The first actions by the ALF in Italy, Austria and Spain are reported.Ronnie Lee is sentenced to ten years in prison for ALF actions.One of the first ALF actions in Sweden occurs with a raid and two beagles taken from a dental school.A five-week-old macaque named Britches, is taken from the University of California, releasing footage that stops eight of the seventeen animal research projects currently going on.The first action in Denmark is reported by the ALF.The ALF steal tapes from the University of Pennsylvania, after raiding the building, and release the footage to PETA, which make the documentary Unnecessary Fuss. See also: Timeline of Animal Liberation Front actions, 197699 and Timeline of Animal Liberation Front actions, 2005present Main article: Timeline of Animal Liberation Front actions This is a time line of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) actions from 2000 to 2004.The detailed list of actions are divided chronologically: Timeline of Animal Liberation Front actions, 1976-1999 Timeline of Animal Liberation Front actions, 2000-2004 Timeline of Animal Liberation. Malta, South Africa and New Zealand have the first ALF actions reported. A time line of Animal Liberation Front actions describes the history, consequences and theory of direct action on behalf of animals by animal liberation activists using, or associated with the ALF.The ALF later admitted the claims had been a hoax. Mars halted production at a cost of $4.5 million. The ALF claimed it had injected Mars Bars in stores throughout England with rat poison.First ALF action is reported in Australia.action since 1979 (and a single liberation from 1977). Organized by year, 'Animal Liberation Front: Complete Diary of Actions, The First 30 Years' chronicles every reported U.S. A laboratory in Zürich, Switzerland, is raided, as one of the first Swiss ALF actions, with 48 beagles taken. The Animal Liberation Front is a clandestine movement of activists who step in to illegally rescue animals in the dead of night when legal campaigns have failed.First ALF actions reported in Canada at a butchers shop.48 beagle dogs are taken from a laboratory in Germany, as one of the first ALF raids known in the country.Dogs are taken from a laboratory in one of the first raids known in France by the ALF, with more raids that followed.The "Silver Spring monkeys" are removed from an animal research laboratory in the USA.We are always looking to broaden our community of committed and compassionate people to help with campaigns and to spread awareness for the animals. First animal researcher is targeted, with a Glaxo Wellcome (now GlaxoSmithKline) employee's garage being vandalized. Animal Liberation is a not-for-profit organisation and we receive no government funding.