Animal Liberation Front

noun

1. (in Britain) an animal-rights movement often using direct action ALF

Example Sentences

During a period known as the "Green Scare" in the mid-2000s, more than a dozen people associated with the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front were arrested as part of an FBI domestic terror operation.

From Salon

"The Animal Liberation Front will continue to break the law until the fur industry is eradicated."

From Salon

Buddenberg, who has been convicted of illegally releasing mink from commercial farms, and who identifies as a press officer for the North American Animal Liberation Press Office and a former member of the Animal Liberation Front, said that "laws and the corporate state have failed these animals. The Animal Liberation Front will continue to break the law until the fur industry is eradicated."

From Salon

He said he believed the Animal Liberation Front, an animal-rights activist group, was responsible for the release, because the words “ALF We’ll be back” were spray-painted on the farm, he said.

From New York Times

The North American branch of the Animal Liberation Front said in a news release on Tuesday that it had not received a claim for the action, but noted two similar actions in Ohio and Michigan this month.

From New York Times