The Animal Liberation Press Office relays information to the media about direct action undertaken by the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), the Animal Rights Militia, the Justice Department, and other animal rights leaderless resistance movements. blank">"History of the Animal Liberation Press Office", Animal Liberation Supporters' Group, retrieved May 23, 2006 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."

The press office's position is that it receives claims of responsibility anonymously, and that its officers "do not engage in illegal activities, nor do they know any individuals who do." In contrast, in 2006, a British High court judge described _Robin Webb, the British press officer, as a "central and pivotal figure" in the ALF. "Oxford wins protest injunction case", The Guardian, October 13, 2006, retrieved November 11, 2006.