{"article":{"id":255474,"heading":"Document Shows Utah Homeland Security Consulted Fur Group","author":"Animal Liberation Frontline","created":"2012-09-09 03:48:23","modified":"2012-09-09 11:16:47","last_modified":"Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:16:47","article":"<p>From <strong>Animal Liberation Frontline<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Animal Liberation Frontline obtains agenda for annual Fur Commission meeting.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Following up on last week's posting of an ALF-prevention security manual  for fur farmers, I am posting another internal document from the Fur  Commission: the agenda for the FCUSA's annual meeting, held every year  in Park City, Utah. This is where most of the major decisions affecting  fur farmers are made, and the industry's heaviest hitters get together  to strategize.<\/p>\r\n<p>And much of that strategizing is about the animal  rights movement. According to the agenda, at least 45 minutes went to  \"animal rights extremists\", which fur farmers have named in a poll as the #1 threat to the survival of their industry.<\/p>\r\n<p>According  to the 2011 agenda, part of this came in the form of a talk by Utah  Division of Homeland Security's \"intelligence analyst\".<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>View a PDF of the meeting agenda here.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><br>\r\nWhat is the \"Utah Division of Homeland Security\"? It appears to be a  state organization (not federal), but is housed in Utah's \"fusion  center\" - part of the Orwellian trend in which various state and federal  law enforcement agencies - previously separate - join together in one  building for the purpose of sharing \"intelligence\".<\/p>\r\n<p>According to their website, the UDHS's focuses include:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n    <li>Intelligence Analysis<\/li>\r\n    <li>Investigative Case Support<\/li>\r\n    <li>Risk and Threat Assessment<\/li>\r\n    <li>Organized Crime &amp;Gang Analysis<\/li>\r\n    <li>Counter-Terrorism<\/li>\r\n    <li>Homeland Security Risk Mitigation<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Fur industry turns to the law for protection<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>It  would make sense the industry would seek \"professional help\" at the  biggest fur farmer meeting in the country - since 1996, there have been  over 90 raids of fur farms by the Animal Liberation Front and others.  Last year, the Fur Commission shifted their entire focus from public  relations to security, recognizing that the survival of their entire  industry could depend on how effectively they could prevent ALF  liberations and sabotage.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>The rest of the agenda...<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>According  to the agenda, the presentation from the Utah Division of Homeland  Security was followed by the Fur Commission's in-house expert on  \"security and risk analysis\". This, presumably, was a talk more specific  to securing fur farms against an ALF action.<\/p>\r\n<p>The rest of the  agenda is comprised of general housekeeping (FCUSA \"programs report\"),  and a public relations talk (on \"Communicating with Consumers\"),  followed by dinner (Ghidotti's Classic Italian Restaurant,&nbsp; 6030 N.  Market Street Park City, UT). The agenda also names the hotel where the  fur farmers stay, where the meeting is held, and more.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>View a PDF of the meeting agenda here.<\/strong> <\/p>\n","contact":"peter@animalliberationfrontline.com","link":"http:\/\/www.animalliberationfrontline.com\/","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"Leaked document shows Utah Division of Homeland Security consulted the Fur Commission USA on &quot;animal rights extremism&quot; at their annual meeting. ","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2012\/09\/255474.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":255478,"heading":"hmm 1","article":"let's see here, the ALF is now an excuse to involve HLS?\r\n\r\nWhy are these individuals providing the incentive to bring in the gestapo and other delights?\r\nSounds like another collections of dupes to propagandize the movement for sustainable farming.  There is, after all, an important separation from radical and extremest.\r\nOne tries to solve a problem by going to the root of the injustice and the other creates more problems by acts of criminal behavior.\r\nWhich fucks it up for everyone.\r\npardon my profanity.","author":"The Cycle","parent_id":255474,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2012-09-09 11:16:47","modified":"2012-09-09 11:16:47","fileurl":""}]}