• Environmentalist, anti-capitalist, eco-terrorist organization established in 1992 by radical members of "Earth First!"
• Responsible since 1997 for more than $95 million in property damage

• July 21, 1997. Redmond, Oregon: Arson of Cavel West meat packing plant in Redmond. Estimated cost over $1 million. Joint ALF / ELF claim.
  
  
• November 29, 1997. Hines, Oregon: Arsonists destroy a U.S. Bureau of Land Management horse barn, chutes, pens and equipment. Four hundred horses are released, but they are later recaptured. Joint ALF/ELF claim. Damages: $474,000.
  
  
• June 2, 1998. Olympia, Washington: Two U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife stations, miles apart, go up in flames on the same morning. The ELF and ALF take joint responsibility for both attacks. Damages: $1.9 million.
  
  
• October 18, 1998. Vail, Colorado: Fires ravage a portion of the Vail ski resort, destroying seven structures: four ski lifts, a restaurant, a picnic facility, and a utility building. The ELF later claims it torched the resort because of proposed expansion into the declining habitat of lynx. Damages: $12 million.
  
  
• December 27, 1998. Medford, Oregon: Fire ravages the headquarters of U.S. Forest Industries. An ELF communiqué issued weeks later by the Liberation Collective in Portland, Oregon says the strike was payback to a company it accused of razing forests and killing wild animals for profit. Damages: $700,000.
  
  
• December 25, 1999. Monmouth, Oregon: Fire burns down a Boise Cascade timber management office. "Let this be a lesson to all greedy multinational corporations who don't respect their ecosystems," ELF writes. Damages: $1 million.
  
  
• July 20, 2000. Rhinelander, Wisconsin: Vandals hack down thousands of experimental trees, mostly poplars, and spray-paint vehicles at a U.S. Forest Service research station. ELF claims the attack was against bioengineering. Damages: $1 million.

ELF exhorts people to shed their "anthropocentric" worldview in favor of an "ecocentric" alternative -- wherein the well-being of the natural world (and all of its living members) takes precedence over the well-being of mankind specifically. ELF also strives to "educate the public on the atrocities committed against the earth and all species that populate it." But its "public education" campaign consists largely of anonymous press releases disseminated to the media in the wake of its acts of sabotage. ELF operatives also use spray paint and banners to communicate messages and claim responsibility at the sites of their crimes.

The most recognizable "public face" associated with ELF is that of Craig Rosebraugh, who was the group's spokesman from 1997 to 2001. During his years with ELF, Rosebraugh openly advocated property destruction, explaining that "[i]f you can hit them [businesses and capitalists] hard enough in their pocketbook, perhaps they will stop all the unjust acts they're carrying out." When asked if he had ever feared that an ELF act of terror might result in someone's death, he stated, "No, I am more concerned with massive numbers of people dying at the hands of greedy capitalists if such actions are not taken."