AR-News: (AU) Activists warned they will be sued

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http://www.spec.com.au/display.asp?id=3440 

ANIMAL rights activists have been warned the Victorian Farmers Federation 
(VFF) intends to sue them. 
"We are planning to send a clear message to the radicals within the animal 
rights lobby that all forms of advocacy, no matter how important must be 
undertaken legally," VFF Livestock president, Simon Ramsay said. 
"This legal action seeks to protect the live export trade and the farm 
businesses that are threatened by the illegal tactics of radical animal activists," 
he added. 
The VFF legal action is possible because it has gained funding through the 
Australian farmers Fighting Fund. 
Mr Ramsay said VFF livestock representatives would meet shortly with legal 
counsel to discuss the framework required to initiate legal action. 
Mr Ramsay said the success in gaining AFFF funding demonstrated farmers would 
no longer tolerate disruptions to their farm business. 
The live export industry was a lawful form of agricultural trade, he added, 
employing more than 9000 people and generating more than $1 billion.


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