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TOP PRESS
October 9, 2024
The Intercept
Videos shared with The Intercept prior to the report’s public release show, among other scenes, lambs with their throats slit hanging upside down and thrashing on the slaughter line; one animal with an internal organ that has been torn inside-out and left dangling behind it as it heads to slaughter; injured lambs being led to slaughter; workers laughing, spanking animals, and engaging in simulated sex acts with nearby machinery as lambs are having their throats slit; and the apparent use of so-called Judas sheep — adult sheep kept alive at the facility and used to lead the young sheep to slaughter.
TOP PRESS
October 9, 2024
The Intercept
PRESS
November 15, 2022
The Press Democrat
They argue that their efforts to rescue chickens are authorized under California’s animal cruelty law.
PRESS
November 15, 2022
The Press Democrat
PRESS RELEASE
November 12, 2022
The two factory farm investigators who were found “not guilty” last month joined the protest.
PRESS RELEASE
November 12, 2022
PRESS RELEASE
November 10, 2022
Rescued turkey chick had an infection called omphalitis caused by E. coli.
PRESS RELEASE
November 10, 2022
BLOG
November 7, 2022
Do your homework, get feedback, and find the simple story.
BLOG
November 7, 2022
Do your homework, get feedback, and find the simple story.
PRESS
November 3, 2022
West Orlando News
With plant-based food companies on the rise, fur bans increasing in number, and animal welfare regulations growing stricter in many states, to say that a sort of societal evolution is taking place would not be a far reach.
PRESS
November 3, 2022
West Orlando News
TOP PRESS
October 25, 2022
Vox
The pigs’ essentially zero value is baked into the meat industry’s business model... 15 percent of piglets die before they’re finished weaning. The pork industry may slaughter over 125 million pigs a year, but they breed far more, knowing many will die from disease and injury.
TOP PRESS
October 18, 2022
New York Times
During the closing statements in the trial, in which I represented myself, I told jurors that a not-guilty verdict would encourage corporations to treat animals under their care with more compassion and make governments more open to animal cruelty complaints.
TOP PRESS
October 18, 2022
New York Times
PRESS
October 11, 2022
Breaking Points
Krystal and Saagar take a detailed look at how animal rights activists won against the FBI in a landmark trial.
PRESS
October 11, 2022
Breaking Points
TOP PRESS
October 11, 2022
Democracy Now!
In a major victory for animal rights, a jury in Utah has acquitted two animal rights activists who each faced up to five and a half years of prison time for rescuing two sick piglets from Smithfield’s Circle Four Farms, one of the world’s largest pig farms.
TOP PRESS
October 11, 2022
Democracy Now!
TOP PRESS
May 5, 2020
Vox
TOP PRESS
March 4, 2020
The New York Times
TOP PRESS
January 25, 2020
The Hill
TOP PRESS
January 9, 2020
The Intercept
TOP PRESS
December 5, 2019
Wired
TOP PRESS
July 10, 2019
The Intercept
TOP PRESS
June 6, 2019
Democracy Now!
BLOG
September 10, 2024
If people do not believe that they can change a situation, they will never act to do so. If we do not believe that animal liberation is possible and that we can make it happen, it never will. In fact, animal agriculture and other unjust systems rely on our hopelessness and cynicism.
BLOG
April 29, 2024
My findings show that “No Antibiotics Ever” just means that the chickens are still experiencing severe infection but they aren’t receiving the medication they desperately need. In one barn at a Petaluma Poultry factory farm in Santa Rosa, more than 10% of the chickens died by the time they reached 5 weeks. That is more than double the accepted industry mortality rate.
BLOG
December 26, 2023
The Sonoma County Court's actions didn't stop me but, instead, spurred me to further action just as it did for many others.
BLOG
December 2, 2023
Whether I lose my freedom for days, weeks, months, or even years, it is worth it to give even one or two animals a chance to experience freedom for the first time in their entire lives.
BLOG
October 1, 2023
To everyone who doesn’t believe in a better world, I understand. I feel your pain and I know how hard it is to keep going in a world as painful as ours. But, just a glimmer of hope saved Vincent’s life and it might just save the rest of the animals, too. So please, don’t give up.
BLOG
August 30, 2023
If you saw a little duckling on his back, paddling his legs and struggling to get back up, what would you do? Would you keep walking? Or would you help him?
BLOG
July 1, 2023
Since 2018, DxE investigators have documented routine violations of California's animal cruelty laws at Petaluma Poultry factory farms, but the authorities refuse to intervene -- so they are taking action themselves to rescue the animals.
BLOG
June 5, 2023
Your story on the shutdown of the Kentucky Derby racetrack failed to provide important context: the growing worldwide movement to abolish horseracing.
BLOG
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.
PRESS RELEASE
December 11, 2021
26 horses have died at the facility this year
PRESS RELEASE
December 5, 2021
Protestors, including felony defendants, call for Rose’s Law: Animal Bill of Rights
PRESS RELEASE
December 5, 2021
Supporters say rescue of sick baby goat was an act of compassion
PRESS RELEASE
November 22, 2021
While Smithfield demands prison for Utah activists, this turkey farmer defends their actions, and is even helping them rescue more
PRESS RELEASE
November 16, 2021
“No More Factory Farms” campaign asks legislators to prohibit the construction of new factory farms and slaughterhouses
PRESS RELEASE
October 29, 2021
“Red Light, Green Light” demonstration inspired by hit show dramatizes activists’ concerns about animal cruelty and supply chain transparency
PRESS RELEASE
October 27, 2021
UCB administrators claim the world’s largest chicken producer doesn’t use factory farming
PRESS RELEASE
October 13, 2021
Company has faced nuisance lawsuits for waste pollution sprayed on local communities, resulting in hundreds of millions in judgements against it
PRESS RELEASE
September 28, 2021
11 peaceful activists from the same group are still in custody on over $1 million total bail, following California slaughterhouse blockade Tuesday
