ALF Releases Pheasants From California Game Farm

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Animal Liberation Front cuts fencing and frees birds from pheasant farm near Los Angeles.

In a communique received by Bite Back, the Animal Liberation Front took credit for a raid on a pheasant farm in Riverside, California, on the night of July 22nd. Four of the six pens at the operation were cut open, allowing the birds to escape.

According to documents posted at the Wildlife Farm Database (“Directory of captive wildlife operations for activists”), the Ash Grove pheasant farm is one of just over 60 farms in California that breed “game birds,” including quail and partridges.

This is the third raid of a pheasant farm in the last 18 months. In March 2012, the Animal Liberation Front released 70 to 100 birds from a farm in Oregon. Several months later, the ALF released “dozens” of pheasants from another Oregon farm.

It is likely these types of raids on wildlife farms will continue to build in popularity. As with mink farms, once the word is out that there are farms holding captive wildlife that can be released directly into the wild without the burden of having to find homes, such farms will become very appetizing targets for those who work outside the law.

The ease of raiding wildlife farms was expressed in this excerpt from the ALF’s communique:

“Their victims can be immediately released, with no rehoming necessary. This life saving action took no specialized skill, less than twenty-four hours of planning, and fifty dollars. With basic tools and determination, anyone is capable of destroying the barrier that stands between an animal and their freedoms.”

Thousands of farms operation nationwide, imprisoning species such as native cottontail rabbits, turtles, coyotes, squirrels, and hundreds of other wildlife species.

The full ALF communique reads:

“On the night of July 22, the masked rescuers of the Animal Liberation Front entered the Ash Grove Pheasant Farm at 10540 Victoria Avenue in Riverside, California. As the farmer slept just feet away, the fencing was torn open with wire cutters. Four of the six pens on the property were breached, giving these beautiful beings a chance at freedom.

Wildlife farms are everywhere. Their victims can be immediately released, with no rehoming necessary. This life saving action took no specialized skill, less than twenty-four hours of planning, and fifty dollars. With basic tools and determination, anyone is capable of destroying the barrier that stands between an animal and their freedoms.

Stop fraternizing about it. Stop fantasizing about it. Stop frightening yourself out of it. You know you want to – just do it. Wild non-humyns await their release from prisons in your neighborhoods.

‘For only a fool would cling to this world as it is,’

A.L.F.”