[Gold Coast News - goldcoast.com.au] http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-australias-wildlife-slaughter.html -- The petition calls for a radical change in the so-called "scientific" attitude to wild animals, which considers them to be essentially without feeling and material for experimentation, destruction, etc. It also calls for an immediate stop to Australia's "culling" and shooting of its wildlife which is at a record level. - April 2009 The Much-Abused Chicken is Pecking Back
- Feb 2010 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. 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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