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Animal Rights News Recap 1/20/2017

January 20, 2017

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Animal Rights News Recap 1/20/2017

January 20, 2017

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Virtual Reality Doc Exposes The Bloody Horror Of A ‘Humane’ Egg Farm

January 19, 2017

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Virtual Reality Doc Exposes The Bloody Horror Of A ‘Humane’ Egg Farm

January 19, 2017

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The Greatest Show On Earth Is The Animal Rights Movement’s First Abolition, But Not Its Last

January 16, 2017

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The Greatest Show On Earth Is The Animal Rights Movement’s First Abolition, But Not Its Last

January 16, 2017

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Animal Rights News Recap 1/13/2017

January 13, 2017

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Animal Rights News Recap 1/13/2017

January 13, 2017

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How Living Next to an Animal Rights Activist House Changed This Tattoo Parlor

January 12, 2017

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How Living Next to an Animal Rights Activist House Changed This Tattoo Parlor

January 12, 2017

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Animal Rights Activist Profile: Mat Winton

January 11, 2017

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Animal Rights Activist Profile: Mat Winton

January 11, 2017

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Animal Rights News Recap 1/6/17

January 6, 2017

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Animal Rights News Recap 1/6/17

January 6, 2017

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Have You Read the Berkeley Animal Rights Center Newsletter?

January 5, 2017

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Have You Read the Berkeley Animal Rights Center Newsletter?

January 5, 2017

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Animal Rights Activist Profile: Connie Pearson

January 4, 2017

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Animal Rights Activist Profile: Connie Pearson

January 4, 2017

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Animal rights activists opposed to ‘factory farms’ protest outside Gavin Newsom’s home

September 29, 2021

The Sacramento Bee

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Chickens Severely Mistreated At “Humane” California Slaughterhouse, New Video Alleges

September 29, 2021

The Intercept

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Berkeley to serve vegan meals at jails, public buildings

July 29, 2021

The Hill

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Industry foe charged under Iowa's new food trespassing law

April 8, 2021

ABC News

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After Pork Giant Was Exposed for Cruel Killings, the FBI Pursued Its Critics

February 17, 2021

The Intercept

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Charges dropped against activist who exposed Iowa hog deaths

January 29, 2021

ABC News

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Activist posing as Smithfield CEO hoaxes Fox’s Maria Bartiromo

December 23, 2020

The Washington Post

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The Next Pandemic Could Come From an American Factory Farm

December 11, 2020

VICE News

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New Documents Reveal How the Animal Agriculture Industry Surveils and Punishes Critics

October 10, 2020

The Intercept

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What Ringling Bros. Can Teach Us About Protest (Hint: It Works)

March 5, 2015

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What if Everything We Think We Know about Social Change Is Wrong?

March 4, 2015

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Interview with Baltimore-Based Animal Liberationist Brenda Sanders

March 3, 2015

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How Did I End Up Here?

February 11, 2015

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Would Whole Foods Kill My Family?

February 10, 2015

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Excerpt: Until Every Animal Is Free

February 9, 2015

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Bars and Bricks

February 3, 2015

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Activism and Anxiety

February 2, 2015

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Linking the Struggles for Liberation: LGBTQ and Animal Rights

January 30, 2015

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Our Press Releases

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Judge Refuses to Gag Animal Rescuer

June 4, 2025

Describing the requested gag order as “overbroad and vague by any constitutional standard,” Judge Gnoss noted that Ms. Rosenberg’s critics, too, had participated in public discussion about her case, pointing by way of example to a statement by Bill Mattos, President of the California Poultry Federation, describing Ms. Rosenberg’s rescue of four chickens as a “terrorist act.”

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Five Activists Arrested after Rescuing Sick Baby Goats, Confronting Authorities at Whole Foods-Supplying Goat Dairy Recently Exposed for Violations Including a Massive Dead Pile

May 27, 2025

Tuesday's rescue follows a months-long investigation into Vera Goat Dairy by DxE earlier this year, which found that dozens of dead mother and baby goats are regularly dumped into an illegal dead pile on the property, indicating that the operation is experiencing high rates of mortality.

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Hundreds March in Petaluma in Support of Animal Liberation

May 24, 2025

Approximately 200 activists with the animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) marched through downtown Petaluma Saturday afternoon in support of animal liberation and the right to rescue animals from abuse. They began at Penry Park and weaved through downtown including past diners at restaurants along the riverfront. Along the way, they chanted, delivered speeches, and handed out educational information to the public about Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse.

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Animal Rights Activists Protest at District Attorney’s House, Disrupt Parade; Week of Action Against Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry is Underway

May 19, 2025

Over the weekend, animal rights activists with Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) held protests across Sonoma County to elevate animal cruelty at Petaluma Poultry, a subsidiary of national poultry giant Perdue Foods. On Sunday, they delivered their message to Sonoma County District Attorney Carla Rodriguez with a protest outside her home in Windsor, urging her to finally prosecute Petaluma Poultry for documented criminal animal cruelty.

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Animal Rights Group Files Anti-SLAPP Motion to Dismiss Perdue Lawsuit Against Free Speech

May 13, 2025

Free speech experts say that Perdue’s lawsuit is a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, or SLAPP suit, intended to silence activists, burden them with legal fees, and intimidate them from protesting. California's anti-SLAPP statute was passed to enable defendants to quickly dismiss meritless lawsuits targeting protected activities.

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Animal Rights Activists Disrupt Trader Joe's in Berkeley, Oakland, SF, Part of Nationwide Weekend of Action

May 4, 2025

Direct Action Everywhere activists protest dozens of Trader Joe’s stores across the country asking the retailer to cut ties with Perdue’s California subsidiary, Petaluma Poultry, given documented animal abuse

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Activists Disrupt Oakland Trader Joe's Over Sale of Chickens from Perdue Farms

March 29, 2025

“I want to know why Trader Joe’s is continuing to support Perdue’s animal cruelty and endangering consumers,” said Conrad de Jesus, an Oakland resident who participated in the protest. “They’ve seen the evidence of sick and injured animals languishing without medical care at Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry. It’s time they cut ties with this awful company.”

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Dozens Protest at Home of Perdue Slaughterhouse Director

March 22, 2025

A handful of counter-protesters showed up with a Trump flag and a cardboard sign reading “Eat chicken.” They heckled the speakers and disrupted photos by standing in front of the photographers.

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Activists Protest at Trader Joe's Headquarters Over Animal Cruelty

March 20, 2025

“I’m appalled that Trader Joe’s would continue to knowingly sell abused animals,” said Sally Zito of Los Angeles, who joined today’s protest in Monrovia. “I have delivered letters and I’ve called corporate headquarters and asked to talk to Trader Joe’s buyers, and they denied this request. They are putting their profits over the lives of animals.”

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