Animal Rights News Recap 7/7/2017
DxE activists were arrested for disrupting the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York City, and they got widespread coverage in the media.
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Also in NYC, activists protested at City Hall on behalf of the horses forced to pull carriages through the city.
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The New York Times covered DxE's latest investigation and open rescue of a piglet named Lily from a cruel Smithfield farm called in Milford, Utah.
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PETA protesters dressed as orca whales "beached" themselves at SeaWorld to protest the captivity and violence at SeaWorld.
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