 The disappointment at the small turnout and allegations of financial mismanagement sent Link into exile from the animal rights movement, and he was never heard from again.In 1997, FARM jumped in to organize a national conference in Washington to lift the disappointment of the preceding year and to signal that the animal rights movement was alive and well.With no other group stepping forward for the next two years, FARM arranged another conference in the 2000 "Millennium Madness" year.