Damages at Colorado State University Equine Research lab estimated at $12 million, cause is “undetermined”. As reported on Animal Liberation Frontline over the summer, a mysterious fire broke out overnight on July 26th at one of the country’s premier horse genetics labs in Colorado, completely destroying the facility. The “Equine Reproduction Laboratory” at Colorado State University did research to benefit the horse racing and horse breeding industries. While investigators usually release the cause of the fire within days, there was no word on a cause of the CSU fire for six months. Finally, this month...

In a strange development, a rabbit rescue is forced to return 17 rabbits liberated from a Portland butchery school. Overnight on January 8th, news broke on the “Portland Meat Collective” websitethat somewhere between 18 and 23 rabbits had disappeared from the backyard of one of their “instructors” the day before they were to be killed as part of a “how to” self-butchery class. Nearly a week passed without any further news or claim of responsibility. Then, in a tragic development Friday, January 13th, news came that the rabbits had been located and returned to the school to be killed. The story so...

Major arson attack at a California feedlot. Update, 1-11-12 @ 10.50am: The original post mistakenly credited this action to the Animal Liberation Front. In fact the ALF did not take credit for the fire. This action was claimed by anonymous activists who chose to not claim the arson under any title. There could be serious reasons for such decisions, and it is important these actions are represented with accuracy. – Peter Young In an anonymous statement sent to the Animal Liberation Press Office, anonymous animal rights activists took credit for setting fire to 14 trucks at Harris Ranch, one of the country’s largest feedlots,...