October 15, 2007 -- 102 Hens Liberated

The Swedish ALF liberated 102 hens on the 10th of October. The farm that was hit, Aniagra, outside Helsingborg, was struck a few months ago.

Swedish communique:
"Den 10 oktober slog vi till mot Aniagra utanför Helsingborg. Hönseriet har flera gånger varit mål för djurrättsaktioner, senast i juli räddades 128 hönor. I nattens aktion räddades 102 hönor och innan aktivisterna lämnade Aniagra sprayades flera budskap över väggarna.

En av aktivisterna uttalar sig såhär om upplevelsen på Aniagra:

- Jag fick en chock när jag kom in genom dörren, jag har bara sett bilder från hönserier tidigare. Husen bestod av långa bursystem i tre våningar och gångarna kändes oändliga. I varje bur trängdes flera hönor och kämpade för sina liv, stressade av den fruktansvärda livssituationen. Försök själv att sätta dig in i hönans situation. Ett desperat liv i en liten bur med nätgolv, dag ut och dag in, från födsel till död.

Varje år föds cirka tio miljoner kycklingar i den svenska äggindustrin. Hälften av dessa är tuppar som sorteras ut vid födseln och därefter mals ner levande i stora köttkvarnar. Övriga är hönor som hamnar på hönserier där de lever i ett och ett halvt år innan de anses förbrukade och slaktas. Under sina korta liv upplever de inget annat än galler, damm och konstgjort ljus.

Aktivisten fortsätter:

- I natt förändrades livet för hundra av hönorna som nu för första gången kommer få se solljus och känna gräs under fötterna, de vi tvingades lämna kvar kommer aldrig få uppleva det. Säg mig, när fick människan rätten att leka allsmäktig på det sättet? Äggindustrin är slaveri.

För Aniagra är förlusten relativt liten, 102 hönor kostar inte mycket pengar men i våra ögon är deras liv ovärderliga. De befriade hönorna omplaceras nu i nya hem där de aldrig kommer att exploateras, vanvårdas eller ignoreras igen utan ses som de vackra, fria djur de är och förtjänar att vara.

Sist hönor räddades från Aniagra vägrade ägarna uttala sig om aktionen eller om djurens öde. Nu frågar vi dem:

- Med vilken rätt gör ni så här mot djuren? Hur hade ni trivts i burarna?

Tills alla djur är fria!
- DBF"

October 10, 2007 -- 800 Mink Free

reported anonymously:

"In Hemingsbo just outside Falun (Sweden), the last fur farm in the region Dalarna is located. A farm with small cages and a standing example how the animal welfare laws are constantly ignored. Since 1988 the mink have been guaranteed to behave naturally. But after the politicians betrayal last year about a ban on fur farms there are still 1,5 million mink behind bars. On the night to tuesday around 800 mink finally got to taste freedom when the cages was opened. The slogan 'Fur farm ban introduced' was sprayed on a roof of a shed at the farm. From October 9th 2007 there is a fur farm ban in Dalarna introduced by the only ones the animals can have confidence in - DBF (ALF). With bolt cutters and crow bars we make sure it remains. Always for the animals - DBF"

Swedish communique:
"I Hemingsbo strax utanför Falun ligger Dalarnas sista pälsdjursfarm. En farm med små, trånga bur och ett slående exempel på hur djurskyddslagen i Sverige ständigt ignoreras. Sedan 1988 har minkarna i lagen garanterats utlopp för sina naturliga beteenden. Men efter politikernas svek förra året om en avveckling av pälsdjursfarmerna så sitter 1,5 miljoner minkar fortfarande kvar bakom galler. Natten till tisdagen fick omkring 800 minkar äntligen smaka på frihet när burarna öppnades. Slagordet "Pälsförbud infört" sprejades på ett plåttak inne på gården. Från och med den 9 oktober 2007 råder det ett pälsförbud i Dalarnas län infört av de enda som djurens kan sätta sin tilltro till - DBF. Med bultsax och kofot ser vi till att den efterföljs. Alltid för djuren. - DBF"

October 10, 2007 -- Stockholm Fur Shops Attacked with Paint, Tar and Sledgehammer

recent actions reported on djurens befrielsefront.com:

"Oct 7th - Stockholm. Nothing can ever stop the DBF's determination to wipe out the fur shops in Stockholm. The fur shop Lindskog has hired security and installed alarm systems but that didn't stop activists from emptying a spray can on the newly painted facade. The struggle continues! - DBF

Oct 7th - Stockholm. All windows on fur shop Körsnär Agneta Strömgren were destroyed with glass etching fluid. - DBF

Oct 4th - Stockholm. Several litres of tar was poured outside the entrance of fur shop Tapperson Pälsateljé on Vikingagatan after that activists had sprayed the store front. - DBF

Oct 4th - Stockholm. Körsnär Lundmark outside Stockholm town was covered in a black stinking mess and the area was filled with anti-fur slogans. - DBF

Oct 2nd - Stockholm. A lone activist was almost caught by security guards while spraypainting the fur shop Lindskog, but escaped without problems.

