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PRESS
May 24, 2022
Fox 13 Salt Lake City
A group of animal welfare activists protested in front of the Utah State Capitol following a judge's ruling on video showing a break-in at a factory hog farm.
PRESS
May 24, 2022
Fox 13 Salt Lake City
PRESS
June 20, 2022
blogTO
Fur Free Toronto and Direct Action Everywhere Toronto stormed Dior and Tiffany & Co. on Bloor West in Yorkville to try to put pressure on them to adopt a fur-free policy.
PRESS RELEASE
June 18, 2022
Over 70 activists, including two Bay Area residents facing felony charges for rescuing piglets from a Smithfield factory farm in Milford, Utah, marched through the streets of San Francisco Saturday.
PRESS RELEASE
June 18, 2022
PRESS RELEASE
June 16, 2022
Alexandra Paul and Alicia Santurio, two members of Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), have been charged with theft in conjunction with a dramatic rescue of two chickens from a Foster Farms slaughter truck.
PRESS RELEASE
June 16, 2022
PRESS
June 14, 2022
NowThis
After repeated protests by activists, three Orlando restaurants have taken foie gras off of their menus.
PRESS
June 1, 2022
Kron 4
“Humans can consent to run and risk injury. The horses do not, and when they get injured and can’t run anymore, they are killed,” said DxE organizer Paul Darwin Picklesimer.
PRESS RELEASE
May 23, 2022
Two defendants face years in prison after removing sick piglets from the largest factory pig farm in the U.S.
PRESS RELEASE
May 23, 2022
BLOG
May 20, 2022
Over the last few decades, the Central Valley of California has become plagued by the crisis of dirty drinking water contaminated with nitrates. Latino communities have been disproportionately affected. In the heart of the valley lies Tulare County, a majority Latino district and the largest dairy producing county in the nation.
PRESS
May 19, 2022
Fox News
"The geese, this is their land too," said Erik Allen, who is with the group Direct Action Everywhere. "They are part of the scenery they are part of Foster City. And they don’t have to kill them."
PRESS
May 13, 2022
The Daily Californian
During an NBA game between the Timberwolves and Grizzlies on national television, I chained myself to the base of the hoop to get the world’s attention.
TOP PRESS
April 28, 2022
New York Magazine
Protests are often unpopular, but as this article shows, in the end, they tend to be right.
TOP PRESS
April 14, 2022
The Intercept
DxE documented video footage of the depopulation at Rembrandt Enterprises, demonstrating the brutal reality of VSD and the true toll of our broken "food" system.
TOP PRESS
March 22, 2022
San Francisco Chronicle
Compelling testimony by a former slaughterhouse worker who is now a member of DxE's core organizing team.
TOP PRESS
March 14, 2022
Current Affairs
DxE activists are showing that anyone can, if they give themselves permission, start creating the world they want to live in.
TOP PRESS
February 23, 2022
The New Republic
DxE investigators are pressing for a trial they hope will go down as a pivotal moment in the history of the animal rights movement.
TOP PRESS
January 30, 2022
The Intercept
The government wants to keep juries from seeing gruesome evidence of animals in distress, demonstrating yet again the massive power corporations wield in our current system.
TOP PRESS
January 23, 2022
The Guardian
DxE's investigation of ventilation shutdown is probably the most important investigation in more than a decade, said Justin Marceau, an animal law scholar and professor at the University of Denver.
TOP PRESS
December 8, 2021
Democracy Now!
In conversation with host Amy Goodman, DxE investigator Wayne Hsiung asks “Are the living creatures of this Earth property, or are they living creatures that deserve some form of dignity and respect?”
TOP PRESS
December 6, 2021
The Guardian
This case is about smashing the myth of benevolent small-scale farms, which may talk of free-range and happy animals, but still ultimately treat animals as property and slaughter them for profit.
BLOG
May 20, 2022
Over the last few decades, the Central Valley of California has become plagued by the crisis of dirty drinking water contaminated with nitrates. Latino communities have been disproportionately affected. In the heart of the valley lies Tulare County, a majority Latino district and the largest dairy producing county in the nation.
BLOG
May 5, 2022
This is a response to a recent study by Faunalytics regarding the impacts of protest on diet change.
BLOG
February 2, 2022
Tip #1: You need an organizational system that you understand and use every day.
BLOG
January 8, 2022
These stories first appeared in a series of emails sent to DxE supporters in a countdown to 2022. The stories recap some of our biggest achievements in 2021, and also shine a light on some of the little details that don’t usually get the appreciation they deserve. We hope you find them as inspiring as we do.
BLOG
January 7, 2022
These stories first appeared in a series of emails sent to DxE supporters in a countdown to 2022. The stories recap some of our biggest achievements in 2021, and also shine a light on some of the little details that don’t usually get the appreciation they deserve. We hope you find them as inspiring as we do.
BLOG
January 6, 2022
These stories first appeared in a series of emails sent to DxE supporters in a countdown to 2022. The stories recap some of our biggest achievements in 2021, and also shine a light on some of the little details that don’t usually get the appreciation they deserve. We hope you find them as inspiring as we do.
BLOG
November 10, 2021
Seven years after founding the DxE Open Rescue Network, I finally go to trial. Here's why it matters.
BLOG
October 28, 2021
Following public outrage, the Sonoma County Farm Bureau cancelled their "Beyond the Fence Line" event intended to teach farmers how to "manage activists."
BLOG
October 27, 2021
A legal fight over pig crates in North Carolina ended this year. But the rescue of a piglet shows that the struggle has just begun.
PRESS RELEASE
June 18, 2022
Over 70 activists, including two Bay Area residents facing felony charges for rescuing piglets from a Smithfield factory farm in Milford, Utah, marched through the streets of San Francisco Saturday.
PRESS RELEASE
June 16, 2022
Alexandra Paul and Alicia Santurio, two members of Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), have been charged with theft in conjunction with a dramatic rescue of two chickens from a Foster Farms slaughter truck.
PRESS RELEASE
May 23, 2022
Two defendants face years in prison after removing sick piglets from the largest factory pig farm in the U.S.
PRESS RELEASE
April 26, 2022
Bill for moratorium against new factory farms was killed by first Assembly committee set to consider it
PRESS RELEASE
April 22, 2022
Third disruption by animal rights activists this month follows exposé of chickens being “roasted alive” at team owner Glen Taylor’s factory farm
PRESS RELEASE
April 15, 2022
Footage from Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor’s factory farm reveals chickens fully conscious after being “roasted alive” en masse
PRESS RELEASE
April 11, 2022
Criminal complaints were submitted to Iowa Attorney General’s Office and county attorney, alleging criminal livestock neglect
PRESS RELEASE
April 10, 2022
UCB administrators claim the world’s largest chicken producer doesn’t use factory farming
PRESS RELEASE
April 5, 2022
Bill for moratorium against new factory farms was changed into bill calling for a study of the industry’s impacts
