9/6/94. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Ranchers receive threats from Earth Firsters. A Vancouver-based Earth Firster using the pseudonym George Hayduke, after the character in Edward Abbey’s The Monkey Wrench Gang, tells a reporter, “There’s a war against the environment—we’re soldiers in that war. We’re going to cost the ranchers money. We’re going to hurt them. We’re going to punish them.” The reporter, unaware that “Hayduke” was a pseudonym, wrote, “Mr. Hayduke’s band of eco-warriors has begun a covert campaign of sabotage and intimidation against 10 ranchers he said are using a chemical called Compound 1080 to rid themselves of predators.” Compound 1080 is applied only by government conservation officers when predators threaten livestock. Fence cutting was reported by ranchers. “Eco-group terrorists: Ranchers - Earth First! at ‘war,’” The Province, Tuesday, September 6, 1994, by Jason Proctor, p. A6.

10/28/94. Vancouver, B. C., Canada. A self-proclaimed environmental group threatened to kill government lawyers and poison courthouses. A group calling itself the David Organization made the threats in a letter to Chief Justice Allan McEachern. The letter said “unless the courts do something to save the environment it will kill us all,” reported Bob Wright, Vancouver regional Crown counsel. “It talks about executions of Crown counsel. They talked about poisoning the air system, that kind of stuff.” “B. C. Tightens Court Security,” Seattle Times, Friday, October 28, 1994, by Seattle Times staff, p. B2.