Guest guest Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 Original Message ----- SharkIntl @ aol.com (remove 2 spaces) Wednesday, March 31, 2004 1:41 PM More Deer Killing in Ohio FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 31, 2004 Contact Steve Hindi at 630-640-1889 cell. THE CLEVELAND SHUFFLE - A FAMILIAR, UGLY AND DEADLY TUNE On the heels of the expose of the Akron area deer slaughter in the Summit County Metro Parks, SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect & Kindness) President Steve Hindi received a call from a concerned employee of the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The employee stated that the airport plans to kill numerous deer living on property destined for runway expansion. Yesterday, Hindi visited the airport area with the employee. Hindi then called Airport Commissioner Fred Szabo and suggested that the deer could be easily pushed off the property and onto adjacent Metro Parks property. All that is required are some volunteers and a couple days. SHARK offered to supply volunteers, or they could likely be found within the ranks of the airport employees, according to the airport employee working with SHARK. Calls to the following authorities went out: John Mok / Airport Director, Fred Szabo / Airport Commissioner, Andy Montoney / State Director of Wildlife Services and Mayor Jane Campbell. As usual, everyone wanted to point to someone else, but ultimately, the consensus was that Airport Commissioner Fred Szabo is where the buck stops and sadly ... probably the does as well. When asked to consider simply allowing caring people to move the animals across a road to Metro Parks property, Commissioner Szabo told Steve, "It is now up to the USDA. I will do whatever they decide." Unfortunately, the USDA does not make decisions in the best interests of animals. The USDA has a long established history of ignoring animal abuse and also employs people to mass kill animals. "The USDA considers all animals to be either a burden or an exploitable resource, and the USDA will not hesitate to eliminate these 20+ innocent and beautiful white-tailed deer," says SHARK president Steve Hindi. "So far, our experiences in Ohio show the authorities to be as kill-happy as any we have found around the country." For more information on SHARK, please visit www.sharkonline.org Please contact the following individuals, and urge them to allow SHARK to help humanely relocate the deer. Please also let us know of their responses - Thanks! Fred Szabo, Airport Commissioner Cleveland Hopkins International Airport 5300 Riverside Dr. Cleveland, OH 44135 Phone: 216-265-6100 fszabo @ clevelandairport.com (remove 2 spaces) John Mok, Airport Director Cleveland Hopkins International Airport 5300 Riverside Dr. Cleveland, OH 44135 Phone: (216) 265-6022 jmok @ clevelandairport.com (remove 2 spaces)Andrew J. Montoney, Ohio Wildlife Services State Director United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 6929 Americana Parkway Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-4116 Phone: 614-892-2514 and/or 419-625-9093 Fax: 614-892-2519 andrew.j.montoney @ aphis.usda.gov (remove 2 spaces)Mayor Jane Campbell Cleveland City Hall Mayor's Office 601 Lakeside Avenue, Room 202 Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Phone: 216-664-2900 and/or 216-664-2220 mayorsactioncenter @ city.cleveland.oh.us (remove 2 spaces) and/or Mayorcampbell @ city.cleveland.oh.us (remove 2 spaces) Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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