Biography
Joseph Buddenberg is an animal rights activist from Southern California who, along with Nicole Kissane, was involved in anti-fur actions throughout San Diego. She pleaded guilty to vandalizing clothing stores that sold fur and their owners' homes. In other parts of the country, they've also freed animals held in captivity on fur farms, freeing thousands of animals and destroying their breeding records in Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. On May 2nd, Joseph was sentenced to two years in prison, two years of supervised release, and about $400,000 in restitution.
He was released on February 7, 2018.
2010s audit verified October 12, 2026: His first-person account names register 12746-111 and confirms May 3, 2016 admission at MCC San Diego. The fresh official BOP lookup confirms February 7, 2018 departure from BOP custody, resolving the prior month-only field and February 8 announcement conflict. The unsupported FCI Waseca assignment and placeholder-based 639-day total were removed. Sources: source 1; source 2.
Calculation follow-up October 13, 2026: The earlier blanket clearing of the day total was too broad for this completed custody interval. Both recorded endpoints are source-verified full dates; the supported elapsed-day total is retained. This does not count bail, later supervision or unrelated custody. Sources already verified for the corrected dates: source; source.
