The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is an international, decentralized political and social resistance movement that engages in and promotes non-violent direct action in protest against incidents of animal cruelty. The ALF removes animals from laboratories and farms, destroying facilities, arranging safe houses, veterinary care, and operating sanctuaries where the animals subsequently live. Active in over 40 countries, ALF cells operate clandestinely, consisting of small groups of friends and sometimes just one person, which makes the movement difficult for the authorities to monitor. Robin Webb of the British Animal Liberation Press Office has said: "That is why the ALF cannot be smashed,
… Read more it cannot be effectively infiltrated, it cannot be stopped. You, each and every one of you: you are the ALF". According to the ALF's code, any act that furthers the cause of animal liberation, where all reasonable precautions are taken not to harm human or non-human life, may be claimed as an ALF action, including acts of vandalism causing economic damage. The ALF uses direct action techniques, including animal liberation, violence, and property destruction. Industries targeted include meat, dairy, animal testing, fur, other animal-based industries, private citizens, and government institutions.
Speciesism is a system of oppression where humans have placed themselves above other species, to the point where members of other species are excluded from moral consideration. For a speciesist, other animals are devoid of their intrinsic value and only have value for what they can be exploited for: food, clothing, as pets, reselling value, forced labor, entertainment, a role in the ecosystem, vivisection, etc… Philosophers and animal rights advocates state that speciesism plays a role in the practice of factory farming, animal slaughter, blood sports (such as bullfighting and rodeos), the taking of animals' fur and skin, and experimentation on animals. Therefore, anti-speciesism
… Read more seeks to dismantle the systems of speciesism in whatever form and create a world that recognizes and respects the interests and moral rights of other animals.