U.S. Government Sponsored Religion Killing Eagles

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TO NATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS:

U.S. Government Sponsored Religion Killing Eagles

COLORADO, DENVER, Mar. 19 -/E-Wire/-- We have spent the past two decades educating children and adults about the instrinsic value and beauty of eagles and other raptors. We have worked hard with limited resources, and have been rewarded with successes such as the recovery of the bald eagle and the peregrine falcon. We are not alone in this mission. All of us work within the guidelines of the rules, regulations, and laws established by Congress, which are administered and enforced by the Department of the Interior.

Yet somewhere in the convoluted, corrupted, and corrosive political process the very rules, laws, and even our Constitution, which directs civilized behavior does not apply to those we elect to represent us. Examples are many, but in this matter, its not just the taxpayer's money and common sense that are violated. A very limited and irreplaceable natural resource, belonging to all of us, is being sacrificed by our government for the benefit of a very small religious group within the Hopi Indian Tribe.

Politicians have been allowing this small group of Hopi religionists to gather live baby eagles and other raptors, and then kill them to fulfill rituals of their faith. Since 1986, the government admits they have permitted 208 golden eagles to be killed in this barbaric fashion. They also admit untold numbers of red-tailed hawks are slaughtered by the Hopi Tribe (People of Peace) to satisfy their religious notions.

We do not wish to deny this minority their religious beliefs. They can believe whatever they want. We do, however, wish to stop the barbaric sacrifices that are stealing one of our very limited, natural resources: golden eagles and other raptors. They are stealing from all of our children and their children. This theft and butchery is occurring under the watchful eyes of government agencies whose very role is to protect these natural resources.

This is government sponsored criminal madness. It is political correctness at its worst, and every cowardly politician and bureaucrat that has winked at the death of each one of these 208 eagles should face the maximum fine permitted for killing one of these beautiful creatures: $500,000. Good people in government law enforcement and environmental research are also sacrificed to political expediency.

They need our help. Sadly, the only way politicians will act to prevent this continuing rape is to face a lawsuit exposing their complicity in these despicable acts of religious terror. We need your help and your money to bring a suit to stop this slaughter.

Please contact us about contributing to the REF Eagle Defense Fund. If the Hopi people are permitted to continue and even expand their environmental terrorism, then why not any other religion or group that wants similar priveleges? Maybe virgins will be next, but better yet, how about politicians? Contact us at www.usaref.org. Or call [REDACTED-PHONE].

Raptor Education Foundation

Peter Reshetniak, President, Raptor Education Foundation [REDACTED-PHONE],

http://www.usaref.org

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