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Birds die as animal rights activists claim torching of zoo in Italy
Feb 25, 2009, 12:44 GMT
Turin, Italy - Dozens of birds were killed Wednesday at a private zoo in Italy in an arson attack claimed by radical animal rights activists, news reports said.
Several bottles filled with petrol were used to start the fire which killed some 40 hawks, buzzards and owls in an aviary at the Zoom Zoo near the northern city of Turin.
'This is for the imprisoned animals - Animal Liberation Front' was found spray-painted in red near the scene of the early morning attack.
Firefighters prevented flames from spreading to a warden's shed and other buildings, one of them housing several tigers, the reports said.
The recently built zoo was scheduled to open to the public in April, its owner said.
The Animal Liberation Front name has been used by radical groups in several countries. Some, such as at Oxford University in England, have targeted centres where scientific experiments are carried out on animals.
In 2002 hundreds of beagle dogs were stolen from a breeding kennel in Italy by Animal Liberation Front members claiming they were saving the dogs from being sent to laboratories situated abroad.
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I personally would love to soak all animal rights activists with gas and ignite the for a weenie roast...
one should not base their opinion of the animal rights movement of the actions of the ALF- there are extremists in EVERY group.
You cannot believe everything you read in the news papers or hear on TV!
Besides hateful people will love to discredit ALF and shift a blame on them.Animal testing companies will do anything to protect their rights to kill and torture animals in the labs!
anyone involved in the animal rights movement knows immediately that this was a set up.The ALF had nothing to do with this and there are many antianimal rights people who would commit such a cruel act to disclaim everything the ALF stands for.Anyone with half a brain can smell a set-up with this one.Whomever committed this crime...Karma will not be kind and it's just a matter of time.Revenge awaits in the name of the animals and the ALF!!!!
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BADKarmaFeb 26th, 2009 - 15:33:03
Once again, ALF proves conclusively the basic agenda of the Animal 'Rights' movement has nothing whatsoever to do with saving, helping or protecting animals, and everything to do with terrorizing, bullying, and forcing HUMANS into living according to the religious tenants of the Veganist Jihad.
I hope when the terrorists who killed these birds are caught, they are each charged with 40 individual accounts of felony animal abuse, and punished accordingly.
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