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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Animal Rights Activist Convicted of Felony for Rescuing Sick Chickens
The conspiracy charges against DxE’s Wayne Hsiung marked a troubling shift — and an overreach — by prosecutors in animal rights cases.
Prosecutors Silence Evidence of Cruel Factory Farm Practices 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.
An Animal Rights Activist Saved a Sick Baby Goat From a Farm — and Faces Years in Prison
Wayne Hsiung faces felony charges — an escalation in the government's war against those who would put the value of life ahead of property.
“Let Dairy Die” Activists May Face Jail Time, Sex Offender List for Protesting Bernie Sanders
Activists from the group Direct Action Everywhere have dogged candidates throughout the Democratic primary.
Factory Farm Industry Quietly Lobbies California Officials to Criminalize Animal Rescue Activism
Records show that the California Farm Bureau has been working behind closed doors to limit legal exemptions for Direct Action Everywhere’s open rescues.
After Pork Giant Was Exposed for Cruel Killings, the FBI Pursued Its Critics
The agency, seeking information on an animal rights group, attempted to recruit a former truck driver as an informant, the truck driver says.
Iowa Quietly Passes Its Third Ag-Gag Bill After Constitutional Challenges
The bill would create a new crime called “food operation trespass,” in yet another attempt to penalize activists for uncovering conditions at factory farms.
They Rescued Pigs and Turkeys From Factory Farms — and Now Face Decades in Prison
Six activists from Direct Action Everywhere have been charged for rescuing animals from factory farms in Utah.
Animal Rights Activists Uncover the Locations of Thousands of Factory Farms
The animal agriculture industry has spent decades fighting to avoid the disclosure of information about facilities where animals are raised for food.
