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December 1, 2023

Animal Rights Activist Wayne Hsiung Gets 3 Month Jail Term for Freeing Sick Factory Farm Birds
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In California, animal rights activist and attorney Wayne Hsiung has been
sentenced to 90 days in jail after he was found guilty of felony
conspiracy and misdemeanor trespassing for rescuing dozens of injured
and dying ducks and chickens at two factory farms in Sonoma County,
California. The charges stemmed from peaceful actions at Sunrise Farms
and Reichardt Duck Farm. Mirais Holden, a member of Wayne Hsiung's legal
team, spoke outside the Sonoma County courthouse after Thursday's
sentencing.

Mirais Holden: "I believe that this trial will end up in the book of
animal liberation, when that book is written. I'm tremendously grateful
to Wayne for the sacrifice that he has made. … The injustice of the fact
that a human being is being held in a cage for the supposed crime of
compassion, for rescuing other sentient, feeling beings from cages, will
not be lost on the world."

Wayne Hsiung is a co-founder of Direct Action Everywhere, a global
network of animal rights defenders. Click here to see our interviews
with him.