The Animal Liberation Conference 2023 was a huge success!
Hundreds of us came together to connect, train, and take action. Together, we rescued 23 suffering animals during ALC 2023! Check out this inspiring video recap produced by Cavelight Films:
Our next big opportunity to help animals and push for the Right to Rescue is the upcoming Ridglan Beagle Rescue Trial starting March 15, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin. If you can join us in Madison during any part of the trial, please register at dxe.io/ridglan.
More information about the case and trial:
Tens of thousands of dogs are abused for experimentation every year in the U.S. They are raised inside factory farms like Ridglan Farms. Ridglan raises thousands of beagles inside cages to ship them off to their death in cruel experiments, including where dogs were force-fed laundry detergent until they vomited blood and died. DxE investigators entered Ridglan to document the conditions and show the world how this industry betrays humanity’s so-called “best friend.” Now, three compassionate people are going on trial facing felony charges for exposing the conditions at Ridglan and for rescuing 3 dogs from life in a cage.
Join us to support Eva Hamer, Paul Darwin Picklesimer, and Wayne Hsiung and to defend the right to rescue animals from abuse. The trial is scheduled to start March 15th, 2024 9am at the Dane County Courthouse (215 S Hamilton St, Madison, WI 53703) and is estimated to be at least 1 week long. You are welcome to attend just one day or the entire event, but if you can only attend one day we highly encourage you to attend on the first day, March 15th. In our experience, court dates often get changed, even within a week of trial.
Learn more about our legal cases for animals and the Right to Rescue at righttorescue.com.
Below are some recent cases and victories!
Previous stop: Merced
The #FosterFarmsTrial ended with a "not guilty" verdict on March 17! This is a historic victory for the Right to Rescue. Please share this news on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Alexandra Paul and Alicia Santurio were facing theft charges for rescuing two sick birds, Jax and Ethan, from a stopped slaughter truck that was heading into the Foster Farms slaughterhouse in Livingston, CA. The same day, DxE released hidden camera footage filmed inside the slaughterhouse showing chickens routinely missing the stun bath and a device designed to cut their necks, leaving it to workers to identify conscious birds before their evisceration, at a speed of 140 birds per minute. Alexandra and Alicia received theft charges in the mail in spring 2022 and pleaded not guilty. The #FosterFarmsTrial began on March 7, 2023, a full jury was selected on March 10, and the trial concluded March 17 after six hours of jury deliberation.
Previous stop: Utah
DxE investigators Wayne Hsiung and Paul Darwin Picklesimer were being prosecuted for investigating the world’s largest “pork” producer, Smithfield Foods, and rescuing 2 sick piglets, Lily and Lizzie. They published the whole investigation and rescue online and in the New York Times to show the world the nightmarish cruelty happening inside Smithfield’s farms.
Trial began October 3, 2022 in Washington County, Utah. Over 100 supporters attended the trial convergence. On Saturday, October 8, after a full day of deliberations, the jury of 8 people unanimously found Wayne and Paul NOT GUILTY on all charges for rescuing Lily and Lizzie from Smithfield. This is a major victory for the Right to Rescue!
WHERE: Washington County, Utah
WHEN: Oct 3rd - Oct 8th, 2022
Previous Stop: Iowa
In 2020, DxE exposed Iowa's largest “pork” producer using a gruesome mass kill method called “ventilation shutdown.” With the help of an employee whistleblower, DxE investigators captured video of this horrific process and rescued a piglet named Gilly. Matt Johnson and Linda Cridge were being prosecuted for this investigation and rescue. Matt was also the first person to be charged under Iowa’s third ag-gag law.
In a surprising turn of events, all of Matt’s charges were dropped the day before trial. But we decided to go to Iowa anyway and spent the entire week protesting and putting pressure on the government and industry to end ag gag and support the right to rescue.
WHERE: Wright County, Iowa
WHEN: Jan 19th - Jan 28th, 2022
Past Conferences
The Animal Liberation Conference is the largest grassroots animal rights conference in the world. While 2020’s conference was moved online, we safely hosted an in-person conference in 2021 in Oakland, California. The 2021 ALC brought together hundreds of the most dedicated activists to take action, confront the animal agriculture industry, rescue animals, and show the world that a better future is possible.
