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On May 4th a two alarm fire destroyed a veal processing plant near Tampa, Florida. Police believe members of the Animal Liberation Front were responsible for the fire, which did $500,000 in damage.
“A.L.F.” had been spray-painted on the side of the plant.
A communiqué from a group identifying itself as the Florida ALF claimed responsibility for the attack saying,
...the action was done on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of calves every year in the American veal industry who are kept in isolation, denied freedom of movement and fed a deliberately unhealthy diet for the entirety of their short lives until they are slaughtered at a hell like Florida Veal Processors.
The communiqué also claimed the Florida ALF was responsible for an October 1997 arson at Palm Coast Veal Corp. in Lauderhill, FL.
Sources:
Florida A.L.F. “Florida A.L.F. Communiqué” May 4, 1998.
Americans for Medical Progress “ALF suspected in veal plant and USDA arson; ALF press officer surfaces.”