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Australian Animal Protection Welfare Actions


Protests, Laws, and News stories.

KFC Demo - July 2008
Jamie Oliver Shows the Reality of Chicken Dinner - July 2008
Pound dogs safe from research - June 2008
Death Row Pets - website to educate the people of New South Wales, Australia on the many ways they can take action to reduce the appalling number of unwanted dogs and cats who are killed each year.
Canberra kangaroo cull draws human shields - March 2008
youtube=0HSqXueonk4 Video: "Australia RSPCA approved barn eggs: cruelty exposed"

Animal Justice Fund - March 2008
Two ARAs arrested at hunting expo - Feb 08
Animal Cruelty Hot Line (anonymous) - Jan 08
Protest of the Kangaroo Cull - Jan 08
Whaling Protest - January 2008
From Tasmania - "Because This is Wrong" - November 2007
LTE Regarding Society's Treatment of Animals - November 2007
Court Ruling in Favor of Activist Ralph Hahnheuser - October 2007
Politics in RSPCA in South Australia - August 2007
ARAs Target Conference - July 2007
Australian RSPCA - June 2007
What About Battery Hens Now? - April 2007
Aussies squeeze into human battery cages - February 2007
Investigation into Abuses of Australian Animals - February 2007
Allegation of cruelty sparks raid at piggery - January 2007
Rodeo Cruelty Videos- Australia
Egg Producers Angry - January 2007
Luv-A-Duck Investigation - Dec. 2006
What is broiler poultry farming in Australia?
Labor vows animal cruelty crackdown
Ad campaign says factory farmed pigs are abused - October 2006.
Museling Prot -- April 2006. Naked Museling Protest.
Jamie Yew -- April 2006. Protestor in Brisbane under wraps.
Sheep Exports -- Feb 2006. Egypt bans Australian Sheep Exports.
Alf Santa -- Dec. 2005. Animal Rights Activists Dress as Santa Claus During a Demonstration.


Organizations that support and promote animal welfarism, with some members who do not wish to be associated with the animal liberation front. Four exceptions are listed below (I have deleted the names as I do not have permission to include them). Two more exceptions were received; one was very brief, the other was primarily ad hominems. We'll post all additional comments as we receive them.

Animal-Lib & Animal Liberation & Animal Lib QLD & AL-ACT and
Animal Liberation Victoria, Inc, an abolitionist organization, also supports welfare actions


My name is xxx from ALQ and the views I express here are entirely my own and definitely not those of ALQ.

While I understand where you are coming from with regard to this and you may well be right I would just like to express a dissenting voice. I don't think we should entirely distance ourselves from the ALF. Maybe we should speak out for truth and try to break the wrongful perception that the ALF is a terrorist organisation with no regard for person. I think we should make it clear that we are not the ALF and don't encourage people to act in those ways but that because we have seen the atrocities and brutalities that are committed against animals we find it understandable that some people will use illegal actions to free victims and/or damage property that is used to abuse non-human animals. When the day comes that AL will have to be taken seriously, it may be a good thing that people are prepared to damage property built for sole purpose of inflicting pain or death an animals. As far as I know the ALF has never physically hurt any human or non-human animal. Maybe we should have some solidarity with some more radical elements. When people find out the truth of animal abuse and sympathise with it I find they are generally understanding of the ALF.

Anyway, that is just a devil's advocate blurb. I think it is good to look at all options when deciding whether or not to distance ourselves from the ALF.


I heard that an article was removed from the http://www.animalliberationfront.com/ web site, one about a recent piggery sit-in by Australian activists in South Australia. I know what the individual who contacted you in regards to it (and requested you remove it) said, and I just want to say I don't agree.

I was also at that sit-in, and I personally don't have any problem with it being posted on your web site. I think it is important for activists around the world to know what others are doing; we have so many against us, so many obstacles... it can feel so lonely and frustrating, and getting the word out about what others are doing is, I think, of major importance.

Unlike that person, I'm not contacting you as a representative of any organisation (especially not all Animal Liberation groups in Australia). I just wanted to let you know that that was one individual's view, not indicative of all activists in Australia (probably indicative of only a few, actually, from my experience)).

It gets to me to be negative about a fellow activist (I try not to; putting the cause before personal feelings is vital), but I had to in this instance.


I don't think ALF should delete pages because one person has a problem. That person doesn't ask for opinions of others but gives the wrong idea he does. Most of the activists I have known for many years all believe that the ALF is taking the right actions, but in the south there are no other actions to support except groups that exist. Although these groups claim to model themselves after the philosophy of Mr Peter Singer they promote animal products, which Mr Singer does not. If the news is confused about animal rights, it is not due to links to yor website, but it is due to the inconsistent use of proper terms by "animal liberation" groups who don't want animals to be free or liberated, but instead they fight for animals to be allowed suffer less before they are killed.


Animal rights in Australia is a joke because jokers like xxx talk out of both sides their butt holes. They concern themselves with their image, but not their integrity.

[edited; substantially shortened for clarity and paraphrased] They know nothing about the root causes of their image, and they have knee-jerk reactions to news media reports because they want to suck money from the public's tit.


 
 

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