissan used car lot
office torched, 13 cars spray-painted and heat-damaged,
$40,000 damages
Unclaimed
April 11
San Jose, CA
Starbucks
walls spray-painted with anti-dairy and anti-GMO slogans
Claimed by ALF
April 20
Victoria, BC
RCMP headquarters
fire set in underground parkade, $1.5 million damages
Unclaimed
April 28
West Jordan, UT
wetlands rehabilitation project
10 pieces construction equipment monkeywrenched, $50,000
damages
Claimed by ELF
Spring
Willamette National Forest, OR
Roseburg Forest Products/Scott Timber
dozens of trees spiked in Salmon Creek and Salt Creek
watersheds
Claimed by anonymous activists on Aug. 09
May 24
Cougar Dam (E. of Eugene, OR)
Bonneville Power Administration
80 transmission line insulators discovered shot out, $6000
damages
Unclaimed
May 27
Seattle, WA
high-density development
home torched
Unclaimed
June 03
Cougar Dam (E. of Eugene, OR)
Bonneville Power Administration
more transmission line insulators discovered shot out
Unclaimed
June 06
Oakridge, OR
Bonneville Power Administration
more transmission line insulators discovered shot out
Unclaimed
June 27
Lake Monroe, IN
Pedigo Bay Estates development
developer's new home torched
Unclaimed
June 30
Ottawa, ON
new development site
6 new townhouses torched, $1 million damages
Unclaimed
early Summer
Bitterroot National Forest, MT
U.S. Forest Service, Northern Region Office
logging equipment monkeywrenched, warning letter sent
Claimed by ELF
July 06
Eugene, OR
Starbucks
explosive device set off, minor damages
Unclaimed
July 08
Louisville, KY
Wal-Mart
construction equipment monkeywrenched, tires slashed, 4
windows smashed,
slogans spray-painted
Claimed by ELF
July 11
Richmond, VA
SUVs
7 SUVs damaged, tires slashed
Unclaimed
July 18
State College, PA
Hooters
windows smashed
Claimed by ELF
July 19
Tucson, AZ
construction site
fire set, $1500 damages
Claimed by ELF
July 30
Oakridge, OR
Bonneville Power Administration
more transmission line insulators discovered shot out, 2
hour power
outage, small grass fire
Unclaimed
Aug. 03
Oakridge, OR
Bonneville Power Administration
16 more transmission line insulators discovered shot out,
$40,000 total
damages
Unclaimed
Aug. 11
Irvine, PA
USDA Forest Service
Northeast Research Station laboratory torched, $735,000
damages, 70 years
of research lost
Claimed by Pacific ELF
Aug. 16
Seattle, WA
high-density development
home torched, $200,000 damages
Unclaimed
Aug. 26
Hastings, MN
Dakota County Sheriffs Dept.
police car torched
Unclaimed
early Sept.
Goochland County, VA
development site
house and equipment damaged, approx. $3000 damages, burnt
U.S. flag left
behind
Unclaimed
Sept. 21
Henrico County, VA
Short Pump Town Center mall development
attempted fire on crane, loader monkeywrenched
Unclaimed
Fall
Goochland and Powhatan Counties, VA
State Route 288
construction equipment monkeywrenched on numerous dates,
cutting hydraulic
lines, engine wires, and pouring substances into fuel tanks
Unclaimed
Fall
PA
GMO crops
2 GMO corn crops destroyed
Claimed by ELF
Sept. 25
Denver, CO
Denver Water Board
warning letter sent re: Winter Green underground water
tanks re: dog-sled
operation blocking public access to surrounding land
Claimed by ELF
Sept. 28
Richmond, VA
Universal Ford
25 SUVs damaged with glass-etching cream (250 pieces of
glass), $100,000
damages
Claimed by ELF
Oct.
Eugene, OR
gravel pit
machinery monkeywrenched
Unclaimed
Oct. 06
Richmond, VA
SUVs
2 SUVs damaged with an ax, $15,000 damages
Claimed by ELF
Oct. 07
Portland, OR
state capitol building
anti-war graffiti spray painted
Claimed by Anonymous Anarchists
Oct. 14
San Jose, CA
U.S. Military Recruiting Center
vandalism and 2 vehicles torched
Claimed by anonymous activists
Oct. 15
St. Paul, MN
St. Paul Police Department
6 cars torched, 5 totally destroyed, including 1 SUV and 2
police cars
Unclaimed
Oct. 15
San Jose, CA
Independence High School
fire set
Unclaimed
Nov. 17
Richmond, VA
SUVs
13 vehicles (4 SUVs) tires slashed
Unclaimed
Dec. 18
Campbell River, BC
Timber West
log unloader torched
Unclaimed
Dec. 23
Boston, MA
SUVs
8 SUVs spray painted
Unclaimed
Dec. 24
Boston, MA
SUVs
8 SUVs spray painted
Unclaimed
Dec. 28
Philadelphia, PA
luxury housing development site
equipment and houses damaged
Claimed by ELF ("Sally and Peter")
*** End 2002 Direct Action Report ***
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