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Animal Rights Whistleblowers Stand Trial as Supporters Rally Outside Utah Courthouse

October 5, 2022

Waging Nonviolence

More than 70 animal rights activists stood outside a courtroom in St. George, Utah, on Tuesday, holding up a giant image of Utah Attorney Gen. Sean Reyes. A word bubble hovered above his head saying, “I cover up animal cruelty.”

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Animal Rights Whistleblowers Stand Trial as Supporters Rally Outside Utah Courthouse

October 5, 2022

Waging Nonviolence

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"Elevate the Message:" Animal Rights Activists Protest in St. George ahead of Circle Four Farm Trial

October 4, 2022

St George News

As the judge overseeing the trial ruled footage and photos taken at the Circle Four Farm cannot be shown in court, protesters are showing them to everyone who passed by in order to “elevate the message as much as possible.”

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"Elevate the Message:" Animal Rights Activists Protest in St. George ahead of Circle Four Farm Trial

October 4, 2022

St George News

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Video of Rams' Bobby Wagner Tackling Fan Viewed over 6 Million Times

October 4, 2022

Newsweek

"We saw the biggest spike ever to our RightToRescue.com website, where the public can hear about an unconscionably unjust reality. Ordinary people don't want animals to suffer and don't want whistleblowers who rescue sick piglets to go to prison, so they overwhelmingly support Paul and Wayne."

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Video of Rams' Bobby Wagner Tackling Fan Viewed over 6 Million Times

October 4, 2022

Newsweek

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Rams' Bobby Wagner Lays Out Animal Rights Activist Who Ran onto Field

October 4, 2022

Fox News

Direct Action Everywhere appeared to take responsibility for the demonstration as the activist group began to retweet videos from the ordeal. One person wrote that the protester was attempting to bring awareness to the Smithfield trial, which began earlier Monday.

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Rams' Bobby Wagner Lays Out Animal Rights Activist Who Ran onto Field

October 4, 2022

Fox News

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Monday Night Football Disrupted by Activists on Field, Highlighting “Landmark” Piglet Rescuer Trial That Began Today

October 3, 2022

Two men face 10+ years in prison in a case decried by legal experts as unconstitutional retaliation for exposing abusive conditions

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Monday Night Football Disrupted by Activists on Field, Highlighting “Landmark” Piglet Rescuer Trial That Began Today

October 3, 2022

Two men face 10+ years in prison in a case decried by legal experts as unconstitutional retaliation for exposing abusive conditions

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Trial Begins for Animal Activists Accused of Stealing Two Piglets from Utah Factory Farm

October 3, 2022

Fox 13 Salt Lake City

“They did a nonviolent action, and they saved the lives of two piglets who would have been discarded by the industry anyway.”

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Trial Begins for Animal Activists Accused of Stealing Two Piglets from Utah Factory Farm

October 3, 2022

Fox 13 Salt Lake City

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Nation's Largest Pig Farm Exposed, Two Face Criminal Charges

September 30, 2022

KSL News Radio

Advocates are calling it a landmark case to establish the “right to rescue” animals in distress.

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Nation's Largest Pig Farm Exposed, Two Face Criminal Charges

September 30, 2022

KSL News Radio

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Activist on Trial for Rescuing Dying Piglet from Pig Farm

September 29, 2022

The Young Turks

Attorney and co-founder of Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) Wayne Hsiung talks about being on trial for filming horrible conditions at a pig farm and rescuing a dying piglet.

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Activist on Trial for Rescuing Dying Piglet from Pig Farm

September 29, 2022

The Young Turks

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Going to Prison for Rescuing Animals?

September 28, 2022

Animal Law Podcast

On this episode, I will be discussing State of Utah v Hsiung, the case that has everyone in the movement talking.

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Going to Prison for Rescuing Animals?

September 28, 2022

Animal Law Podcast

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Inside the Bold New Animal Liberation Movement: No Masks, No Regrets, All The Risks

November 7, 2017

Mother Jones

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Rescue at Oakland Slaughterhouse Shows New, Potent Tactics of Growing Animal Rights Movement

November 1, 2017

The Intercept

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The FBI’s Hunt for Two Missing Piglets Reveals the Federal Cover-Up of Barbaric Factory Farms

October 5, 2017

The Intercept

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FBI raids animal shelters, searching for piglets rescued from factory farm, activists say

September 14, 2017

The Washington Post

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Animal Welfare Groups Have a New Tool: Virtual Reality

July 6, 2017

The New York Times

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‘Her head has been torn off’: Activists’ film alleges abuse at Costco-linked cage-free egg farm

October 20, 2016

The Washington Post

While the hens are not in cages, the video shows them crowded together, covered in feces and blood, struggling to breathe and attacking and even eating one other.

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Animal Rights Group’s Video of Hens Raises Questions, but Not Just for Farms

January 8, 2015

The New York Times

An animal rights group released on Thursday a disturbing video of laying hens at a farm in Northern California that supplies eggs to Whole Foods and Organic Valley, among other retailers and distributors.

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Following Bernie Sanders campaign’s disavowal, charges against topless anti-dairy protesters dropped

March 29, 2020

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Animal Rights Activists Protest at CA State Capitol to “Cancel Animal Ag”

March 24, 2020

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Saul Elbein, Business Insider, and the Smearing of Animal Rights Activists

March 24, 2020

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Confused by "let dairy die"? Good.

March 5, 2020

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Why Should I Support and Visit Animal Sanctuaries?

September 18, 2019

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With trial approaching, I’m stepping down from all leadership positions at DxE. Here’s why that’s a good thing.

August 7, 2019

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Tips for Self-Care as an Activist

July 22, 2019

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Activists Return to Petaluma Slaughterhouse, Site of 79 Felony Arrests Last Month

July 5, 2019

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I messed up. So did DxE.

June 18, 2019

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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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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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Felony Charges Dismissed Against Beagle Rescuers

March 8, 2024

Today, in a stunning development, the State of Wisconsin moved to dismiss charges against three animal rights activists accused of rescuing three beagles from Ridglan Farms, one of the last two remaining large breeders of dogs for vivisection in the country. Judge Mario White granted the dismissal at a hearing this morning.

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