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July 26th, 2010

The FBI has arrested a man in connection with alleged A.L.F. actions following an informant tip off. Walter Bond, 34, was arrested by federal agents last Thursday (22nd July). Please send letters of support to him in Jefferson County Jail in Colorado:

Walter Edmund Bond #P01051760
PO Box 16700, Golden, CO 80402-6700, USA

July 13th, 2010

Unfortunately, Mel Broughton was found guilty (again) for animal rights related offences against Oxford University animal experiment lab. He will continue his original 10 year sentence given him in Feb 2009. He is presently at HMP Bullingdon, but we expect him to move.

Mel Broughton A3892AE
HMP Bullingdon, PO Box 50, Bicester, Oxon, OX25 1PZ

Please send letters and cards of support to him.

June 30th, 2010

Alex Hall has been found guilty and has been sentenced to 21 months, he has already been on remand for a year for his part in liberating 600 mink. Please write letters and cards to him.

June 17th, 2010

Good news - Lewis Pogson was realesed on tagging today, he wishes to say thank you for all the support he received.

May 24th, 2010

We have received information that Gavin Medd-Hall's prison number has changed, his new number is: A3624AD. His address stays the same: HMP Coldingley, Shaftesbury Road, Bisley, Woking, Surrey GU24 9EX.

April 30th, 2010

We have received information that Gregg Avery's prison number has changed, his new number is: A6987AN. His address stays the same: HMP Coldingley, Shaftesbury Road, Bisley, Woking, Surrey GU24 9EX.

April 29th, 2010

Good news - The fourth suspect of a mink liberation has been released on bail. He would like to thank everyone for the support he has received. Any messages can be sent to: Steungroep Veganisten Achter Tralies (SVAT) email, svat@riseup.net

April 14th, 2010

Dan Wadham has been removed from his Enhanced Status this evening because he raised money in a sponsored run for Sea Shepherd (an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization). Please contact Dan for his continued compassion and resolve, his address is: Dan Wadham (A5705AA), HMP Camp Hill, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 5PB

April 11th, 2010

Please write to two Mexican AR prisoners, Diego Alonso and Adrian Magdaleno Gonzales who are in prison. For more information, click here.

April 6th, 2010

Good news - Tre Arrow was released on 4th December 2009, but the news was only made public very recently. After nearly six years incarcerated in Canadian and US prisons, Tre is free! He gives an enormous serving of gratitude to all who supported him while he was imprisoned.

April 4th, 2010

We have received information that Dan Amos's prison number has changed, his new number is: A6987AN. His address stays the same: HMP Guys Marsh, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 0AH.

April 1st, 2010

William "BJ" Viehl has been moved to another prison, please send him cards and letters of supportl.

William Viehl #15909-081, FCI Terminal Island, Po Box 3007, San Pedro, CA 90731, USA

March 30th, 2010

Good news - Mel Broughton was granted bail today with conditions that he doesn't enter the whole of Oxfordshire and that he can't be involved in animal rights in any way. At the moment it looks like his (third) trial will be in June.

March 24th, 2010

Mel Broughton has his charges quashed on appeal - Mel had appealed against his conviction earlier this year and after taking more than a month to consider the verdict, Lord Justice Thomas returned to the Court of Appeal today to quash the conviction. Mel will now be facing yet another retrial on the charges, this will be his third trial (second retrial). There is no date for when this will happen at the moment and he remains in prison, though persumably he will now be considered a remand prisoner.

Please write to Mel and show him support for the continued farse, more details soon. Mel Broughton (A3892AE), HMP Frankland, Brasside, Durham, County Durham DH1 5YD

March 22nd, 2010

Kevin recently pleaded no contest to conspiracy charges and will be sentenced in May.  He faces a sentence of up to three years. Please write to him. Kevin Olliff, #1300931, TTCF 161 D-Pod, 450 Bauchet Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA

March 18th, 2010

More good news - Carrie Feldman who had been in jail for several months for refusing to talk at a grand jury was released today and Carrie is no longer needed for questioning. She would like to thank everyone for the support she received.

