Animal Liberation Front Burns Buses Used to Transport Fur Buyers in Finland

For Immediate Release
June 13, 2016

ALF activists placed incendiary devices under the tires of buses at a Pohjolan Matka depot in Vantaa, Finland during the night of June 9. Five buses were completely destroyed, and several others damaged. The bus company reported damages of EUR 1.5 million.

Pohjolan Matka has transported buyers to the Saga Furs auction house for many years. A Saga Furs/American Legend Cooperative joint auction began on June 8.

In a claim of responsibility, the EVR (Eläinten vapautusrintama = Animal Liberation Front) wrote, “This is a message to those who still do not understand that participation in the exploitation of animals comes at a price. As long as you are involved in animal oppression, you will be our target. We recommend that Pohjolan Matka and all others end cooperation with Saga Furs.”


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Claim of responsibility (Finnish):

Joka päivä, joka tunti, joka sekunti eläimiä kuolee ihmisen toimesta.

On vain meistä kiinni haluammeko osallistua tähän järjestäytyneeseen riistoon vai emme. Spesismi on sorroista normalisoiduin, missä toisen yksilön raiskaaminen, kiduttaminen, myrkyttäminen, orjuuttaminen ja alistaminen on yleisesti hyväksyttyä. Vaikea ymmärttää miksi kukaan on valmis sulkemaan silmänsä julmuuksilta joita eläimet joutuvat kohtaamaan päivittäin.

Saga Furs, American Legend ja Fur Harvester Auction aloittivat hiljattain kuvottavan huutokauppansa, jossa he ilmoittivat myyvänsä n. 5,5 miljoonaa minkin- ja 700.000 ketun- sekä suomensupinraatoa. Huutokauppa pidetään 8.-17.6.2016.(http://www.sagafurs.com/fi/auctions_home/auctions_info)

Pohjolan Matka on omien sanojensa mukaan tehnyt Saga Fursin kanssa yhteistyötä jo 80-luvusta lähtien, viemällä asiakkaita huutokaupalle. Heitä ei siis selkeästi kiinnosta heidän osallisuutensa eläinten kärsimykseen. 8-9.6 välisenä yönä päätimme hyökkätä Pohjolan Matkan varikolle asettamalla sytytyspaloja jokaisen paikalla olevan, noin 20 bussin renkaille. Tämä on viesti niille joille ei ole vielä selvää, että eläinten riistoon osallistumisella on hintansa. Niin kauan kun osallistutte eläinten sortoon, olette kohteitamme. Suosittelemme Pohjolan Matkalle yhteistyön lopettamista Saga Fursin kanssa, emmekä suosittele yhteistyötä kenellekkään.

Omistamme kostomme jokaiselle elävälle ystävälle; jokaiselle lehmälle jonka vasikka on viety pois häneltä; jokaiselle kanalle jonka tekisi mieli kylpeä; jokaiselle kettulle joka uneksii vapaudesta, liikkumisesta ja hiljaisuudesta. Jokaiselle sisarukselle joka on vangittuna. Jokaiselle soturille, joille sanat eivät riitä.

No negotiation

Uncompromised devotion

For total liberation

A torch of reason

-EVR


Imprisoned in cages for life, or mercilessly trapped with painful leghold traps in the wild, fur-bearing animals killed to make unnecessary fashion statements are forced to endure intensive confinement, compared to the miles of territory these still-wild animals would enjoy in their natural state. The natural instincts of these captive animals are completely frustrated; self-mutilation, sickness, infection, poor sanitation and the sheer stress of confinement lead animals in captivity to premature death. When they do survive, animals of sufficient size are killed by anal electrocution or gassing, then skinned. In addition to liberating the wild animals destined for a certain, painful and agonizing death, another goal of liberationists is to cause economic damage to fur retailers and farms; dozens of stores and fur farming operations have seen economic ruin since "Operation Bite Back" began by the Animal Liberation Front in the 1990s.

Those concerned with the truth should not be misled by claims of those with economic interests, for instance ridiculous stories that the animals released are domesticated and unable to survive in the wild, or that the animals voluntarily returned to their cages, or that they froze to death or starved within hours, or were immediately run over by automobiles or eaten by household pets.

The Animal Liberation Front and other anonymous activists utilize economic sabotage in addition to the direct liberation of animals from conditions of abuse and imprisonment to halt needless animal suffering. By making it more expensive to trade in the lives of innocent, sentient beings, they maintain the atrocities against our brothers and sisters are likely to occur in smaller numbers; their goal is to abolish the exploitation, imprisonment, torture and killing of innocent, non-human animals. A copy of the Final Nail, a listing of known fur farms in North America, is available from the Press Office website at http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org

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