ALF or Animal Liberation Front is a cell based organization that specializes in "freeing" animals from companies and letting them go. They do this by breaking into the animal colony, stealing the animals, and then releasing them into the wild. Having known ALFers myself I can tell you that they are shallow anarchists with no real understanding of the world or of life in general. Usually they are white, rich, college drop outs. They believe that corporations have no right to privatize animals, and reason that they themselves can, not only steal other's property, but cause terrible suffering by releasing them into the wild.

I found one of their "communiques" on portland indymedia (http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2008/04/374868.shtml) and one of their statements particularly  interesting. They write "Even if some of the mink do not make it we feel it is better to die free, then at the hands of their speciesist captors." This is an insane statement, and one that only leftists could make. They are merely exchanging world views, and forcing their own on the poor minks. As usual, actual reason and logic take a back seat to "feel good direct action". Those minks were brought up in a colony. They have no idea how to survive in the wild. What would you rather? Live well and be taken care of in a warm and safe environment until you are killed ever so carefully. Or be "freed" by some crazed anarchist to live your last few moment terrified, hungry and scared? I really don't know. But neither does the ALF. They should leave well enough alone.

I cannot help but bring Obama into this. His friend and fundraiser Ayers is one of these people. Weather Underground have close ties to ALF, ELF, and Earth First! and they all use the same Monkey-Wrench Game techniques to force their world view on others. These people have no respect for personal property or society. They do not understand real suffering, only what their leftist college professors tell them and idealists pamphlet put out by Nonsense Collective Number 123 table. Obama is closer to these people than the media will ever let on, and its important to follow the breadcrumbs.
Cheers.