AR-News: www.AkronDeerTorture.com Press Release

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Dear Friends, 
 
Here is a press release we just sent out to Akron and Cleveland media.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                     MARCH 16, 2004
 
Contact:  Jodie Wiederkehr or Steve Hindi at 630-557-0176 or 630-640-1889 
cell.
 
AkronDeerTorture.com showing cruel Akron slaughter worldwide
Embarrassed Metro Parks officials still illegally holding cameras
 
The Akron area's recent deer slaughter is now getting the attention it 
deserves.  The website, www.AkronDeerTorture.com is now up and running on the 
worldwide web, complete with video clips of wounded and suffering deer.  "We're 
getting tons of hits, and people are expressing their outrage worldwide," says 
Outreach Coordinator Jodie Wiederkehr.  This site has complete information about 
how Akron's Metro Parks and city officials are killing wildlife with tax 
dollars, and then lying to the taxpayers about the program.
 
Connecticut-based White Buffalo, Inc. was hired by Metro Parks to murder 
between one and two hundred deer in four parks - Sand Run, Cascade Valley (dubbed 
"Death Valley"), Munroe Falls and Silver Creek.  SHARK's undercover video 
cameras videotaped not only maimed, flailing deer, but also the attempts by the 
killers to hide the bloody evidence by tightening plastic bags over the heads of 
still living deer as they fought for life.
 
Besides lying about animal abuse, Metro Parks is committing grand theft by 
refusing to return over $5,000 worth of SHARK's cameras and equipment, which is 
still being illegally held.  "SHARK broke no laws, and Metro Parks knows it," 
says SHARK President Steve Hindi.  "It is the Metro Parks that violated the 
public trust."
 
"We want Akron residents to know how their tax dollars are being spent.  If 
you live near or visit Akron's Metro Parks, you should be able to see active, 
peaceful deer – not mutilated and dead deer!" Hindi exclaimed. 
 
 
Please contact Metro Parks' Chief Ranger Ray Dickson or spokespeople Susan 
Fairweather and Mike Johnson, and ask them why they have not returned SHARK's 
equipment.
 
Metro Parks serving Summit County
975 Treaty Line Rd.
Akron, OH 44313
Phone:  (330) 867-5511 or (330) 865-8046, Extension #1
Fax:  (330) 867-4711
 
If you actually get through to someone, please let us know who you speak to 
and what they tell you – thanks so much!
 
For the Animals,
 
Jodie Wiederkehr
SHARK
sharkintl at aol.com
www.sharkonline.org
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