March 17th, 2010

Good news - Lauren Gazzola was released from prison on 17th March 2010 and will complete her sentence at a halfway house. Lauren sends endless thanks to everyone who has supported the SHAC 7 since their arrest. See: http://www.supportlauren.com/

One SHAC 7 defendant still remains in prison while appeals continue. Everyone, please, keep up your support for Kevin - visit: www.shac7.com/kevin

March 13th, 2010

Lewis Pogson has been moved to the following address: Lewis Pogson (A6454AK), HMP Stocken, Stocken Hall Road, Stretton, Nr Oakham, Rutland, LE15 7RD.

Please send letters/cards of support to him as soon as you can. You can also send SAE’s and postal orders/cheques.

February 22nd, 2010

Grand Jury Resister, Carrie Feldman, has been moved again! We have received word that Carrie Feldman has been moved again, this time to Dubuque County Jail. She is being held on 23-hour lockdown. Carrie is now in “segregation”, doublespeak for solitary confinement. This is a tactic used by desperate prosecutors to coerce compliance in prisoners, in this case Carrie’s testimony regarding what prosecutors believe she may know about the 2004 liberation of 401 animals from the University of Iowa.

Her new prison address is now: Carolyn Feldman, 770 Iowa Street, Dubuque, IA 52001, USA

February 20th, 2010

Grand Jury Resister, Carrie Feldman, has been moved. Her new prison address is: Muscatine County Jail Inmate, c/o Carolyn Feldman, 400 Walnut Street, Muscatine, Iowa 52761, USA

This from her support site: "We’ve confirmed that Carrie is in Muscatine County Jail, but are still unsure as to the exact conditions of her detention there. Though there are probably extra restrictions on her communication with the outside world, we’re asking people to start writing her now." Updates: http://davenportgrandjury.wordpress.com/updates/

February 18th, 2010

Dutch Mink Liberation prisoner - Following previous arrests of three others (who have all been bailed), a forth suspect in the mink liberation case in the Netherlands from October 2009 has now been arrested. A 23 year old male Dutch activist has been remanded in prison. He has spent 4 weeks remanded in another country and has now been extradited to the Netherlands, where he is still being held on remand. We do not currently know how long this will last. He is doing fine and he is getting vegan food.

For legal reasons we cannot name the suspect at present, but he would welcome everyone to write messages of support to him at: Steungroep Veganisten Achter Tralies (SVAT) email, svat@riseup.net

February 4th, 2010

From Marie Mason's support group: http://freemarie.org/ - We are calling on all supporters of Marie Mason to contact the warden’s office at Waseca prison and ask that she be provided with vegan food. Mason is a vegan for ethical, medical and spiritual reasons, but the prison has denied her vegan meals since her incarceration. Because of this, she has been in ill-health, suffering from symptoms like dizziness and extreme pain in her hands. We call on all supporters to contact the warden’s office and ask that her request for vegan food be approved. Please be very polite. Also note that currently (as of Wednesday, February 3rd) there is no Warden at Waseca. We expect that Warden English will be starting this position next week.

So please write to:
Warden English
FCI Waseca, Federal Correctional Institution, PO Box 1731, Waseca, MN 66093. Fax: 507-837-4547

February 4th, 2010

We have just learnt that William Viehl has been sentenced to 2 years after admitting his role in a raid on a fur farm. Please send letters of support to: William James Viehl, #2009-05735, Davis County Jail, 800 West State Street, Farmington, UT 84025, USA

January 18th, 2010

Lewis Pogson was today sentenced to 3 years imprisonment at Lincoln Crown Court in connection with alledged offences at Highgate Farm, breeders of rabbits and ferrets for vivisection based in Lincolnshire. His address is: Lewis Pogson (A6454AK), HMP Lincoln, 106 Greetwell Road, Lincoln, LN2 4BD (prisoner number coming soon).

Please send letters/cards of support to him as soon as you can.

January 8th, 2010

We have received information that Heather Nicholson's prison number has changed, her new number is: A3158AJ. Her address stays the same: HMP Foston Hall, Foston, Derby, Derbyshire DE65 5DN

December 28th, 2009

There are a couple of updates to the current prisoners list:
Daniel McGowan's birthday is been corrected to 2nd May
Joyanna Zacher's prison details have changed, please send letters of support to her new address:
Joyanna Zacher #36360-086
FCI Dublin, Federal Correctional Institution, 5701 8th St - Camp Parks, Unit E, DUBLIN, CA 94568, USA

December 18th, 2009

We have heard the good news that the two women (one Dutch, one German) who were imprisoned in Holland for alleged mink liberation have both been released! The two women were both very hungry upon their releases as they didn't get proper food inside and so a big vegan meal was awaiting them!

