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Earth Liberation Front Claims Responsibility for Simultaneous Actions in 2
States (UW Fire and Clatskanie, OR fire); Over an estimated $3 million in
Combined Damages
Seattle, WA & Clatskanie, OR - On May 21, 2001, the Earth Liberation Front
(ELF) burned an office and a fleet of 13 trucks at Jefferson Poplar Farms in
Clatskanie, Oregon. The ELF simultaneously burned down the office of Toby
Bradshaw at the University of Washington. The combined estimated total in
damages has soared to over $3 million. This marks the first time in North
American history that the ELF has targeted two separate locations in differing
states at the same time.
A communique sent by the ELF stated, "At 3:15am on Monday, May 21, the
research of Toby Bradshaw was reduced to smoke and ashes. We attacked his
office at the University of Washington while at the same time another group
set fire to a related target in Clatskanie, Oregon, 150 miles away."
The ELF is an international underground organization that uses direct action
in the form of economic sabotage to stop the exploitation and destruction of
the natural environment. Since 1997, in North American alone, the ELF has
caused over $40 million in damages to entities profiting from the destruction
of life.
The communique continued, "Bradshaw, the driving force in G.E. tree research,
continues to unleash mutant genes into the environment that is certain to
cause irreversible harm to forest ecosystems. As long as universities
continue to pursue this reckless 'science', they run the risk of suffering
severe losses. Our message remains clear, we are determined to stop genetic
engineering."
"We torched Jefferson Poplar because hybrid poplars are an ecological
nightmare threatening native biodiversity in the ecosystem. Our forests are
being liquidated and replaced with monocultured tree farms so greedy, earth
raping corporations can make more money, " stated the ELF communique.
The communique ended by stating, "As we wrote in Clatskanie 'You cannot
control what is wild.'"
For more information contact:
North American ELF Press Office 503.478.0902
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