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Beaver Judge Finds Animal Activist Guilty of Trespassing, Disorderly Conduct during Pioneer Day Event

April 26, 2023

Salt Lake Tribune

“I feel that this company has a lot of power over this town,” Vollmar said of Smithfield Foods, which up until layoffs last year employed one of every four workers in the county according to local statistics, including Mayor Matt Robinson. “There’s probably a lot of political pressure to convict me at this court."

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Animal Rights Activist Found Guilty for Leafleting about Factory Farms

April 25, 2023

A Beaver County Judge convicted Curtis Vollmar of criminal trespass and disorderly conduct for talking to members of the public about Smithfield Foods.

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UC Law Summit Explores Impact and Implications of Historic Animal Rights Trial

April 24, 2023

The “Right to Rescue” is a hot topic after a California jury acquitted two activists who removed sick birds from a Foster Farms slaughter truck. Jurors, defendants, attorneys, and law professors gathered to discuss the verdict's meaning for laws related to corporate animal abuse, animal rescue, and animal personhood.

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Opinion: Is Free Speech Dead in Rural Utah?

April 23, 2023

Salt Lake Tribune

If Beaver County officials are so fixated on silencing activists raising concerns and asking questions about a corporation, what is this corporation trying to hide? What is the incentive for the Beaver officials to silence people? Should international multi-billion-dollar corporations have this much control in rural Utah?

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Podcast: The Foster Farms Rescue and Trial, w/Alexandra Paul and Alicia Santurio

April 22, 2023

Our Hen House

After their acquittal of petty theft charges for rescuing two sick chickens, the activists describe the importance of shedding light on the cruelty in animal agriculture through court trials and the "necessity defense" as it relates to animals in the eyes of the law.

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Beaver Officials Say Animal Activist Should Go to Jail for Approaching People at Park during Event

April 20, 2023

St George News

“Smithfield Foods is weaponizing the police to silence people who oppose factory farming,” [activist Curtis] Vollmar told St. George News in an email. “As this issue gains more attention and more people speak up for animals and the planet, we need our First Amendment right to be protected.”

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We're Hitting the Road for the Right to Rescue!

April 18, 2023

We're touring 12 cities in two weeks to talk about DxE's recent groundbreaking victories for the Right to Rescue. Join us in a city near you!

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Protests Follow Another Death of Racehorse at Golden Gate Fields

April 17, 2023

KALW Public Media

The protest was in tribute to the unconsenting athletes whose extreme stress, horrific injuries, and frequent deaths are, according to activists, downplayed by the profit-driven racing industry.

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Chicken Rescuers Acquitted in Historic “Right to Rescue” Case

April 16, 2023

A California jury found two women “not guilty” for rescuing sick birds from a Foster Farms slaughter truck.