Long time activist Mel Broughton is back in prison, on some trumped up charges.
Being in prison sucks, particularly over the holidays. So please drop him a letter or a card to brighten his spirits:
Mel Broughton A3892AE
HMP Peterborough
Saville Rd
Peterborough
PE3 7PD
UK
1/ Today, a plea agreement was made with one of the final individuals indicted in what is known as the “Green Scare,” the largest round up of animal and environmental activists who engaged in economic sabotage against government and private environmental destruction ...
Michael Whelan, executive director of the mink industry trade association Fur Commission USA, feeling nostalgic for those summer nights not too long ago when activists freed mink from cages at fur farms.
Hunting tower sawed down in France. From the claim of responsibility: "Equipez-vous et détruisons ce qui leur sert à assassiner!" ("Equip yourself and let's destroy what they use to murder!")
In response to a call for protests* to mark the 89th anniversary of the Kinder Scout mass trespass, activists visited an estate in England and destroyed numerous snares and traps, freeing seven crows in the process. Read the claim of responsibility at https://t.co/HjxM87NFHY