Until All Are Free: The Story of the Swedish Animal Liberation Front

by Red Fox 2015, hardcover SKU: 9789163774348   The Swedish Animal Liberation Front (ALF) has for decades been one of the most prominent and active branches of the international network of activists, executing direct actions in the small country in Northern Europe to save animals from oppression and cruelty. Thirty years has passed since the single mother-of-two Emelie E:son placed an ad in the local paper to find others who were willing to risk their own freedom rescuing animals in need. In the cover of darkness and with their faces covered to protect their identity, the activists have carried out thousands of actions and saved countless of lives. The group as often left the authorities puzzled and media has to this day been unable to get close enough to give the public a truthful portrayal of the people behind the masks. So who are these anonymous animal activists who save dogs from vivisection laboratories, hens from battery farms and release mink from fur farms? Why do they feel