7th February, Espoo Finland.
[editor’s note: Submitted to UA via email]
“According to local press, sometime between the seventh and ninth of February, several people sawed down five hunting towers in Espoo, Finland. Hunter Antti Saarenmaa says that the attack took place at night, and that it must have been carried out by several people, as the hunting towers are particularly large and heavy.
In addition to having destroyed the hunting towers, the saboteurs also smashed a hunting trap, which was intended to catch marten. The Finnish hunters are of course very sad and angry about the sabotage. However, the martens are surely happy.
Although the hunters found out about the sabotage through their surveillance cameras, they were unable to see or capture the people who carried out the acts. Anti, the hunter, tells the newspaper that, “There is a signature [three letters] on one of the towers that I don’t want to reveal. But it leads us to suspect who it could be…”.
About a year and a half ago, several hunting towers in the northern part of Espoo were destroyed in a similar way. The police did not manage to figure out who did that sabotage either, and the police investigation was dropped. However, posts about the sabotage appeared shortly afterwards on an anarchist internet forum.
The hunters announce that they will build new towers. Surely this will be very expensive for the hunters. And several non human animals life’s will likely be spared due to the destroyed towers. It would surely be a shame if someone were to saw down more towers in the future.”