November 19th, 2009
Carrie Feldman, an activist from Minneapolis, MN, who were subpoenaed to a federal grand jury in Iowa investigating animal rights vandalism from 2004. She is refusing to cooperate with the grand jury, and is in jail now for civil contempt of court.

November 18th, 2009
Another Dutch activist has been remanded regarding allegedy being involved with mink liberation, she can not receive letters at the moment and we have no address for her, more details soon.

November 7th, 2009
GOOD NEWS! SHAC 7 prisoner Jake Conroy has been released from federal prison to a halfway house in the Bay Area.

Jake sends his thanks for all the support while he was inside, please don't forget about his co-defendants Lauren Gazzola and Kevin Kjonaas who are still inside prison and all the other prisoners.

November 5th, 2009
Unfortunately, it has been reported last week that a woman was caught during a mink liberation in south Holland, near the German border. She has been remanded, only the address is known at the moment. Please write letters to her. These can be sent to the following address, where they will be forwarded onto her at the prison:

die tierbefreier e.V., Postfach 111303, D - 20413 Hamburg, Germany

There is also an e-mail address been set up where emails can be sent to, some have arrived already. They'll be printed out and send onto her: holland@die-tierbefreier.de More news soon...

November 3rd, 2009
GOOD NEWS! Dean Cain has been released today, he thanks everyone for his support.

October 26th, 2009
We have received information that Dean Cain's prison number has changed, his new number is: A9457AF. His address stays the same: HMP Preston, Ribbleton Lane, Preston, Lancs PR1 5AB.

October 12th, 2009
We have received a letter from Natasha saying her prison number has changed, her new number is: A5180AD. Her address stays the same: HMP Send, Ripley Road, Woking, Surrey GU23 7LJ. Please note all prisoners' numbers will be changing, as the prison service are bringing out a new numbering sysytem.

September 28th, 2009
We have received a letter from Mel Boughton saying his prison number has changed, his new number is: A3892AE. His address stays the same: HMP Frankland, Brasside, Durham, County Durham DH1 5YD.

September 23rd, 2009
John Smith asks to be removed from all AR prisoner listings. We have received a letter from John Smith asking to be removed from all prisoner lists and magazines, he has reached a point in his sentence where he feels it's the right time to do this. He has very much appreciated the letters and support he has had.

September 17th, 2009
GOOD NEWS! After serving nearly 16 months in prison. Sean Kirtley was found not guilty at his appeal and has been released.

September 14th, 2009
Dean Cain was remanded today and has gone to HMP Preston, Ribbleton Lane, Preston, Lancs PR1 5AB. His parole license has been revoked after he was involved in an incident. Although the incident was not related to campaigning, he is in effect in prison for the original offence, which was for "offences" in connection with Highgate Rabbit Farm, which breeds
rabbits and ferrets for vivisection, including supplying HLS. Please send letters/cards of support to him as soon as you can.

August 29th, 2009
Jonny Ablewhite has been moved to HMP Hewell, Hewell Lane, Redditch, Worcs B97 6QS. Please send letters/cards of support to his new place as soon as you can.

August 13th, 2009
Dan Amos was moved again today back to HMP Guys Marsh, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 0AH. Probably due to outside interference, his D. Cat has also been withdrawn. Please send letters/cards of support to his new place as soon as you can.

August 10th, 2009
Dan Amos was moved today to HMP Ford, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 0BX. Please send letters/cards of support to his new place as soon as you can.

July 21st, 2009
Approximately 3 weeks ago William "BJ" Viehl had his bail revoked and was taken back into custody. Prosecutors allege BJ had communicated with ALF/ELF prisoners, in violation of his bail terms. He expects to remain in custody until his trial.

And approximately one week ago, BJ's co-defendant Alex Hall also had his bail revoked and was taken into custody.

