Animal Liberation Front

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The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is an international, leaderless resistance that engages in illegal direct action in pursuit of animal rights. Activists see themselves as a modern-day Underground Railroad, removing animals from laboratories and farms, destroying facilities, arranging safe houses and veterinary care, and operating sanctuaries where the animals subsequently live.For their mission statement, see ALF mission statement, accessed June 5, 2010. For more information about their aims, and their view of themselves as an Underground Railroad, see:*Coronado, Rod. "Reflections on Prison and the Needs of Our Movement", No Compromise, Issue 13, accessed June 5, 2010.*"History of the Animal Liberation Movement", Animal Liberation Press Office, accessed June 7, 2010.*Best, Steven & Nocella, Anthony J. (eds), Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?, Lantern Books, 2004, p. 91. Critics have classified them as terrorists.
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Category:Animal rights groups