This report and overview focus on criminal incidents committed by environmental and animal rights extremists in the United States between 19, and specifically, the arsons and bombings conducted by individuals affiliated with the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and Animal Liberation Front (ALF). During the 1970’s into the early 1980’s, many bombers of the Alpha 66 and Omega 7 groups were targeting Cuban cigar shops, shipping companies, and the offices of magazine editorials that claimed to support a Castro Regime (Emilio Milian, 2016).įor the most part, Domestic Terrorism is still true to its definition of acts only carried out by residents within the U.S., to name a few of the notable groups that would carry out such attacks: The Animal Liberation Front, the Army of God, Aryan Nations, Black Liberation Army The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord Earth Liberation Front, Jewish Defense League, Ku Klux Klan, the May 19th Communist Organization, The Order, Phineas Priesthood, Symbionese Liberation Army, United Freedom Front, and the Weathermen (Mikulecky, D, 2014). Bombing and Arson Attacks by Environmental and Animal Rights Extremists in the United States, 1995-2010. UCLA Vivisector Lynn Fairbanks Targeted by Animal Liberation FrontArchived at the Wayback Machine, The Animal Liberation Press Office, June 12, 2006. Milian was because he was speaking out against the other terrorist acts going on in Miami because many were upset with the control of Fidel Castro in Cuba. 'Animal Liberation Front bomber jailed for 12 years', The Guardian, December 8, 2006. Federal authorities say the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front have boasted of burning and bombing research facilities, timber operations, meatpackers and sport-utility vehicle.
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