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Omaha Steve

(99,069 posts)
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 08:54 PM Aug 2016

Animal Activist Who Gave Water to Slaughter-Bound Pigs is Now on Trial


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http://www.care2.com/causes/trial-begins-for-woman-criminally-charged-for-giving-water-to-slaughter-bound-pigs.html




By: Tex Dworkin August 26, 2016
About Tex

Would you risk jail time or a $5,000 fine to give a thirsty slaughterhouse-bound pig water? For Anita Krajnc, the answer is a resounding “yes.”

Anita Krajnc is a Canadian animal rights activist who is on trial for giving water to thirsty pigs who were heading to a slaughterhouse in Burlington, Ontario on a scorching hot June day in 2015.

Here’s what happened: While a trailer packed with pigs en route to Fearmans Pork slaughterhouse was stopped at a light, Krajnc approached the trailer. Believing that the pigs were overheated and dehydrated, she tipped her water bottle through holes to provide what water she could to them.

That’s when the truck driver Jeffrey Veldjesgraaf emerged. Not-so-kind words were exchanged, and the pigs’ owner filed a complaint with police shortly after the incident occurred.

FULL story at link.
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Animal Activist Who Gave Water to Slaughter-Bound Pigs is Now on Trial (Original Post) Omaha Steve Aug 2016 OP
Yes. Risk is a funny thing. flvegan Aug 2016 #1
This is clearly a guilt law showing this killing/torture industry knows guilt Portland_Anni Nov 2016 #2

flvegan

(64,389 posts)
1. Yes. Risk is a funny thing.
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 11:50 PM
Aug 2016

$60 put bolt cutters in my trunk. Twice.

Kudos to Ms. Krajnc for doing what she saw as humane and right.

Portland_Anni

(164 posts)
2. This is clearly a guilt law showing this killing/torture industry knows guilt
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 05:09 PM
Nov 2016

I thank this compassionate woman and encourage her to expand into full activist mode against the meat industy.

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