Keith Mann, a leading ALF member and notorious animal rights extremist, has a tougher measure imposed on his sentence by the Attorney General.An incendiary device was found deactivated at Christ Church College's Sport Pavilion, despite the group claiming they had targeted Corpus Christi College.Ed Mayne, spokesman for Oxford University, said that "Attacking one of the poorest boatclubs in Oxford certainly isn't going to help them" A posting to Bite Back said "We are stronger than you, we have more resolve than you and we never give up". The group targeted the boathouse because of apparent ties to Oxford University. Upon investigation the cause of the fire was attributed to incendiary devices which had been placed in the Eight's bays. The fire caused 26 boats in total to become unusable which were part of St Hilda's, St Catherine's, Hertford, Mansfield and St Benet's Hall boats and boat clubs. The Oxford Arson Squad, an ALF cell, caused their first arson in Oxford on 4 July resulting an estimated half a million pounds worth of damage.The fire that caused £500'000 damage at Londbridges boathouse by the ALF Oxford Arson Squad, because the business has ties to Oxford University, 4 July 2005. The ALF warned Phytopharm to stay away from Huntingdon or "see your share price crash and your supporters property go up in flames,".Phytopharm was targeted, as were those doing business with it, because it had business links with Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS). The ALF stated on the Bite Back website a month later that activists had placed an incendiary device under the car, which was in Kendall's garage at home when it caught fire. A Vancouver-based brokerage announced that it had dropped a client, Phytopharm PLC, in response to a ALF firebombing of a car belonging to Canaccord executive Michael Kendall in London, England.An ALF raid on a mink farm in Rome, Italy, saw 2,000 mink released.With the festivals 80th year and 25,000 members expected to arrive, extra security and Gardaí (Irish police) are drafted in to contain any potential incidents. A major security operation is set up in Clonmel, Ireland for the National Coursing Festival after threats are made by the ALF.Animal liberation: graffiti in Italy January
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