An Appraisal of the Radical Animal Liberation Movement in Switzerland: 2003 to March 2007 (Jean-Marc Flükiger, 2008)

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 31(2):145-157 (February 2008) In February 2007, the Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the arson of two trucks in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. After analyzing this event, which triggered an unusual media response in the country, this article assesses recent and past actions of the radical animal liberation movement in Switzerland for the period from 2003 to the end of March 2007. This article also presents some features of the non-radical animal liberation movement in the German-speaking and Italian-speaking parts of the country and demonstrates possible links between the non-radical movement and the radical one.

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SHAC: Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty

From 1999 to 2014 "Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty - SHAC - [...] waged an international direct action campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences, Europe’s largest contract animal testing corporation. By targeting investors and business partners of HLS, SHAC repeatedly brought HLS to the brink of collapse, and it took direct assistance from the British government and an international counter-campaign of severe legal repression to keep the corporation afloat."

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Strong Hearts

Strong Hearts was a magazine produced by ALF activist Rod Coronado in 1994 / 1995 while he was serving a prison sentence for conspiracy charges related to arson at Michigan State University.

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