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A Baby Chicken Taught Me to Never Give Up Hope. His Name is Vincent.

October 1, 2023

To everyone who doesn’t believe in a better world, I understand. I feel your pain and I know how hard it is to keep going in a world as painful as ours. But, just a glimmer of hope saved Vincent’s life and it might just save the rest of the animals, too. So please, don’t give up.

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COURT WATCH: 2nd California Animal Rights Trial Involving ‘Open Rescue’ Ongoing in Santa Rosa

September 25, 2023

Davis Vanguard

Hsiung is proceeding to trial as his own attorney, facing multiple felony conspiracy charges for his involvement in mass protests where hundreds of activists openly rescued animals at factory farms in Sonoma County in 2018 and 2019.

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1 of 2 Activists Accused of Stealing Livestock from Petaluma Farms Reaches Deal

September 22, 2023

Press Democrat

Priya Sawhney pleaded no contest to two counts of trespassing and was ordered to do 100 hours of community service through the Sonoma County Volunteer Center.

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Radical Vegans Are Trying to Change Your Diet

September 20, 2023

The Atlantic

Everything, everywhere in this farm for “free-range” chickens was covered in excrement. The industrial hangar was so enormous, filled with so many clone-birds, that I felt like I was staring into an infinity mirror.

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Gag Order on DxE Activists Upheld Despite Calls to Vacate from Berkeley Law Dean, ACLU

September 19, 2023

Daily Californian

"I hope that I’ll be able to testify to the sickness of the ducklings and the hens who are rescued,” [witness Zoe] Rosenberg said. “I think that’s essential information for the jury to hear, and I hope the judge allows that information to be heard.”

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Awaited Trial of Bay Area Animal Rights Activists Begins

September 11, 2023

Northern California Public Media

An absolved King addressed the court, saying “I don’t believe I’ve done anything wrong by trying to help suffering animals."

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Animal Rights Protesters Go on Trial in Sonoma County

September 8, 2023

CBS Bay Area

A trial about the right to rescue began Friday in the North Bay where animal-rights activists are being prosecuted after taking several ducks and chickens from a farm in Petaluma. Anne Makovec reports.

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Animal Welfare Group Rallies Outside Sonoma County Courthouse as Criminal Case Against Activists Advances

September 8, 2023

Press Democrat

King said the rally represented the “continued momentum and urgency” to respond to animal cruelty. “People aren’t giving up.”

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The Latest Open Rescue Trial Is Now Underway. Here’s the Latest.

September 8, 2023

Sentient Media

Do people have a right to rescue animals from suffering? And, more than that, should animals have the right to live a life free of suffering? These questions could be answered by a Sonoma County trial now underway in Northern California.