8 Mar 2001
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Frontline: ELF Claims Responsibility for Smashing Windows at Old Navy Store (NY, USA)

Frontline Information Service - News 3/07/01

EARTH LIBERATION FRONT CLAIMS
RESPONSIBILITY FOR SMASHING WINDOWS & SIGN
AT OLD NAVY OUTLET STORE ON LONG ISLAND, NY

URGENT NEWS ADVISORY
March 7, 2001

HUNTINGTON, LONG ISLAND, NY - The Earth Liberation Front (E.L.F.) has officially claimed responsibility for smashing over eight 10x10 insulated plate glass windows and one neon sign at the Old Navy Outlet Center in downtown Huntington, Long Island on March 5, 2001.

A communique sent by the E.L.F. stated, "This action served as a protest to Old Navy's owners, the Fisher family's involvement in the clearcutting of old growth forest in the Northwest. These actions will continue until the Fisher family pulls economic support from the lumber industry, regardless of whether with the Pacific Lumber Company or otherwise."

The Fisher family, which owns the Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy, recently purchased 235,000 acres of Mendicino County redwood forest in northern California. The Fisher's logging company, Mendicino Redwood Company, plans to clearcut large sections of land within this purchase. The company is also spraying Garlon, an herbicide related to Agent Orange, to eliminate ground vegetation. Garlon induces vomiting and weakness in humans and is known to severely disorient juvenile Coho salmon.

The E.L.F. 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.

The communique continued, "Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic care not for the species that call these forests home, care not for the animals that comprise their leather products, and care not for their garment workers underpaid, exploited and enslaved in overseas sweatshops."

Since 1997, in the United States alone, the E.L.F. has caused near $40 million in damages to entities profiting off the destruction of the natural environment.

The communique finished by stating, "As more and more minds continue to be exposed to the true nature of their greed, fewer and fewer will sit idly by, and the cries of the earth will not fall upon deaf ears. We will not stop. Love, The Elves."

Contact: North American Earth Liberation Front Press Office 503.478.0902 http://www.earthliberationfront.com

*A copy of the communique sent by the E.L.F. follows on page 2.

COMMUNIQUE SENT BY THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT

"During the evening of March 5th, members of the earth liberation front descended upon The Old Navy Outlet Center in downtown Huntington, Long Island, NY. We smashed over 8 10'x10' insulated plate glass windows and one neon sign.

This action served as a protest to Old Navy's owners, the Fisher family's involvement in the clearcutting of old growth forest in the Pacific Northwest.

These actions will continue until the Fisher family pulls economic support from the lumber industry, regardless of whether with the Pacific Lumber Company or otherwise.

In the past week, mother nature has blessed the Northeast with snow, and we are reminded of our brothers and sisters in the Northwest, and their struggle to preserve what mother nature has blessed them with, the forests in the land that they call home. We will not sit idly by, and will do our best to amplify their voices, so that their message will get through to the Fisher family in the only language they know--economics.

Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic care not for the species that call these forests home, care not for the animals that comprise their leather products, and care not for their garment workers underpaid, exploited and enslaved in overseas sweatshops. As more and more minds continue to be exposed to the true nature of their greed, fewer and fewer will sit idly by, and the cries of the earth will not fall upon deaf ears. We will not stop.

Love,
The Elves"

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