Police raid home of ALF activist for evidence (8/12/2002)

Canadian authorities raided the home of Animal Liberation Front (ALF) spokesman David Barbarash and seized video tapes and computer files as evidence for an investigation into ALF, an animal rights terrorist organization.

A July 30 raid of Barbarash’s British Columbia home by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police turned up "all kinds of evidence,’ according to Sheriff Everett Flannery of Kennebec County, Maine. He estimated that 100 videotapes were seized, as well as computers and other files.

The raid came at the request of U.S. law enforcement officials in Maine, who are searching for information about recent vandalism activities, including damage to three rod and gun clubs and a Food and Drug Administration building in 1999.

Sheriff Flannery anticipates that the evidence will be turned over to the FBI because the case involves "international terrorism issues."

A British Columbia court must approve the transfer of the seized evidence to American investigators. An initial hearing is scheduled for August 14.

The threat of animal rights terrorism is very real, and the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance is doing its part to combat it. The Alliance has drafted model legislation to help law enforcement officials identify animal rights organizations that assist radical underground groups.

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