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Bay Area Animal Activists Call for Golden Gate Fields to Shut Down after Horse Deaths

June 3, 2023

ABC7 News

"[Horses being killed is] just inherent to the industry. These horses are bred for racing, they're fed for racing, they're drugged for racing. Everything about the way that they're raised is for profit, not for their well-being," Cassie King said.

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Bay Area Animal Activists Call for Golden Gate Fields to Shut Down after Horse Deaths

June 3, 2023

ABC7 News

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Trial Finally Scheduled for Animal Rights Activists Facing Felonies for Rescues in Sonoma County

May 31, 2023

Recent similar trials in St. George, UT and Merced, CA resulted in groundbreaking acquittals for open rescuers.

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Trial Finally Scheduled for Animal Rights Activists Facing Felonies for Rescues in Sonoma County

May 31, 2023

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Free Speech under Attack in Rural America

May 23, 2023

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Free Speech under Attack in Rural America

May 23, 2023

During my time in Utah, I found people willing to have open and honest discussions. Why, then, are high-ranking members of the Church and the police attempting to stop that from happening? Could it be that egregious abuses documented by DxE at Smithfield were getting too close to those in power? When open dialogue threatens a power structure, it’s time to scrutinize that power structure.

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Injured Horse Euthanized at Golden Gate Fields; 8th Horse to Die at Track in 2023

May 22, 2023

CBS Bay Area

"No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of 28 of its athletes in 20 weeks in just one state," said Martha Sullivan of the organization Kill Racing Not Horses.

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Injured Horse Euthanized at Golden Gate Fields; 8th Horse to Die at Track in 2023

May 22, 2023

CBS Bay Area

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Animal Activist Appealing Pioneer Day Trespassing Guilty Verdict in Beaver County

May 21, 2023

St. George News

Vollmar, who is part of an ongoing federal civil rights lawsuit against Beaver County and several sheriff’s deputies, says his First Amendment rights were violated when he was interrogated by deputies at the Pioneer Day event last July 23.

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Animal Activist Appealing Pioneer Day Trespassing Guilty Verdict in Beaver County

May 21, 2023

St. George News

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Activists Put Spotlight on Treatment of Dogs at Dane County Research Facility

May 14, 2023

Seehafer News

“After sometimes months or years of confinement that drives many of them to insanity, they’re subjected to experiments that are so nightmarish that they’re hard for people to believe are true,” [activist Wayne] Hsiung contended.

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Activists Put Spotlight on Treatment of Dogs at Dane County Research Facility

May 14, 2023

Seehafer News

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The Supreme Court’s Ruling on Prop 12 is a Win against Factory Farming. But the Pigs’ Lives Will Still Suck.

May 12, 2023

Vox

Now, the U.S. animal movement has the opportunity to further empower ordinary citizens to make decisions about animal treatment democratically, rather than letting corporations decide what counts as animal cruelty.

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The Supreme Court’s Ruling on Prop 12 is a Win against Factory Farming. But the Pigs’ Lives Will Still Suck.

May 12, 2023

Vox

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Petaluma Animal Rights Activists Still Don’t Know When They’re Going to Trial

May 10, 2023

Press Democrat

“I’m looking forward to my day in court, because I believe people in Sonoma County want animals to be protected, not tortured,” said [Wayne] Hsiung, who’s representing himself.

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Petaluma Animal Rights Activists Still Don’t Know When They’re Going to Trial

May 10, 2023

Press Democrat

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Opinion: Costco Must Take Accountability for Animal Cruelty at Its Suppliers, Instead of Suing Us for Protesting

May 10, 2023

Veg World Magazine

Costco wants to push us away and restrict our activity as much as possible to prevent customers from seeing the horrors that happen at its suppliers.

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Opinion: Costco Must Take Accountability for Animal Cruelty at Its Suppliers, Instead of Suing Us for Protesting

May 10, 2023

Veg World Magazine

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They Rescued Pigs and Turkeys from Factory Farms - and Now Face Decades in Prison

December 23, 2018

The Intercept

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Activists Briefly Occupy Amazon Chicken Supplier to Treat ‘Sick, Starving’ Birds

September 29, 2018

Forbes

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Animal Rights Activists Face Multiple Felony Charges, Brought by Prosecutors With Ties to Smithfield Foods

June 7, 2018

The Intercept

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39 Arrested Protesting Industrial Farm Supplying So-Called "Cage-Free" Eggs to Amazon and Whole Foods

May 30, 2018

Democracy Now!

