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Voters Will Weigh-in on Banning Berkeley Factory Farms in 2024

August 3, 2023

KALW Public Media

Activists are hoping that the ordinance will inspire other cities in California to pass their own prohibitions.

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Factory Farm Ban Slated for Ballot Following Signatures

August 3, 2023

SF Gate

If passed, the measure would be the first of its kind in California.

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Factory Farm Ban Likely to Be on Ballot After Activists Gather Required Signatures

August 1, 2023

"The vast majority of Berkeley voters that we've talked to care about animals and the planet and are eager to sign on to this initiative,” says Almira Tanner, lead organizer of DxE.

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Proposed City Ordinance Will Regulate Animal Mistreatment at Local Horsetrack

July 18, 2023

Daily Californian

“The closure of GGF signifies that the public is becoming aware of the inherent cruelty of animal-exploiting industries,” [DxE press coordinator Alison] Morikawa said. “Residents and elected officials alike are recognizing the violence of horse racing and are moved to act for a more ethical future.”

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Golden Gate Fields Horse Racing Track to Shut Down Following Years of Protests

July 17, 2023

“This closure is a win for horses and for vulnerable humans who are taken advantage of by the gambling industry,” says Rocky Chau, a DxE activist who was arrested during a protest on the GGF track in March 2021.

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Golden Gate Fields Racetrack to Close This Fall

July 16, 2023

NBC Bay Area

"This is a huge victory for the animal rights movement," said DxE organizer Cassie King. "Across the country and around the world, we're seeing rising public pressure and protests against the cruelty of the horseracing industry."

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Activists Show Disturbing Slaughterhouse Gas Chamber Footage outside American Veterinary Medical Association Convention

July 16, 2023

EIN Newsdesk

Veterinarians say the more than 16 hours of grizzly footage shows the most common method used to kill pigs in the United States is not humane.... They are asking the AVMA to take a leadership role in addressing what they call some of the cruelest practices in animal agriculture.

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Animal Rights Activists Call for Action from County DA

July 6, 2023

Northern California Public Media

"I think the right-to-rescue campaign captures something that most people already know and feel in their hearts, that someone who is suffering, who's in need of help, deserves to be helped, deserves to be rescued from the situation where they're being harmed," [defendant Cassie] King said. "And whether that's a dog in a hot car or a human who's injured on the side of the road, or a chicken who's collapsed and starving to death on the floor of a factory farm."

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The Problem with "Humanely Raised" Poultry and Eggs

July 3, 2023

AlterNet

Investigations of alternative poultry and egg farms typically reveal practices and attitudes that do not meet consumer expectations—expectations that are cultivated not only by the companies and retailers they do business with but also by animal welfarists who employ “humane” farming language that glosses over the facts with nebulous assertions and omissions... More often than not, the difference between “humane” farms and factory farms is moot.