Earth Liberation Front Profile
1992: Founded in Brighton, England, by Earth First! members who refused to abandon criminal acts as a tactic when others wished to "mainstream" Earth First!
February 1994: Earth First! leader Judi Bari recommends that Earth First! mainstream itself in the United States, leaving criminal acts other than unlawful protests to Earth Liberation Front. Published in Earth First Journal.
September 22, 1993: Animal Liberation Front and Earth Liberation Front publish communiqué declaring their solidarity of action.
Criminal acts for which Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility:
October 28, 1996. Oregon. Arson of pickup truck at U.S. Forest Service Detroit Ranger Station in Willamette National Forest. Joint ALF / ELF claim.
October 30, 1996. Oregon. Arson destroyed U.S. Forest Service Oakridge Ranger Station south of Eugene. Cost estimate, $5.3 million. Joint ALF / ELF claim.
March 14, 1997. Oregon. Tree spiking at Robinson-Scott timber harvest site in the Mackenzie River watershed, Willamette National Forest. Joint ALF / ELF claim.
July 21, 1997. Oregon. Arson of Cavel West meat packing plant in Redmond. Estimated cost over $1 million. Joint ALF / ELF claim.
November 1997. Oregon. Arson of Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse Corrals 8 miles west of Burns. Estimated cost, $450,000. Joint ALF / ELF Claim.
July 3 1998. Wisconsin. Break-in and release of 171 mink and ferrets from United Vaccines laboratory in Middleton. Joint ALF / ELF claim.
June 28 1998. Massachusetts. Sprayed red paint on the Mexican Consulate in Boston to protest the treatment of peasants in Chiapas, Mexico. ELF claim without ALF.
June 28 1998: Washington. Arson of U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal Damage Control building near Olympia, Washington. Cost estimated at $2 million. Joint ALF / ELF claim.
Mid-September 1998: Wyoming. Release of approximately 100 wild horses from the BLM's wild-horse corrals in Rock Springs. A planned arson on government office buildings and vehicles was scrapped. Joint claim by Animal Liberation Front and Earth Liberation Front.
October 12, 1998: Colorado. Arson of Vail Associates ski facility, seven structures destroyed, 4 ski lifts, a restaurant, a picnic facility, and a utility building. Cost estimated at $12 million. ELF claim.
October 26, 1998: Michigan. Release of 5,000 mink at Tom Pipkorn's Mink Farm near Hermansville in the upper peninsula of Michigan. ELF claim faxed to Associated Press offices by North American Animal Liberation Front.
December 26, 1998: Oregon. Arson of U.S. Forest Industries' corporate headquarters in Medford, Oregon. The three alarm blaze resulted in over $500,000 in damages. ELF claimed responsibility in a communique released by the Liberation Collective in Portland, Oregon.
December 25, 1999. Oregon. Arson of Boise Cascade office in Monmouth, Oregon. ELF claimed responsibility in a communique release by the Liberation Collective in Portland, Oregon.
December 31, 1999. Arson of the offices of Catherine Ives, Room 324, Agriculture Hall at Michigan State University. The offices were doused with gasoline and set afire. ELF said the fire was set in response to the work being done to force developing nations in Asia, Latin America and Africa to switch from natural crop plants to gentically engineered sweet potatoes, corn, bananas and pineapples. Monsanto and USAID are major funders of the research and promotional work being done through Michigan State University. According to local newspapers, the fire caused some $400,000 in damage. "Cremate Monsanto, Long live the E.L.F. On to the next GE target!"
January 23, 2000. Bloomington, Indiana. Arson that destroyed a house at the Sterling Woods Development in the Bloomington area with estimated damage of $200,000. An ELF statement obtained by the Environment News Service says, "The house was targeted because the sprawling development it is located in is in the Lake Monroe Watershed. This is the drinking water supply for the town of Bloomington, Indiana and the surrounding area. It is already being jeopardized by existing development and roads."
Contacts:
ALF: Kate Fedor, 612-601-0978.
ELF: Liberation Collective, Craig Rosbraugh, Portland, Oregon 503-525-4975.
Unofficial: Lance Robertson, sympathetic reporter, Eugene Register-Guard, 541-485-1234.
Folks, Carry Okie's list of damages done by these enviral terrorists is extensive, but it is not all of the damage.
Often the collateral/hidden damages, the loss of jobs, businesses and homes after these economic terrorist strikes are even more than the immediate damage.
Eco terrorists and OBl terrorists cost us money and jobs. The eco terrorists are probably more dangerous than OBL. They can strike at anytime. It takes years for al Qeada to strike.
If Oregon locked everyone of these POS's up and kept them locked up for about 30 years, their economy would start to have some rebound effect.
Then use what Carry recommends in his book, rico lawsuits against Andy Kerr and the enviral elite of Oregon for damages done to families, businesses, towns, farms, ranches and individuals. That would really kick start Oregon's economy!