Animal Liberation Front Raid

Date: April 20, 1985 • Location: Highgrove, United States

The Animal Liberation Front raided a laboratory at the University of California, Riverside, rescuing 467 animals and causing $700,000 in damage.

The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is an anarchist international, leaderless, decentralized movement that emerged in Britain in the 1970s, evolving from the Bands of Mercy. It operates without a formal leadership structure and engages in direct actions aimed at opposing animal cruelty and exploitation.