Sep 24th - Stockholm. As explained in a claim earlier in the month DBF revisited the fur shop Polar Päls & Skinnindustri to etch all of the armoured glass windows that were not broken during the last action. - DBF

Sep 20th - Göteborg. Cirkus signs torn down in Gothenburg. - the Army of the Monkeys

Sep 19th - Stockholm. Furshop Körsnär L Lundmark AB was etched. - DBF

Sep 11th - Stockholm. Ten litres of red paint was poured all over the store front and entrance of a downtown fur shop. It is now nearly impossible to tell the fur shop apart from the paint shop next to it. - DBF

Sep 10th - Stockholm. After earlier visits from the DBF all windows at the fur shop Körsnär Lindskog had been covered with big wooden boards. The DBF felt sorry for the employees that had to work in the dark and with the help of a big sledge hammer they busted through the boards and windows behind the boards to let the light in once again. All 16 windows was attacked together with their door bell and intercom system. No gratitude from the shop owners is expected, but the minks gratitude will be enough. - DBF

Sep 9th - Stockholm. Furshop Elsons Pälsateljé was glued and painted with slogans. - DBF"

September 17, 2007 -- 1000 Mink Released

Swedish media is reporting that cages were opened at a fur farm in the village of Rya, in Härryda, late Sunday night. 1000 mink escaped. Police report that "DBF" was found painted on a shed ("Djurens Befrielsefront," Swedish ALF).

September 12, 2007 -- Paint Cans Emptied on Fur Shop

action report:

"september 4th 2007 - Stockholm: Two windows on the fur shop Polar Päls & Skinnindustri in Stockholm was smashed with a hammer. We will be back. - DBF

september 5th 2007 - Stockholm: Two spray cans was emptied on the fur shop Lindskog when we painted slogans and glued its locks. Fur is murder. - DBF

september 5th 2007 - Stockholm: Locks were glued and slogans were painted on furrier Ivan Petersson shop in Stockholm. - DBF

Summer 2007 - Stockholm: Several shops have been glued, spray painted and many of their windows have been smashed. - DBF"

July 11, 2007 -- 128 Hens Liberated

anonymous communique received by activists in Sweden:

"During Monday, July 9th, the Swedish record in the liberation of hens was broken. 128 hens were saved from the cages at Aniagra and they will now start their new lives with people that care about them.
They were born without hope, but they have been given new lives and will never again be forced into cages. Animal liberation lives in every animal saved, in every step forward that are secured and in every human that stands up and says: this is it, I had enough of it!

The facility, outside Helsingborg, is the largest in Sweden and keeps 145,000 hens in small cages. Aniangra has been criticized for a long time for keeping hens in illegal cages and the new ones are hardly an improvement from an animal welfare point of view. A stick to sit on, a few plastic pieces forming a so-called nest and a small sandbath don't give the hens a good life. They want to be out in the sun, take a sandbath in freedom and reach out their wings. They have the right to live their lives in freedom, not to be locked inside a cage to be killed when they don't produce enough.

This action was carried out to save the lives of 128 wonderful individuals, but was at the same time a protest against the system and the way we look at animals that allows them to be captive and humiliated for profit.

There might be lots of things that separate us, but the things that we have in common, our ability to feel pain and our will to live our lives in peace gives us a duty to treat all living with respect. The same duty and the same respect forced us to break the law yesterday to save the hens. They would not stand a chance to be freed if it was not for some to break those doors to steal their freedom.

It is very likely the owners have not found out about the burglary in shed 8 yet. Everything in the shed is run automatically: feeding, cleaning and the collecting of the eggs. They are visited every now and then, and according to protocols, several dead hens are always found. During the raid the cages were inspected and lots of dead hens were found.

The egg industry is a mockery to the animal welfare laws and a heavy insult of animal rights. Djurens Befrielsefront (ALF) will never sit still and watch when animals are humiliated in the most disgusting ways. The resistance has begun, the limits are passed.

'It's always right to do what is right'
-Martin Luther King

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Djurens Befrielsefront"

Original Swedish communique:
"De föddes utan hopp, men nu har de fått helt nya liv och kommer aldrig mer att tvingas in i burar. Djurens frigörelse lever i varje djur som räddas, i varje framsteg som säkras och i varje människa som ställer sig upp och säger; det här är gränsen, jag har fått nog!"

