Animal Liberation Front Releases Pheasants From Breeding Farm

ALF takes credit for cutting fences and releasing 75 to 100 birds in Oregon.

In the latest of a string of ALF actions in Oregon over the past several years, the Animal Liberation Front stripped away 200 feet of fencing from an aviary at a pheasant breeder in Scio the night of March 14th. Between 75 and 150 pheasants were released into the wild.

The target was a breeding farm, where birds were bred to be sold to canned hunting operations.

Owner Gary Bochsler confirmed that his farm had been raided and 75 pheasants released. He said his farm was nearly empty at the time of the raid, because it was near the conclusion of the hunting season and most of the animals had already been sold to be killed by fake hunters in canned hunting operations.

Scio was the site of another ALF action in 2008. The S&N Mink Farm was targeted in that action, and pproximately 150 mink were released. An investigation of the farm shortly after in 2009 revealed it to be empty, and most likely closed.

In the most colorful way possible, Bochsler expressed concern over his ability to prevent the Animal Liberation Front from returning:

“The problem is now I’ve got to stop it somehow… I’ll have to put up lighting and booby traps: Try to catch them just like I catch the varmints, like I catch the skunks.”

The full ALF communique reads:

“Last night, the night of March 14th, we infiltrated the property Queener Ridge Pheasant Company (40485 Queener Drive, Scio, OR) which breeds ringneck pheasants primarily to be murdered in commercial canned hunts. After jumping a barbed wire fence, we made our way to the main breeding facility where we dismantled a huge section of an aviary that held between 75-150 pheasants; liberating them into the night sky. Although the number of animals freed represented only a tiny fraction of the thousands more still held captive on this farm, we feel that every life saved–no matter how few–is a victory.

Ringneck pheasants are a naturalized species to this region and are specifically bred to retain their wild characteristics and instincts, so we have no doubt that these animals can survive in the wild upon release. Otherwise doomed to a life of confinement and brutality these sentient animals now have a fighting chance at survival.

For an industry whose only purpose is the infliction of violence against sentient animals for entertainment and pleasure, the only ethical choice we can make is to set your animals free.

Against all domination,
–Animal Liberation Front”

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