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Animal rights activists last month held a tule elk protest at Point Reyes Station s Bear Valley Visitor Center. (Shutterstock)
WASHINGTON D.C. Animal rights activists on Thursday morning plan to hold a rally at the nation s capital protesting the alleged mistreatment of the tule elk that they attribute to mismanagement at the hands of the National Parks Service.
PETA supporters said they plan to unfurl a banner that reads: Save the California Tule Elk! The Buck Stops Here! at the protest.
They re demanding that the Department of the Interior halt an NPS plan that aims to promote livestock ranching on the Point Reyes National Seashore the protesters say would deplete water resources and sentence a herd of tule elk to death.
UpdatedFri, Apr 9, 2021 at 2:06 pm PT
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The protesters said the event is being held is in response to the NPS announcing that 152 Tule elk died in 2020. (Shutterstock)
POINT REYES, CA Animal rights activists are planning a protest this weekend against the National Parks Service alleging mistreatment of the Tule elk they attribute to park mismanagement.
The Rally to save Tule elk will be held Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Point Reyes Station s Bear Valley Visitor Center.
The protest is being held by the groups the Defense of Animals, Tree Spirit Project and ForELK.
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The protesters said in a statement announcing the event that they aim to what they describe as deadly mismanagement of Point Reyes National Seashore.