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TOP PRESS
October 24, 2025
The Guardian
I asked Rosenberg what outcome she was hoping for. “My ideal outcome is honestly just whatever is best for the animals,” she said. “An acquittal wouldn’t set an actual legal precedent, but it would set a social precedent, to some extent, and send an important message.”
TOP PRESS
October 24, 2025
The Guardian
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February 23, 2022
Two defendants face years in prison after removing sick piglets from the largest factory pig farm in the U.S.
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February 23, 2022
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
February 23, 2022
The New Republic
PRESS RELEASE
February 20, 2022
California Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian (D-Van Nuys) introduced a bill Friday to enact a moratorium on new factory farms and slaughterhouses statewide. Assemblymember Alex Lee (D-San José) is a joint author on the bill, AB 2764.
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February 20, 2022
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February 13, 2022
UC Berkeley administrators claim the world’s largest chicken producer doesn’t use factory farming
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February 13, 2022
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February 2, 2022
Tip #1: You need an organizational system that you understand and use every day.
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 30, 2022
The Intercept
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January 24, 2022
Breaking Points
Matt Johnson discusses the FBI's campaign against him after he exposed widespread abuse in farms across Iowa.
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January 23, 2022
Des Moines Register
The government, in short, is an active collaborator in industrial animal cruelty. That animal abuse is routine does not make it acceptable.
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January 23, 2022
Des Moines Register
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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
January 23, 2022
The Guardian
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November 1, 2017
The Intercept
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October 5, 2017
The Intercept
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September 14, 2017
The Washington Post
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July 6, 2017
The New York Times
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October 20, 2016
The Washington Post
While the hens are not in cages, the video shows them crowded together, covered in feces and blood, struggling to breathe and attacking and even eating one other.
TOP PRESS
January 8, 2015
The New York Times
An animal rights group released on Thursday a disturbing video of laying hens at a farm in Northern California that supplies eggs to Whole Foods and Organic Valley, among other retailers and distributors.
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October 27, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 7 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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October 20, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 6 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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October 13, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 5 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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October 6, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 4 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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September 29, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 3 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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September 22, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 2 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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September 15, 2025
Updates and summaries from Week 1 of the Perdue Rescue Trial
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September 12, 2025
The Perdue Rescue Trial begins on Monday, September 15th at the Sonoma County Superior Court in Santa Rosa, California.
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July 31, 2025
Trader Joe’s is known as “America’s most reputable brand,” and I’m learning firsthand that this might be because they relentlessly silence their critics and go to great lengths to protect their image from public scrutiny.
PRESS RELEASE
January 10, 2021
Grundy County Attorney Cites Iowa Select Farms’ refusal to testify as cause for dismissal
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December 22, 2020
Imposter cites animal agriculture’s role in creating and spreading pandemics, and harms to the environment and animals
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December 10, 2020
Activists with Direct Action Everywhere are calling for a statewide moratorium on factory farms and slaughterhouses, citing animal and worker abuse
PRESS RELEASE
December 7, 2020
Citing mink-to-human transmission in Denmark, advocates say the public deserves transparency about the nature of the threat
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November 22, 2020
While Smithfield demands prison for Utah activists, this turkey farmer is helping them rescue more animals
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November 17, 2020
Simultaneous protests at slaughterhouses and factory farms throughout CA demand moratorium prohibiting new factory farm and slaughterhouse construction
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October 1, 2020
Arrestees include photographers and videographers, as well as activists who chained themselves to the building
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August 25, 2020
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August 7, 2020
Smithfield faces nuisance lawsuit judgements totaling hundreds of millions for waste pollution sprayed disproportionately on communities of color
