Two years after Ronnie Lee and Cliff Goodman had been charged for the raid on the Oxford Laboratory Animal Colonies in Bicester in 1974 , as part of the Band of Mercy , the " Bicester Two " as they were known ; Lee emerged even more militant than before . There had been daily demonstrations at the court during their trial , including Lee 's local Labour Party member of parliament , Ivor Clemitson . With the remaining activists from the Band of Mercy and another two dozen new willing activists , 30 in all , Lee formed the Animal Liberation Front upon his release in 1976 . It was reported that in the first year alone , the ALF targeted ; slaughterhouses , furriers , butchers shops , circuses , breeders and fast-food restaurants , causing damage that totaled £ 250,000 . The first fur farm raid was then heard of in the same year , with 1,000 foxes released from Dalchonzie fur farm in Scotland . The ALF was then founded throughout Europe and further broad in the 1980s , with notable raids including those removing the Silver Spring monkeys and Britches . '' Unnecessary Fuss '' , a film by PETA with footage that the ALF stole , was also released which showed primate researchers laughing and joking at a baboon , as they inflict brain damage as part of a research project into head injuries caused by accidents
Silver Spring monkeys
Silver Spring monkeys
Timeline of Animal Liberation Front actions, 2005–present