Animal Liberation Front Archived Website, Aug 16, 2010- ongoing

The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) carries out non-violent 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. ALF's goal is to save as many animals as possible and directly disrupt the practice of animal abuse to eventually end all animal suffering by forcing animal abuse companies (agribusiness, laboratories, etc.) out of business. 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 ALF also advocates veganism or vegetarianism.