Word: fedor
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...doesn't have a press office (or headquarters or even a website), so it was hard to know exactly what to make of the self-proclaimed terrorists. The fires fit the front's m.o., and allies of the group didn't deny it was involved. Said Katie Fedor, spokeswoman for a sympathetic organization called the Animal Liberation Front: "Economic sabotage is justified when we have large corporations whose interests are protected because of their money...
...they formed the loose-knit movement in 1992. Some say they were angry that their mother group, Earth First!, wouldn't promote sabotage. Others theorize that Earth Firsters orchestrated the split to deflect blame for "monkey wrenching," as these tactics are called, from the main organization. Whatever the case, Fedor says the ELFs are experienced monkey wrenchers. Last year they allegedly helped torch two facilities in Oregon used to corral and slaughter wild horses, and they are the suspected culprits in the escape of 310 mink from Wisconsin fur farmers...