"DxE’s investigations have been among the most important in the history of animal protection."
- Justin Marceau, professor of law
Some of the most important actions in the animal rights movement have been rescues on the frontline of animal abuse. Our open rescues are seen by millions and force the issue of animal rights into the public consciousness. DxE activists are now going to court for rescues at some of the largest factory farms in the world.
You can learn more about these groundbreaking court cases by following the #RightToRescue campaign site.
When DxE investigators found Sally at a Foster Farms turkey farm, she had an oversized crop full of the wood shavings she had been forced to eat to survive. Sally was one of the smallest birds among the thousands at this farm and she couldn’t reach food -- but now she’s getting all the food she wants. That's because DxE investigators rushed her to the vet for an emergency surgery that removed the wood shavings from her crop, and brought her to a new home with a family of humans, dogs, pigs and bunnies who all love her.
DxE Activists in Toronto, Canada returned to Adare Pork to document the horrific animal cruelty, including mother pigs with prolapses where their organs fall out of their bodies and baby pigs starving to death in piles of feces. Despite recent charges and a police raid at one activist's home, investigators once again rescued a suffering piglet and brought their findings to the public.
Drone footage of a Costco farm revealed over 20,000 hutches designed to imprison baby cows and separate them from their mothers. When activists walked onto the farm to see up close, they found a mass grave of dead cows alongside thousands of suffering calves. They saved Nick from this life of misery.
Fifty-eight activists were arrested on multiple felonies while attempting to give medical care, food and water to suffering birds at an “organic”, “free-range” Amazon chicken farm in broad daylight. The activists were able to rescue one hen named Rose. Rose was found unable to move with ammonia burns on her body from laying in her own waste but is now safe and recovering at a sanctuary.
Julie was born at Ridglan Farms - a breeding facility for dogs used in research. She was blind and confined all alone in a small, metal cage. When investigators found her, she was spinning frantically in circles, a condition commonly seen in animals who have been deprived of stimulation. Julie, along with two other dogs, was rescued from the facility. Activists are now working to pass Julie's Law - a law which would ban experimentation on dogs and, eventually, all animals.
Activists investigated a Smithfield pig farm in North Carolina, a state which has one of the most repressive "ag gag" laws in the country. Despite promises to phase out gestation crates by 2018, activists found the majority of mother pigs in crates and rescued a baby piglet named Rosie.
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