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Footage of Pigs Screaming and Gasping for Air Projected onto Costco Building

February 7, 2023

Plant-Based News

The vast majority of people have no idea about the reality of how pigs are killed, with most countries using vague language about “humane” methods of slaughter.

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Bill Targets Removing Injured Livestock After Not-Guilty Verdict against Animal Rights Activists

February 7, 2023

Salt Lake Tribune

“Instead of taking action to end animal cruelty at these facilities, the legislature has made it incredibly clear that they care way more about protecting corporate profits and enabling animal abuse than they do about protecting the vulnerable and those who try to help them,” DxE lead organizer Almira Tanner said.

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PETA-Backed Youth Organization Protests UC Davis Researchers’ Experimentation on Captive Primates

February 6, 2023

California Aggie

“The CNPRC run by UC Davis imprisons over 5,000 monkeys for use in cruel and deadly experiments that do not benefit students,” [student and organizer Kara] Long said. “We are trying to raise awareness of their abuse and come up with alternative methods of scientific research that do not involve the use of nonhuman animals.”

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Opinion: Spy Cams Show What the Pork Industry Tries to Hide

February 2, 2023

New York Times

“It was horrible cruelty to the pigs inside the chambers,” Jim Reynolds told me. “It’s a violation of federal law.” Reynolds is one of 90 veterinarians who signed an open letter saying that the process shown in the videos probably violates federal law on humane slaughter.

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Smithfield Trial Juror Speaks Up against New Anti-Rescue Bill in Utah

February 1, 2023

Utah legislators with ties to the Farm Bureau released House Bill 114, “Theft Defense Amendments,” in direct response to the outcome of the Smithfield Trial.

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Commentary: Bill Would Undermine Utah’s Jury System

January 31, 2023

Salt Lake Tribune

Rather than admit their case was inadequate, prosecutors are now spitefully pointing the finger at the jury and trying to rewrite laws to make it easier for them in the future. HB 114 would rewrite Utah’s criminal theft statute to prohibit a defendant from introducing evidence to a jury that an allegedly removed animal was sick or dying.

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2023 Is Going to Be B.A.D.A.S.S.

January 28, 2023

In the first-ever Bay Area Direct Action Skill Share (B.A.D.A.S.S.), starting March 25, a cross-movement cohort of 100 activists will unite in Oakland for 5 days of intensive direct action training.

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Defendant in Sonoma County Chicken Theft Case Reaches Plea Deal, Others Await Ruling

January 28, 2023

Press Democrat

Defendants are members of Direct Action Everywhere, a Berkeley-based group focused on bringing attention to the suffering of commercially raised animals and providing them with relief. In 2018 and 2019, they were among hundreds of demonstrators outside two poultry farms and a duck farm.

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Protesters Call for Closure of Primate Research Center at UC Davis, Citing Inhumane Practices, Federal Violations, and Failures of Animal Studies to Produce Relevant Results

January 26, 2023

More than 5,000 monkeys are confined at the center for use in research and breeding. Abusive methods cited by activists include the practice of withholding food and water until monkeys in research studies are so dehydrated they will perform tasks in order to be rewarded with minuscule amounts of food or water.