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The Supreme Court’s Ruling on Prop 12 is a Win against Factory Farming. But the Pigs’ Lives Will Still Suck.

May 12, 2023

Vox

Now, the U.S. animal movement has the opportunity to further empower ordinary citizens to make decisions about animal treatment democratically, rather than letting corporations decide what counts as animal cruelty.

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Petaluma Animal Rights Activists Still Don’t Know When They’re Going to Trial

May 10, 2023

Press Democrat

“I’m looking forward to my day in court, because I believe people in Sonoma County want animals to be protected, not tortured,” said [Wayne] Hsiung, who’s representing himself.

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Opinion: Costco Must Take Accountability for Animal Cruelty at Its Suppliers, Instead of Suing Us for Protesting

May 10, 2023

Veg World Magazine

Costco wants to push us away and restrict our activity as much as possible to prevent customers from seeing the horrors that happen at its suppliers.

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Growing Support for the Right to Rescue

May 5, 2023

When we come together in person to take action, we are unstoppable. History has shown this. And Sebastopol passing a Right to Rescue resolution, and condemning their own District Attorney for ignoring animal cruelty and prosecuting animal rescuers, is just the latest example.

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NY Congresswoman Calls on FBI to Investigate Animal Rescue

May 5, 2023

Congresswoman Claudia Tenney wants federal funds used to surveil people who support rescuing animals in distress.

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Sebastopol City Council Passes Historic Resolution to Support Factory Farm Investigators Facing Prison Time in Sonoma County

May 3, 2023

Animal rights activists are calling this a win for the right to rescue animals from abuse.

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Cedar the Goat Shines a Light on the Dark Reality of 4-H and FFA

May 1, 2023

I have seen firsthand the trauma these programs inflict on children and the violence they inflict on animals. It’s time we reform 4-H and FFA to no longer include programs where kids raise animals to die.

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NY Congresswoman Claudia Tenney Demands FBI Investigate Threat Posed by "Vegan Extremists"

April 29, 2023

New York Post

“Animals are routinely castrated without painkillers, driven to insanity by intensive confinement, and eviscerated alive on the slaughter line. Congresswoman Tenney would better serve her constituents by targeting this abuse rather than the growing movement for compassion,” the statement from DxE read.

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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."