POLICE RAID PEACEFUL PROTESTERS. 19/03/11

Forest Rescue Activists have kept up with their commitment to defend Warrup State Forest near Bridgetown in our South West.
Activists are prepared to be charged during the campaign as personal sacrifice for the conservation of native forests and the endangered species which inhabit it such as the Numbat. However, police have stepped over the line this morning arresting activists unlawfully for Trespass on private land without prior knowledge and consent from the landowner. Police have forcibly taken cameras, video equipment and personal items from the Activists home and persons.
While the Activists cooperated with police peacefully, Forest Rescue Activists are sick and tired of being illegally arrested just so that work can continue in the forest unchallenged.
It is just a case of a means to an end. With no regard for the law. And these are the people we entrust to uphold it? This hypocrisy is thankfully not experienced often by the Western Australia public, but it is happening in the South-West and complaints are falling on deaf ears.
Forest Rescue Activists will continue to defend South-West Forests from the senseless destruction of endangered species habitat, biodiversity hot-spots and fragile forest ecosystems. They are urging the Department of Conservation to pursue other options available that will be more economically and environmentally sustainable.
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