Animal Liberation Front tried to free birds
Published 2:35 pm Friday, August 23, 2013
ADAIR VILLAGE, Ore. — The Animal Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for cutting open bird pens at the E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area in an effort to free pheasants and quail into the wild.
The Corvallis Gazette-Times reports that state Department of Fish and Wildlife officials were alerted the vandalism last week after a KEZI reporter inquired about it.
Fish and Wildlife says two of the damaged pens had been empty, and the birds held in the other damaged pens remained in their enclosures.
The Animal Liberation Front, in an online post claiming responsibility, says those who tried to free the birds were interrupted by a car pulling into a nearby parking lot. They claimed that three ring-necked pheasants, one white pheasant and one mountain quail had a chance to escape.
