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For voyeurs and animal rights historians only: A rare look inside the FBI investigation of six Animal Liberation Front raids on fur farms in 1997, as told through over 500 pages of FBI & court documents.

In 1997, two activists drove across the country, releasing 8,000 to 12,000 mink and foxes in a three-state campign to free as many animals from fur farms as possible before pelting season.

Two animal rights activists were arrested and the first charged & sentenced for "Animal Enterprise Terrorism."

This book documents that investigation, as told through FBI documents released to lawyers during the prosecution.

Included:

• Fur farm surveillance notes.
• FBI maps documenting the path of the fur farm campaign.
• Rare ALF newspaper articles.
• FBI forensic lab reports connecting wire cutters to fences at raided farms.
• Interview synopses with fur farm neighbors reporting "suspicious activity."
• Interview synopses with fur farmers after ALF raids.
• Search warrant evidence logs.
• Grand jury transcripts of an arrested suspect-turned-informant.
• Police sketches of fur farm layouts.
• Fur farm addresses.
• Fur Commission USA security bulletins.
• Fur farmer witness statements.
• Circumstantial FBI evidence incuding tow truck records, police stops, more.
• News clippings on "vegan vandalism" around Seattle.
• Arrest warrants.
• Vehicle search warrants.
• House search warrants.
• Informant interview synopses.
• Court transcripts.
• Police reports on the arrest of two suspects.
• Letters to the judge from fur farmers.
• Much more...

For animal rights historians, or those with a voyeuristic interest in FBI "ecoterrrorism" investigations, this collection documents the first investigation and prosecution of animal rights activists on charges of "Animal Enterprise Terrorism."