11 Oct 2001
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Frontline: A.L.F. Claims Responsibility for Coulston Fire

Frontline Information Service - News 10/11/01

A.L.F. Claims Responsibility for Coulston Federation Fire

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 11, 2001

The below communique was received by the Frontline Information Service.

Photos and video mentioned below are also available online at http://www.animalliberation.net/tcf/

text of the communique follows:

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alf claims responsibility for the million dollar fire set in the maintenance building at the coulston foundation (tcf).

tcf has the largest colony of captive chimpanzees in the world and has been in violation of even the minimal standards of the animal welfare act for years. the usda has brought more charges against tcf than any other research lab, yet it refuses to enforce the law and shut this horrific institution down. tcf is in such a deplorable state that the national institutes of health has pulled its funding and tcf also lost their accreditation as a research lab. tcf is under attack by legal groups and individuals across the country and is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.

chimpanzees share more than 98% of the same DNA as humans and live in complex social family groups in the wild. at tcf, they live isolated in prisons of concrete floors and metal walls, with no other "enrichment" items besides an occasional ball, tire, or TV set. during nights of observation, we heard the chimps and macaque monkeys periodically scream and crazily pound on the walls, sounds we will never forget.

a separate, anonymous video crew with no knowledge of our action plans filmed the disgusting conditions of this place. the audio track on this raw video footage was removed because the crew talked to the chimps to try and calm them down. the footage shows a crew member feeding them raisins. some of the chimps were eager for this friendly contact, but others only rocked themselves, nearly catatonic, in the corners of their cages.

we wanted to liberate all these animals but because of difficulty in moving and sheltering them, especially since they're infected with HIV, hepatitis and herpes, we decided the best way to help them was to cause as much economic damage to tcf as possible. every precaution was taken to avoid injury to the animals, personnel, security and firefighters.

we intend for this act of nonviolent economic sabotage to bring an end to this truly evil institution. if any investors consider bailing out tcf, they'll have to factor in large financial losses from direct action.

for the animals, alf

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