@BYLINE = <T><T>PRESS RELEASE
@DROP CAP = ANIMAL LIBERATION FRONT (ALF) spokesperson, 
Rod Coronado, who has been hiding due to threats against his life from 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the fur industry, is willing 
to surrender to federal authorities under the following conditions.
1) That all grizzly bears held hostage as experimental subjects by 
Washington State University (WSU) be released to a wildlife 
rehabilitation center approved by People for the Ethical Treatment of 
Animals (PETA 301-770-8969) and Earth First! (406-728-8114), with 
the intent of returning the bears to their native homeland from which 
they were removed.
<%-3>2) That WSU issue a public statement promising never to capture 
or acquire more endangered species as research subjects or for any other 
purposes.<%0>
3) That all tax-payer supported research being conducted on mink, 
coyotes and otters by Washington State University, Oregon State 
Uni<%4>versity,<%0> Michigan State University, and Utah State 
University be suspended.
<%4>Although the Coalition Against Fur Farms (CAFF) and the ALF do 
not approve of the incarceration of any native wildlife, Rod Coronado 
believes that the hostage exchange of one species for another is a 
reasonable alternative. If these three conditions are agreed to, and met, 
and negotiated through PETA and Earth First!  I, Rod Coronado, will 
turn myself in to federal authorities in Montana at the tribal headquarters 
of the Blackfoot Nation. As part of the agreement, I, Rod Coronado, 
swear to cooperate fully with Grand Jury Inquisitions into ALF activity 
that I am suspected in, relating to the defense of native wildlife and the 
environment. I swear to testify and answer all questions relating to my 
role as a spokesperson on behalf of the ALF, and as the Coordinator of 
the CAFF.<%0> 
I, Rod Coronado, believe that my non-violent actions in defense of the 
earth, are innocent acts to protect the ecological integrity of this country's 
natural heritage. This statement of conditions of surrender is in no way 
an admission of guilt to charges laid by the United States Government, or 
any other law enforcement agency. It is my belief that with a fair trial, 
the citizens of this country will recognize that the real acts of terrorism 
committed on university campuses in the last eighteen months, are those 
carried out by Oregon State researcher  Ron Scott, Washington State 
researcher  John Gorham, Michigan State researcher Richard Aulerich, 
and Utah State researcher  Frederick Knowlton.
<%6>Recent attempts by the FBI to portray me as a fugitive evading 
arrest are standard practices by the US Government to convince the 
public that I am guilty and that I am a violent criminal  the first steps in 
justifying the assassination of Native American activists who choose to 
maintain their cultural and religious beliefs.<%0>
Through the example of US history, it is my understanding that if I was 
to continue my defense of Native American wildlife and lands, then I 
would be murdered by the FBI or people within the fur industry. The 
FBI, while questioning David Howitt in June 1992, acknowledged a 
threat against my life. In May 1992, when the FBI and the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) raided my mountain home in 
southern Oregon, the presence of automatic weaponry in my attempted 
arrest is a testament of the US Government's willingness to use deadly 
force to squash my representation of Native American wildlife, and those 
who defend that wildlife.
In over ten years of non-violent resistance to the destruction of native 
wildlife and lands, I have never caused an injury or loss of life to any 
living being. Through my obligation as a citizen of the earth, I have only 
ever targeted the implements of life's destruction, i.e. whaling ships in 
Iceland. I have never, nor will I ever, carry or use firearms or explosives 
in my defense of my earth mother. My religious beliefs recognize the 
sanctity of all life and would never allow me to justify a violent act that 
would result in the loss of life. It is only because of the FBI's record of 
violence against Native Americans such as Anna Mae Aquash, Leonard 
Peltier, Tina Trudell, Pedro Bisonette and other American Indian 
Movement (415-552-1992) activists that I avoid contact with the US 
Government by living a life in hiding<P10%-3>.<P255%0>
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@BODY TEXT  R = In the Spirit of Crazy Horse,
@BODY TEXT  R = Rod Coronado
@BODY TEXT  R = <%-2>Coordinator, Coalition Against Fur 
Farms<%0>
@BODY TEXT  R = Spokesperson, Animal Liberation Front

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