The very simple ALF credo -- Who we are, what we do:

The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) carries out direct action against animal abuse in the form of rescuing animals and causing financial loss to animal exploiters, usually through the damage and destruction of property.

The ALF's short-term aim is to save as many animals as possible and directly disrupt the practice of animal abuse. Their long term aim is to end all animal suffering by forcing animal abuse companies out of business.

It is a nonviolent campaign, activists taking all precautions not to harm any animal (human or otherwise).

Because ALF actions may be against the law, activists work anonymously, either in small groups or individually, and do not have any centralized organization or coordination.

The Animal Liberation Front consists of small autonomous groups of people all over the world who carry out direct action according to the ALF guidelines. Any group of people who are vegetarians or vegans and who carry out actions according to ALF guidelines have the right to regard themselves as part of the ALF.

The ALF guidelines are:

1. TO liberate animals from places of abuse, i.e. laboratories, factory farms, fur farms, etc, and place them in good homes where they may live out their natural lives, free from suffering.

2. TO inflict economic damage to those who profit from the misery and exploitation of animals.

3. TO reveal the horror and atrocities committed against animals behind locked doors, by performing non-violent direct actions and liberations.

4. TO take all necessary precautions against harming any animal, human and non-human.

5. To analyze the ramifications of all proposed actions, and never apply generalizations when specific information is available.

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Mission Statement -- The ALF Mission Statement. Details about plans to effectively allocate resources (time and money) to reduce animal suffering in the world. What to do, what not to do.

ALF Videos - and other AR Videos.
The ALF and Civil Disobedience - video

Activist Tips -- Over 30 pages of tips for activists. Literature, Planning, Security, Protection, Self Defense, First Aid, Grand Jury, Your Rights, Videotaping, Scouting, Preparation for the 4 mental phases of being an activist. Articles: The Role of Radical Animal Activists as Information Providers to Consumers by Joshua Frank; Utilitarianism, Animals, and the Problem of Numbers by Stephen Hanson, PhD; Trial By Fire: The SHAC7, Globalization, and the Future of Democracy, by Steven Best, PhD and Richard Kahn. Also ALF POWs.