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 Home > News and alerts > You are here: Police raid home of ALF activist for evidence Police raid home of ALF activist for evidence (8/12/2002) Canadian authorities raided the home of Animal Liberation
Front (ALF) spokesman David Barbarash and seized video tapes and
computer files as evidence for an investigation into ALF, an animal
rights terrorist organization. A July 30 raid of
Barbarash’s British Columbia home by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
turned up "all kinds of evidence,’ according to Sheriff Everett
Flannery of Kennebec County, Maine. He estimated that 100 videotapes
were seized, as well as computers and other files. The raid came at the
request of U.S. law enforcement officials in Maine, who are searching
for information about recent vandalism activities, including damage to
three rod and gun clubs and a Food and Drug Administration building in
1999. Sheriff Flannery
anticipates that the evidence will be turned over to the FBI because the
case involves "international terrorism issues." A British Columbia
court must approve the transfer of the seized evidence to American
investigators. An initial hearing is scheduled for August 14. The threat of animal rights terrorism is very real, and the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance is doing its part to combat it. The Alliance has drafted model legislation to help law enforcement officials identify animal rights organizations that assist radical underground groups. CopyrightÓ U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance- www.ussportsmen.org
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