Newkirk writes that Valerie returned to Maryland and set up an ALF cell, with the first raid taking place on December 24, 1982, against Howard University, where 24 cats were removed, some of whose back legs had been crippled.
纽柯克写道，Valerie重归马里兰州并建立一个ALF细胞，1982年12月24日于霍华德大学进行了其首次袭击，转移走那里的24只猫，其中有些后腿已被致残。