Anläggningen, som ligger utanför Helsingborg är den största i Sverige och håller 145000 hönor i små burar. Aniagra har länge kritiserats för att de håller hönorna i olagliga burar, men de nya innebär knappast någon förbättring ur djurskyddssynpunkt. En sittpinne, ett "rede" (några plastbitar som hänger ner) och ett litet sandbad ger inte hönor ett gott liv. De vill kunna vara ute i solen, sandbada i det fria och sträcka på vingarna. De har en rätt att leva hela sina liv i frihet, inte låsas in i en bur för att sedan kasseras när de inte producerar tillräckligt.

Aktionen genomfördes framförallt för att rädda livet på 128 underbara individer men var också en protest mot det system och den djursyn som tillåter att djur hålls instängda och förnedras för ekonomisk vinning.

"Det må vara mycket som skiljer oss åt, men de saker som förenar oss; vår möjlighet att känna smärta och vår vilja att leva våra liv i fred ger oss en skyldighet att behandla allt levande med respekt. Samma skyldighet och samma respekt tvingade oss att bryta mot lagen igår för att rädda hönorna. De hade inte haft en chans att bli fria om det inte vore för att någon bröt upp dörrarna och stal deras frihet."

Troligast är att ägarna ännu inte upptäckt inbrottet i skjul 8 än. Allting i husen styrs per automatik; matning, städning och äggplockning. De besöks då och då, och enligt protokollen hittas ett antal döda hönor varje gång. Under aktionen inspekterades burarna och förutom hackade hönor hittades flera döda.

Äggindustrin är ett hån mot djurskyddslagen och en grov kränkning av djurs rättigheter. Djurens Befrielsefront kommer aldrig att sitta still och se på när djur förnedras på de mest vidriga sätt. Motståndet har börjat, gränsen är dragen.

It's always right to do what is right"
-Martin Luther King

Aktionen genomfördes av Djurens Befrielsefront som består av anonyma aktivister som bryter mot lagen för att rädda liv. Mer information kan du få om du mailar DBFs fristående stödgrupp på dbfsg@hotmail.com eller se www.djurensbefrielsefront.com.

Djurens Befrielsefront"

June 4, 2007 -- Fur Shop Attacked

reported by activists in Sweden:

During the night of May 28, the Mboussis fur studio in the Stockholm suburb of Västertorp was visited by animal activists. Glue was put into all the locks, and all the windows were either etched or smashed with hammers.

Swedish report:
"Pälsateljé i Västertorp attackerad

Natten till den 28 maj fick Mboussis pälsateljé i stockholmsförorten Västertorp besök av djurrättsaktivister. Lim sprutades in i samtliga lås och alla glasrutor förstördes. Två skyltfönster etsades med budskap och två rutor krossades med hammare.

DBF"

May 27, 2007  Action Reports

reported by activists in Sweden:

"May 9 - Fur shop targeted for the third time in a month in Stockholm. All the windows were destroyed with etching fluid. The store front was spraypainted and all the signs were smashed with a hammer. - DBF

May 14 - Locks to another fur store in Stockholm were glued and 20 litres of tar was poured down the stairs to the entrance. - DBF

May 18 - 14 rabbits liberated and released from a meatfarm in Knivsta outside of Stockholm.
- Three people are held as suspects for the action after being caught by police near the farm.

May 22 - A local newspaper reported that 30 hens were liberated from a battery farm in Scania, South of Sweden on May 22. 15 000 eggs were also smashed and slogans and red paint covered the walls and machinery when workers came the morning after.

May 23 - Circus posters torn down in Stockholm. - DBF STHLM"

Activists in Sweden report that 300 mink have been released from a fur farm in Eksjö. The same area has been hit 4 times now in less than six months.

April 25, 2007  Diary of Actions

reported by activists in Sweden:

"19 april 2007 - Malmö; Furriers main entrance at his home is redecorated with paint. - DBF

17 april 2007 - Skene; 200 circus posters destroyed. - DBF

16 april 2007 - Stockholm; Furshop Korsnar Lindskog gets all 10 windows etched with glass etching fluid and the sign and house walls are sprayed. - DBF

13 april 2007 - Goteborg; Andreassonsfur shop have locks glued. - DBF

12 april 2007 - Goteborg; The owner to Nicolaous fur shop gets a homevisit and windows are etched. - DBF

10 april 2007 - Goteborg; Nicolaos furshop gets 3 windows destroyed with glass etching fluid. - DBF

7 april 2007 - Malmo; The main entrance of a furriers home is decorated with red paint.

2 april 2007 - Stockholm; A bottle of red spraypaint is emptied on Alsons fur shop and all locks are glued. A few days later an attempt to smash the windows was made unsuccessful, but the windows got marks from it.

14 march 2007 - Alingsås; Vikaryds meatshop got slogans sprayed, locks glued and a window smashed. - DBF

januari 2007 - Boras; Schedvins fur shop have a window smashed - DBF"

March 9, 2007. No letup in attacks on fur industry.

reported by activists in Sweden:

Jan 11, 2007 Window smashed, door etched at fur stores

anonymous report: