Subject: MESSAGE FROM VAL HOLLAND

IT IS WITH A RELUCTANT HEART THAT I MUST ANNOUNCE, DUE TO A SPECIFIC PERSONNEL REASON, THAT I MUST RETURN TO A 40 HOUR A WEEK WORK SCHEDULE, AFTER 5 YEARS OF RETIREMENT. THIS WILL DICTATE HOW MUCH EFFORT I WILL BE ABLE TO PUT INTO OUR MISSION TO REGAIN OUR ORIGINAL STATUS OF COCK FIGHTING.

THIS IN NO WAY CHANGES MY BELIEFS THAT STARTED IN AUGUST OF 1999, WHEN THE HSUS[TERRORIST] WITH OUTSIDE PEOPLE, MONEYS, EFFORTS, LIES AND A DEDICATION TO ERADICATE THE GAME COCK, TOOK AWAY FROM ALL OF US, A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO HAVE, RAISE, AND TEST OUR FOWL. THIS HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE MY DRIVING FORCE. I WILL NOT GIVE UP, BUT CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE FIGHT. WHEN MY SITUATION IMPROVES, I WILL AGAIN DEVOTE 100% OF MY TIME AND EFFORT TO THIS END GOAL. UNTIL THAT TIME, FIGHT THE FIGHT, STAY VIGILANT, AND DO YOUR PART TO RE-ACHIEVE OUR ORIGINAL STATUS.--VAL

Shoplifting suspect is fugitive animal rights activist
By Dana Hull

Peter Daniel Young, an animal rights activist who has been a fugitive since 1997 for alleged crimes committed in Wisconsin, was arrested in San Jose while allegedly shoplifting Monday night.

The San Francisco office of the FBI confirmed Wednesday that Young is in FBI custody. Two San Jose police officers spotted Young as he allegedly tried to steal CDs off a shelf at a Starbucks coffee shop at Alameda and West Julian.

``He tried to give them a fake ID,'' said FBI spokesperson LaRae Quy. ``When they fingerprinted him, they realized he was wanted by the FBI.''

In October 1997, three Wisconsin fur farms were raided and mink were released. In 1998, a federal grand jury indicted Young and another man, Justin Samuel, for Hobbs Act violations and two counts of Animal Enterprise Terrorism. Samuel was arrested in Belgium and extradited to the United States, while Young's whereabouts had been unknown.