received anonymously:

"Leuven (Belgium) - On the early morning of January 29, 25 windows were smashed to pieces and walls were spraypainted with 'ALF'. AVEVE (Farmer's union) sells small animals and has important connections with intensive farming and the meat industry."

February 5 , 2008 -- ALF Revival

Media are reporting an ALF revival in Belgium. The February 2 arson at a research building under renovation at the University of Hasselt was at least the eleventh action in Belgium since early January.

Actions have included:

- In early January, slogans were painted on four butcher shops in the towns of Bilzen and Diepenbeek. "Murder" and other slogans were left behind in red paint.

- Late on January 11, the walls, doors and windows of several butchers in Maaseik were painted.

- One butcher was painted in Houthalen-Helchteren.

- In mid-January, "Fur = Murder" was painted on a store in Sint Niklaas.

- A wall and billboard at a slaughterhouse were painted. The name of the company, Noordvlees Van Gool, was changed to "Moordvlees" (literally, "Murder meat"). The letters "ALF" also painted.

- A clothing store on Leuven's Ladeuzeplein had its facade painted with slogans ("Fur is murder," "ALF").

February 4, 2008 -- Fire Destroys Animal Lab

Media in Belgium has reported that in the early morning hours of February 2, a building was destroyed by fire at the University of Hasselt's Biomedical Research Institute in the town of Diepenbeek. The letters "ALF" were found painted on a nearby building.

video: http://www.tvl.be/nl/nieuws/2008-02-03/brandstichting-alf-op-luc/

photos from TVL (TV Limburg regional television):

January 13, 2008 -- Butcher Shops Spraypainted

anonymous report:

"On January 11, at least 8 butchershops in Limburg (Belgium) were spraypainted with 'meat is murder' and 'killers'".