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Wildlife group calls for end of hunting as terrorist threat

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edited November 2001 in General Discussion
Wildlife group calls for end of hunting as terrorist threat ALBANY, N.Y. -- Armed, camouflaged groups will soon sneak about wooded areas near prime terrorism targets, decries a group which is arguing that hunting should be halted in New York in the wake of Sept. 11. Hunting "is just a wonderful opportunity for someone who would want to do a terrorist act," said Anne Muller of Wildlife Watch that on Friday called for a suspension of hunting season. "They don't have to report their whereabouts and can be lurking anywhere. They can lurk in groups." "They're against hunting and they'll use any means possible," countered Robert Kazmierski, founder of The Wildlife Sports and Educational Museum being built in Vail Mills, 40 miles northwest of Albany. "They're using (terrorism) as a threat and it's just another means of getting the public riled, just like with anthrax." The animal and wildlife advocacy group's statement calls for a suspension of gun and bow hunting for more than 330,000 hunters on Nov. 19, when deer season begins in New York's busiest area called the southern zone. The group warns that "Armed and camouflaged individuals can get close to chemical, agricultural, business facilities, gas pipelines, electrical power lines, substations, transformers and airports ... local police and environmental conservation officers will merely slough off concerns saying that the individuals are `just hunting."' The group cites an Alaska shooting in October in which a hunter apparently punctured the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, gushing 285,000 gallons of oil onto the tundra. A spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Conservation, which regulates hunting, had no immediate comment. "If these people want to express their thoughts, they're welcome to express their thoughts," Kazmierski said. "But they shouldn't terrorize the rest of the people by something that they're dreaming up."

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