ALF Suspected in L.A.Vandalism of Shelter Worker



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Law Enforcement Officials Suspect ALF Involvement

Could ignoring shelter issues put shelter officials in danger?

www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/10495306.htm Animal group suspected of attacks on Los Angeles worker Associated Press LOS ANGELES - The home and car of a city employee were vandalized Friday, and police say the group possibly responsible is on the U.S. Justice Department's list of domestic terror organizations. "ALF eyes on you" was spray-painted on the home of Jackie David, spokeswoman for the city Department of Animal Services, police said. The acronym stands for Animal Liberation Front, a radical animal rights group that authorities have accused of attacking restaurants in California and other states. The group is suspected of attacks on Los Angeles-area fast-food restaurants and a Hollywood Hills home in November. In those attacks, vandals shattered windows and spray-painted "ALF" at two McDonald's and threw a smoke bomb into the home of an executive of a company that uses animals in drug testing, police said. "Some people think that by doing this they are helping the animals," David told KCBS-TV. "They are sorely mistaken." The vandalism Friday may have been carried out by the group, but it did not immediately claim responsibility, said Jerry Vlasak, spokesman for the Canoga Park-based North America Animal Liberation Press Office. "Typically, these acts occur when the normal channels are not successful and people become frustrated," he said.

USAPE officials further want to see the release of Spalding County Animal Shelter's animals pending a pitbull fighting and cruelty case and a court date set for the convicted felon being held for his involvement. He still walks free after more than three years of delays and postponements. Please assist us in writing letters requesting the release of these animals.

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