William James Viehl, #2009-05735
Davis County Jail, 800 West State St., Farmington, UT 84025

Alex Hall, #2009-06304
Davis County Jail, 800 West State St., Farmington, UT 84025

More information: www.supportbjandalex.com and www.supportvips.org

July 18th, 2009
John Smith has a new prison number. It is now: A4228AC but his address is still: HMP Lindholme, Bawtry Road, Hatfield Woodhouse, Doncaster, DN7 6EE. Many prisoners will be getting new numbers, as a new number system is put in place. We will keep you updated.

July 7th, 2009
Heather Nicholson was moved today without warning, she's being transferred today to Eastwood Park in Gloucester, but tomorrow she's then being moved again to HMP Foston Hall in Derbyshire. Please send letters/cards of support to her new place as soon as you can, she should be arriving there Wednesday or Thursday.

Heather Nicholson VM5859, HMP Foston Hall, Foston, Derby, Derbyshire DE65 5DN

June 30th, 2009
Naomi van der Pol and Peter Janssen has been released today, pending their trial later in the year for alleged mink liberations. For more info, please send emails to: info@animalrights.nl

June 29th, 2009
Jordan Halliday has now been federally indicted with felony contempt of court. He was released on bail today. This charge carries no maximum penalty. If he is convicted at his trial, Jordan could be facing even more jail time, at the judge's discretion. More info at: http://www.supportjordan.com/

June 18th, 2009
Josh Harper has been released today to a half-way house in Seattle where he will spend two weeks before his final release.

June 4th, 2009
Mel Broughton has been moved to HMP Frankland, Brasside, Durham, County Durham DH1 5YD.

June 3rd, 2009
Naomi van der Pol 6496122, P.I. Breda, Celnummer 24b, Postbus 2274, 4800 CG Breda, The Netherlands
Please send Naomi a card or letter, as she has been on remand since 24th April for alleged mink liberation in Holland and we have only just received her address details.

June 1st, 2009
Heather Nicholson has been moved to HMP Send, Ripley Road, Woking, Surrey GU23 7LJ.

May 17th, 2009
Amended address for Kevin Olliff: Kevin Olliff, #1300931, TTCF 161 D-Pod, 450 Bauchet Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA

May 11th, 2009
Dean Cain and Luke Steele were granted bail today, but sentencing of them and another co-accused will be on Friday 5th June. On Friday 8th May, Vikki the other co-defendant who had gone to trial had the case against her stopped by the judge with no case to answer.

April 21st, 2009
Following on from news on the 11th April, we've just received the news that a second female activist has been arrested today for alleged mink liberation in March, more information to follow.

April 18th, 2009
US activists Kevin Olliff and Lindy Greene were arrested Thursday, 16th April. They have both been remanded and their next court date is May 22nd, more information to follow.

April 11th, 2009
A Dutch activist has been remanded to prison in Rotterdam for alleged mink liberation in March. Also, some Mexican activists need solidarity and help with defence funds. See the bottom of the Current Prisoners page for more details.

April 7th, 2009
Dan Amos has been moved to HMP & YOI, Guys Marsh, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 0AH

April 3rd, 2009
Dean Cain has moved to HMP Nottingham, Perry Road, Sherwood, Nottingham NG5 3AG and Luke Steel to HMP & YOI Glen Parva, 10 Tigers Road, Wigston, Leicester LE18 4TN today after pleading guilty to SOCPA 145 (trepass). Their trial will start at the end of April.

March 23rd, 2009
Natasha Avery has been moved to HMP Send, Ripley Road, Woking, Surrey GU23 7LJ

March 16th, 2009
Nicole Vosper made a plea at Winchester Crown Court on 16/03/09 on charges relating to Huntingdon Life Sciences, she has been remanded to HMP Bronzefield, Woodthorpe Road, Ashford, Middlesex, TW15 3JZ.

Feb 13th, 2009
Mel Broughton was sentenced to 10 years today in connection with the campaign against Oxford University's animal lab.

Feb 4th, 2009
Gregg Avery and Gavin Medd-Hall have been moved to HMP Coldingley, Shaftesbury Road, Bisley, Woking, Surrey GU24 9EX.

Feb 2nd, 2009
Dan Wadham has been moved to: HMP Camp Hill, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5PB. He also has a new prison number: A5705AA.