
Activists Acquitted in Trial for Taking Piglets From Smithfield Foods
The nation's largest pork producer argued that the removal of two sick piglets was a case of theft and burglary. DxE called it a rescue.
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The nation's largest pork producer argued that the removal of two sick piglets was a case of theft and burglary. DxE called it a rescue.
The conspiracy charges against DxE’s Wayne Hsiung marked a troubling shift — and an overreach — by prosecutors in animal rights cases.
The government wants to keep juries from seeing gruesome evidence of animals in distress — the very reason activists are going into farms.
Wayne Hsiung faces felony charges — an escalation in the government's war against those who would put the value of life ahead of property.
Activists from the group Direct Action Everywhere have dogged candidates throughout the Democratic primary.
Records show that the California Farm Bureau has been working behind closed doors to limit legal exemptions for Direct Action Everywhere’s open rescues.
The agency, seeking information on an animal rights group, attempted to recruit a former truck driver as an informant, the truck driver says.
The bill would create a new crime called “food operation trespass,” in yet another attempt to penalize activists for uncovering conditions at factory farms.
Six activists from Direct Action Everywhere have been charged for rescuing animals from factory farms in Utah.
The animal agriculture industry has spent decades fighting to avoid the disclosure of information about facilities where animals are raised for food.