Bite Back 2787728 198482770 2008-03-15T20:58:30Z TomLovesCake 6580102 [[Image:BiteBack.jpg|right|thumb|200px|'''Bite Back Magazine #12'''. The front cover features one of the twenty-two broiler chickens taken from Lloyds Animal Feeds in [[Wiltshire]], [[England]] with an [[Animal Liberation Front|ALF]] activist on November 3rd 2006.<ref>Issue 12, Pg 1, ''Bite Back Magazine'', May 2007.</ref> A [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu1muEPrfcs video] was then released to [[Southern Animal Rights Coalition|SARC]] from the raid.<ref>[http://www.sarconline.co.uk/tv TV], ''[[Southern Animal Rights Coalition|SARC]].</ref>]] :''For the song of the same name, see [[Bite Back (song)]]'' '''Bite Back''' is a Malaysia-registered website and magazine that promotes the cause of the [[animal liberation movement]], and specifically the [[Animal Liberation Front]] (ALF).<ref name=ADL> [http://www.adl.org/learn/extremism_in_america_updates/movements/ecoterrorism/eco050125.htm Radical animal rights magazine issues 2004 "Direct Action" report], ''Law Enforcement Agency Resource Network'', January 25, 2005.</ref> According to ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', the name is inspired by an arson campaign targeting the American fur industry throughout the 1990s.<ref name=Times1>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2047868,00.html Unmasked: animal extremist waging war on Oxford], ''The Sunday Times'', February 19, 2006.</ref> Its founder and editor, [[Nicolas Atwood]], has said that ''Bite Back's'' mission is to "support animal rights [[prisoners of conscience]] and report on current events in the struggle."<ref name=Guard1>Laville, Sandra & Booth, Robert. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/animalrights/story/0,,1716797,00.html "Scientists to speak out for animal tests"], ''The Guardian'', February 24, 2006.</ref> ==Background== ''Bite Back'' was set up in 2001 by Atwood, an animal rights activist in [[West Palm Beach, Florida]].<ref name=Oxford1>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/animalrights/story/0,,1716797,00.html Personal details released as animal rights activists call for direct action], ''The Oxford Student'', February 24, 2006.</ref> In March 2005, Atwood set up a Florida-based company, Bite Back Inc, to operate the site and magazine sales.<ref name=Times1>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2047868,00.html Unmasked: animal extremist waging war on Oxford], ''The Sunday Times'', February 19, 2006.</ref> ==Forum== [[Image:ALF logo.svg|right|thumb|120px|The initials of the [[Animal Liberation Front]] with an [[anarchist]] circle-A incorporated into the design]] ''Bite Back'' acts as a forum for ALF activists, and a place they can leave claims of responsibility for [[direct action]] taken in pursuit of [[Animal rights|animal liberation]].<ref name=Guard2>Fickling, David. [http://education.guardian.co.uk/businessofresearch/story/0,,1852511,00.html Animal rights activist admits firebombing attempts], ''The Guardian'', August 17, 2006.</ref> In 2006, it was used to encourage attacks against [[Oxford University]], publishing personal details of academics and calling on supporters to "do whatever it takes" to "blow these fucking monsters off the planet". <ref name=Guard1/> In 2007, when incendiary devices were found at [[Templeton College, Oxford]], ''Biteback'' reported a claim of responsibility on behalf of the Animal Liberation Front: "This latest action is part of an ongoing fight against the University of Oxford and its continued reign of terror over the unseen victims inside its animal labs."<ref>Payne, Stewart. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/27/noxford27.xml "Animal activists plant bombs at Oxford college"], ''The Daily Telegraph'', February 27, 2007.</ref> The [[FBI]], while reportedly aware of the site, say action against it would breach the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] protecting [[freedom of speech]]. <ref name=Guard1/> In 2005, Bite Back published a "Direct Action Report," listing action carried out by activists on a global scale. It writes that, in 2004, 17,262 animals were "liberated," and 554 acts of [[sabotage]], vandalism and [[arson]] were carried out.<ref name=ADL> [http://www.adl.org/learn/extremism_in_america_updates/movements/ecoterrorism/eco050125.htm Radical animal rights magazine issues 2004 "Direct Action" report], ''Law Enforcement Agency Resource Network'', January 25, 2005.</ref> ==Notes== {{reflist|2}} ==See also== *''[[Arkangel (magazine)|Arkangel Magazine]] *''[[No Compromise (magazine)|No Compromise Magazine]]'' ==External links== *[http://www.directaction.info/ Bite Back] *[http://www.animalliberationfront.com Animal Liberation Front] {{Alibend}} [[Category:Animal Liberation Front]] [[Category:American political magazines]] [[Category:Independent magazines]] [[Category:Magazines about animal rights]] [[nl:Bite Back]]