Fur Farm Signs Threaten Trespassers with Terrorism Charges
The Fur Commission USA issues new signs threatening Animal Enterprise Terrorism charges for trespassers
About 18 months ago, reports began to come in of new signs posted at fur farms around the country. People in Oregon and Utah who had demonstrated at farms noticed new signs, which read:
“Private Property
No Trespassing
A course of conduct involving criminal trespass is punishable under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act… with a fine and up to five years in prison
Violators will be prosecuted under this and all other applicable local and federal statutes”
The signs are often seen posted at the entrance to mink farms, and places around the farm’s perimeter that a farmer might consider access points for the Animal Liberation Front.
As I often have to mention on this site: I am not a lawyer. But from where I stand, this sign seems to be the same thing as saying nothing at all. While there are many non-felonious reasons someone would trespass on a fur farm (obtaining footage, for example), the most common reason would be to liberate animals. An act which, as I can personally testify, is already illegal.
Here is a photo of the sign at the McMullin fur farm in South Jordan, Utah, raided by the ALF in 2008:
As an attempted Animal Liberation Front deterrent, a sign is feeble, desperate, and laughable. As ineffectual as the only other security precaution on (most) fur farms: a cheap chicken wire fence easily felled by the masked liberators these pathetic signs are intended to deter.
– Peter Young
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Going on this way, in few years activists will be prosecuted for breathing public air. Insane!
Alright!!! Very pleased when someone takes a stand. An armload of kudos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
How shameful that we as humans with the understanding of so many thing are also the most stupid creatures on earth!!
YOU CAN NEVER GETAWAY FROM GOD, HE IS ALWAYS WATCHING!!!
Murdering animals for fur should be a First degree felony. No charges should be brought against those who help save the lives of another!
When we denounce torture or feed it is a valuable ally of the truth. So if justice is punishing is that it is corrupted and the service of butchers.
Another reason to keep on fightin’ in animal liberations
What is the world coming to, I can hardly believe this, we should fight even harder, call their bluff,
Just another place for our heros to leave an A.L.F. tag on! Those who risk their lives to save the lives of other beings are already well aware of the sacrifices they make. The signs are worthless. I wonder if they feel their signs will help them sleep easier?
I thought I would take a break from saving animals to let you know it has been concluded that you have a sexual preference for blonde haired women. Here are the pieces of evidence collected:
1. Your obvious crush on Shannon Keith
2. Your description to the undercover FBI agent you accidently dated as “cute little blonde” in an interview
3. Your abundant ratio of blonde haired twitter friends
4. You are from California
5. Your myspace prison release party photos with your arm intimately around a sultry faced blonde haired woman
They want to torture in piece = es.
How do they sleep at night?
Animal activists will never give up their quest of ending all wanton killing of animals. NOTHING WILL STOP US! AS FOR ME, NOT EVEN DEATH, IF IT COMES TO IT! I would rather fight for an animal’s right to life than some of the cesspool inhabitants of this planet!
This is just another place we can refer to as “Hell” on earth those poor animals who must endure the cruelty and horrific suffering, i pray for those innocent souls. Praying also that the people- (if you can call them that) who impose this cruelty upon the innocent get what they deserve!!!!!!!!!!!!! Praise those who speek and risk their lives for the innocent. I back you all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ Observer– don’t forget his sneaking into a Madonna concert and his advocation of sneaking into a Gwen Stefani concert: also blondes. I heard nothing about Cher or Katy Perry. Peter Young loves blondes!!!!!!111one!!1
Oh, those fur farm signs are so stupid! Fur farmers are dumb.
I just consider it a shame and rather unfair we can’t sterilise them all, ignorance is a disease that’s only cure is comprehensive and entertaining education, so this must be our method this must be our means, we must change the world through the opening of the eyes of our Young ones, we owe them the opportunity to do the right thing, but of course they need to know what right and wrong are and if no one teaches them how can we ever hope to help them make that informed decision?
It’s just stating the obvious. You are fighting a war against human greed with your own greed of some self-imposed high moral standard that you think gives you the liberty to trespass someone’s property. Get a grip. I love fur and will always wear it, animal needs are secondary and you can be happy that they have the rights they have. These animals were breed for skinning, as animals are breed for meat – and as humans are breed for labour. It’s the natural cycle.
This is not gonna stop Us from fighting for Animal Freedom!!!
Boy, the fur industry must be falling apart if it goes to this much trouble to stop ALF. Good work ALF. Step it up! They are running scared.