Animal Liberation Press Office

[1][2][3] It states that it will "explain and seek to justify any action, whatever it may be", so long as it appears to have been carried out "with the sincere intention of furthering animal liberation.

"[6] In contrast, a British High Court judge described press officer Robin Webb as a "central and pivotal figure" in the ALF.

Media relations were originally handled by the Animal Liberation Front Supporters Group, but a new ALF press office was created to receive claims of responsibility anonymously, in order to avoid charges of conspiracy.

[8] The press office in North America, also known as NAALPO, was co-founded in 1994,[5] and re-opened in December 2004,[9] by Steven Best, an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Texas, El Paso.

The Press Office frequently receives communiques anonymously from these underground groups, and passes them along to the media, but has no personal knowledge of who sends them or from where they are sent.