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Frontline Information Service - Update 12/06/01

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30 Beagles, 10 Ferrets Rescued from Marshall Farms

Lab breeder subject of numerous USDA violations

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 06, 2001

 

North American A.L.F. Press Office

Contact: David Barbarash, 250-703-6312

 

 

North Rose, NY - On the evening of Dec. 05 the underground Animal Liberation

Front raided Marshall Farms in upstate New York, rescuing 30 dogs and 10

ferrets. The ALF released a Communique early this morning taking responsibility

for the action, stating they had outsmarted " constant security patrols ...

scaled the electrified fence " and had broken through one of the 50 animal shed

doors to effect the rescue operation.

 

Marshall Farms is a breeder of beagles and ferrets for animal research

laboratories across the U.S., most notably Huntingdon Life Sciences, which have

been a major focus of animal rights activists for the past several years. In

April of this year anonymous activists raided HLS labs in East Millstone, NJ

and rescued 14 beagles, beagles likely to have been bought from Marshall Farms.

 

Marshall Farms have been cited for numerous USDA and federal Animal Welfare Act

violations over the past several years, including not meeting bare minimum

requirements, failure to provide dogs with proper veterinary care, inadequate

cleanliness and surgical procedures, violations of transport regulations,

improper sanitation, and inadequate space.

 

" It's clear from its deplorable record that Marshall Farms has a complete

disregard for the lives of the animals it breeds for vivisection, " states David

Barbarash, ALF spokesperson. " Besides the obvious - that one cannot care for

the lives of animals if one breeds and sells them to a life of torture and

misery - this particular breeder is an example of the worst of the human

species. "

 

Although Marshall Farms has been cited for numerous gross violations of USDA

and animal welfare standards, these were likely not factors in the ALF

activists' decision to raid this facility. The ALF is an abolitionist

organization which believes that animals should not be bred and sold to

research for a life of pain and suffering, regardless of the care and standards

kept by the breeders.

 

The Animal Liberation Front is an underground movement of compassionate people

who rescue animals from breeders, laboratories, fur farms, and other places of

abuse and provide them with safe homes or release the animals into the wild

when appropriate. All members of the ALF remain anonymous so as to continue

their work without interference from law enforcement. The ALF is non-violent

and has never injured or killed any person or animal in the course of their

actions.

 

The full text of the Marshall Farm action Communique follows:

 

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On the evening of December 5th, we visited Marshall Farms in upstate NY,

liberating 30 beagle puppies and 10 ferrets. After outsmarting constant

security patrols, we scaled the electrified fence, breaking through the door of

one of the approximately 50 sheds of animals. Inside, we found hundreds of

beagle puppies waiting to be shipped to vivisection labs, transferred from one

small cage to another, destined to be killed. Before the next security patrol,

we packed up 30 puppies and 10 ferrets and stole away into the night with them,

taking them away from their hellish life, and giving them a life filled with

freedom and joy.

 

As a breeder for Huntingdon Life Sciences, Marshall Farms would have ensured

that these animals had a tortured, painful life suffering in labs. Beagles are

routinely poisoned to death and abused at the hands of callous workers at HLS.

Workers have been caught punching beagle puppies in the face, shaking them and

throwing them against walls, and dissecting living animals for " research data "

that even technicians admit is faulty. These 40 animals will never have to

endure such brutal conditions.

 

This action is dedicated to Barry Horne, whose life's work brought attention to

the suffering of animals in laboratories everywhere, and whose actions inspired

people who care about animals to act on their behalf, even if it means risking

your freedom for theirs.

 

Let this action serve as a warning to all who aid Huntingdon Life Sciences in

killing 500 innocent victims every day that you cannot hide from justice.

 

ALF

 

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