A.L.F. Liberation At The University Of Iowa

Communique:

The Animal Liberation Front is claiming responsibility for the liberation of 401 animals from the University of Iowa in the early hours of November 14th, 2004. All animals on the third floor of the UI psychology department -- 88 mice and 313 rats -- were removed, examined and treated by a sympathetic veterinarian, and placed in loving homes.

Additionally, two animal labs and three vivisector's offices were entered and all contents relating to animal research were destroyed.

These are:

4th Floor - Spence Labs:
Vivisector Ed Wasserman's lab entered. Dozens of computers and devices used in experiments on live pigeons were destroyed.

Basement - Spence Labs:
Lab of vivisector Mark Blumburg and others entered. Surgical equipment and small animal stereotaxic devices, as well as "shock boxes" and other instruments of torture destroyed.

4th Floor - Seashore Hall
Primate researcher Joshua Rodefer's office entered. Computer discs, hard drives, paperwork and photos showing Rodefer's work confining drug addicted primates in small glass boxes removed. The remaining paperwork detailing his monstrous work addicting primates and rats to narcotics was soaked in acid and the computer destroyed.

1st Floor - Seashore Hall
Primate researcher Amy Poremba's office entered. Computers destroyed, documents removed, and the remainder soaked in acid.

This raid was carried out to halt the barbaric research of the UI Psychology Department's 7 primary animal researchers: Professors Poremba, Freeman, Blumburg, Johnson, Robinson, Rodefer and Wasserman.

This was not thoughtless vandalism but a methodical effort to cripple the UI psychology department's animal research. Only equipment in rooms where animals were confined and tortured were targeted. Only computers belonging to or used in the work of vivisectors were destroyed. Only documents of animal researchers waere doused in acid. The acid a deliberately chosen paper dissolving agent. Our goal is total abolition of all animal exploitation. Achieved in the short term by delivering the 401 animals from UI's chamber of hell. And in the extended term by shutting down the labs through the erasing of research and equipment used in the barbaric practice of vivisection. The entire raid was a careful and deliberate 5-pronged assault on UI's animal research.

Behind the laboratory doors we found drug addicted rats, rats subjected to stress experiments involving loud noise, rats undergoing thirst experiments, unanesthetized rats with protruding surgical staples and oozing wounds, and mice and rats affixed with grotesque head implants. Inside the labs of UI's Psych Department, we found a bloody torture chamber showcasing the cruelest whims of our earth's sickest minds. Professors Freeman, Poremba, Rodefer, Johnson, Robinson, Blumburg, and Wasserman are monsters. Tonight 401 animals are spared their reach.

Our deepest sadness is reserved for the animals on the 4th Floor kept from our arms, those we were unable to save, including hundreds of mice and rats, pigeons, guinea pigs, and 8 primates.

No animals were released into the wild. All 401 were placed in comfortable, loving homes.

We acted as operatives not only of compassion, but good science. Animal research is not only cruel but hazardous -- as data derived from the animal models is not applicable to humans and therefore dangerous.

Our bypassing of UI's sophisticated, key card-access, 4-walled security system (perimeter, elevator, corridor, animal room) should be interpreted as a two-fold message:

1) Our utter seriousness in achieving animal liberation.
2) If you torture animals and we not be stopped from liberating them.

On the ears of these monsters who know only profit and blood, who hide behind unjust laws, our breath has been wasted. Justice for the victims of vivisection will be achieved not by the blows of boycott nor protest -- but of our sledgehammers to laboratory doors.

Let this message be clear to all who victimize the innocent: We're watching. And by axe, drill, or crowbar -- we're coming through your door.

Stop or be stopped.

A.L.F

http://www.animalliberationfront.com/ALFront/Actions-USA/iowabreakin.htm

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[SufferingQuota]

all of you ALF guys are FUCKING BEAUTIFUL

[Shadow510Warrior]

I'm very proud of the people in this video

[moochacho11]

ill piss all over her face

[MasterTheFear]

@TheAntiV You sound smart so you should understand this. Although morals don't exist, it is obviously discrimination for humans to protect one species from suffering (humans) while not protecting others, even though they both have equal capacity to suffer. THAT is the main point. It could be argued that it is not immoral to inflict pain to animals, but to be consistent one must also agree with human suffering in the same way. And since humans don't allow that, theymustremain consistent

[TheAntiV]

@burn435353

If he was the victim he wouldn't be saying anything BECAUSE HE WOULD OF BEEN A FUCKING ANIMAL!!!!

Where has Cohen stated that using inmates as science test subjects is morally correct? Seriously do any of you have any scientific support amongst any academic fields? No. None. Because we can all see this is entirely about childish emotion.

[TheAntiV]

@burn435353

Sorry honey, but in the real world that doesn't work. Emotions can be deceiving. Believing something is amoral being it makes you sad is extremely naive and simple-minded. Do you honestly think an animal, such as a chicken gives a shit about you extending empathy? Or some rodent? Life isn't like what you saw in The Lion King.

[TheAntiV]

@burn435353

LOL!!! Pain is nothing more than an biologically adaptive response. Nothing more and nothing less. Complex emotion and reasoning skills are another thing entirely. So if a lion inflicts pain onto his prey is the lion being immoral? How about our hunter and gatherer ancestors? Were they being evil? Your introducing human made concepts of rights and morals to beings have no comprehension of either. It's pure childish.

[TheAntiV]

@burn435353

Maybe if you haven't noticed you fucking idiot but those are mental illnesses. Animals behave the way they do not because they have a mental illness but due to inherent instinct. No it reeks of logic? Imperialism? Do you even realize how fucking stupid you sound? This is why no one takes you clowns seriously. And yes, they have to communicate a moral claim to be held equal, otherwise there is no other point to.

[TheAntiV]

@burn435353

Apparently your comments are getting so ridiculous that the internet has deemed it necessary to mark them as spam. Animals don't have culture you moron. Your inserting human concepts into animal behavior you fucking idiot. The concept of human superiority come from science and nature. If we are not superior then we certainly have significant differences. My point about the poor African tribes exposes your selective targeting of certain cultures over another.