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Animal rights activists who removed two piglets from factory farm charged after FBI raids

May 25, 2018

The Washington Post

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Bred to Suffer: Inside the Barbaric U.S. Industry of Dog Experimentation

May 17, 2018

The Intercept

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America's largest pork producer pledged to make its meat more humane. An investigation says it didn't.

May 8, 2018

Vox

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Six Animal Rights Activists Charged With Felonies for Investigation and Rescue That Led to Punishment of a Utah Turkey Farm

May 4, 2018

The Intercept

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Fur Is Dead: Animal Welfare Groups Cheer San Francisco Ban

March 20, 2018

The New York Times

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Amplifying the Voices of Victims: Seeking Justice for ALL during Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April 20, 2017

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Animal Rights Activist Profile: Paola Ibarra

April 19, 2017

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Open Rescue is Spreading - and You Won’t Believe What we are Digging up

April 18, 2017

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Animal Rights News Recap 4/14/2017

April 14, 2017

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Berkeley Mayor: "We welcome more ideas of [animal rights] legislation"

April 13, 2017

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Animal Rights Activist Profile: Sarah Hewson

April 12, 2017

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Animal Rights News Recap 4/7/2017

April 7, 2017

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Berkeley Op-Ed: End All Violence Against Animals

April 6, 2017

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Animal Rights Activist Profile: Amanda Houdeschell

April 5, 2017

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Animal Rights Activists Create Giant “Death for Dinner” Display Outside Oakland Safeway

December 14, 2024

Activists covered in fake blood lay down on a giant “plate” to bring attention to the violence behind serving dead animals as food during the holidays. Protestors also called on Safeway to cut ties with Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry, where undercover investigations have exposed sick and injured animals left without care.

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Berkeley Becomes First U.S. City to Ban Factory Farms

November 12, 2024

A coalition of groups, including the Berkeley-based animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) and Compassionate Bay, led the effort to gather the signatures to get this CAFO ban on the ballot.

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Trial Scheduled for Animal Rescuer

November 1, 2024

Zoe Rosenberg, 22, faces criminal charges for rescuing chickens from Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse in Petaluma, CA

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Investigators Publish Full Day of Slaughter Footage at Superior Farms, Exposing Routine Cruelty and Violence

October 29, 2024

Superior Farms is the largest industrial lamb slaughterhouse in the country, and is the subject of Ordinance 309 in Denver, an initiative on the November ballot introduced by Pro-Animal Future that would ban slaughterhouses within city limits

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Prosecutors Concede Evidence Doesn’t Support Felony in Animal Rescue Case

August 20, 2024

Charges to be Dismissed for Third Time in Perdue Chicken Rescue Case

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Food Network Chef Tyler Florence Cuts Ties with Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry, Following Repeated Protests

August 15, 2024

Animal rights activists with Direct Action Everywhere disrupted Florence at events across the country in recent months calling for the move

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Activists Disrupt Food Network Chef Tyler Florence’s Restaurant, Over Ties to Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry

July 20, 2024

On Saturday evening, animal rights activists protested inside and outside of Miller & Lux, an upscale steakhouse in Mission Bay that is owned by celebrity chef Tyler Florence. The protesters were calling on Florence to cut ties with Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry. They marched and chanted through the restaurant, holding signs that read “Drop Petaluma Poultry” and “Stop Supporting Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry’s Criminal Animal Abuse.”

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Massive Barn Fire Kills Tens of Thousands of Chickens at Demler Brothers Egg Ranch

July 19, 2024

The Ramona factory farm was the site of a 2019 animal cruelty investigation by Direct Action Everywhere

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Judge Dismisses Multiple Felonies Against Animal Rescuer

May 13, 2024

Berkeley student in Perdue poultry case now faces 1 felony and 3 misdemeanors

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