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FBI Serves Search Warrant to ALF Supporter

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From the Iowa City Press-Citizen. A federal judge in Iowa issued the warrant. Law enforcement there has a long-running investigation into animal releases at a University of Iowa laboratory. The FBI served a search warrant Monday on a Salt Lake City home occupied by a supporter of the Animal Liberation Front.

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DeMuth Agrees to Plea Bargain

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DeMuth was originally charged in connection with a 2004 lab break-in at the University of Iowa that caused more than $400,000 in damage. His plea agreement does not mention the Iowa break-in. DeMuth was arrested and charged in November 2009 after refusing to cooperate with a grand jury investigating the Iowa break-in.

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Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?

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There is an abundance of information on the web about undercover investigations, livestock conditions, slaughter procedures, etc. Undercover investigative pieces have shown that some unhinged workers take out their frustrations on the farm animals. There are many gruesome pictures too. Factory animals are voiceless victims.