2001 Year-End Direct Action Report Released by A.L.F. Press Office

The North American A.L.F. Press Office has just released its Year-End Report for 2001. The 46-page report contains the complete lists of all known illegal direct actions taken for animal liberation, as well as for earth liberation, and those taken against genetically modified organisms (GMO) research and genetic engineering (GE) in the past year.

The Report includes a complete statistical and geographical breakdown of last year's direct actions, an analysis of target categories and major actions, as well as comments on the future of illegal direct action post-Sept., and into 2002.

The Report can be downloaded and viewed online at www.tao.ca/~naalfpo/2001_Direct_Action_Report.pdf

A hard copy can be purchased for $10 from the A.L.F. Press Office at the address below.

The following information represents some of the totals for the year of 2001 from actions taken on the frontlines for animal liberation. Please remember that this list is far from complete; it simply represents the actions known by the ALF Press Office. Numerous actions, especially those where only minor property destruction occurred, typically are never reported nor claimed by anyone.

There was a total of 137 illegal direct actions in North America in 2001; 72 of those were for animal liberation, 51 for earth liberation, and 14 against GMO/GE.

The A.L.F. took credit for 35 of those actions, the E.L.F. took credit for 29, and 3 were jointly claimed by both groups.

The following targets were hit by animal liberation activists in 2001:

10 fur stores
8 Stephens Inc. targets
7 Bank of New York offices or facilities
5 research labs
2 Bank of America offices or facilities
4 animal breeders
4 meat stores
3 fur farms
3 McDonalds
3 Dairy Queen
3 Burger King
3 factory farms
2 HLS targets
2 Pizza Hut
1 KFC
1 Wendy's
1 hunting store
1 pet store

1 wild horse facility
1 circus animal train

Damaged property:

approx. 150 windows or glass doors
approx. 11 vehicles and 1 yacht
4 fires were set

Animals rescued or released:

3000 mink
1047 ducks and ducklings
469 chickens
200 horses
62 pigeons
50 geese
44 beagles
28 rabbits
12 perch
10 ferrets
2 hermit crabs
1 snail

More detailed information and analysis is available online at www.tao.ca/~naalfpo/2001_Direct_Action_Report.pdf or write to us via email or postal mail.