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==Legal Threats==
*April 2003: Canberra Zoo: Letter threatening Animal Liberation with defamation if a protest went ahead.[http://users.senet.com.au/~gregogle/AL_Canberra.html]*August 1997: Head of the government owned utility, [[ACTEW]], threatened Greens MP Member of Parliament Kerrie Tucker over statements made about ACTEW possibly being in breach of legislation over a coal powered electricity deal. ACTEW demanded an apology.[http://www.hansard.act.gov.au/HANSARD/1997/week08/2642.htm]Tucker refused to issue an apology and spoke out about the threat in Parliament. ACTEW did not initiate legal action.*November 1997: the [[National Association of Forest Industries]] warned the television station, Ten Capital, that it would commence legal action if it didn't withdraw a Community Service Announcement by The Wilderness Society.[http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/c/c6/NAFI_vs_TWS_CSA.pdf Copy of correspondence]
==Other SourceWatch resources==
==External links==
*Ian Warden, "[http://users.senet.com.au/~gregogle/AL_Canberra.html Zoo Threatens Legal Action over Protesters' Accusations]" '''Canberra TimesTime''', 28 April 2003. p2, page 2.
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