We see it as establishing the right to rescue and the right to know for every customer who wants to shop at Whole Foods to actually know what’s happening to these animals.
SUSIE STEIMLE: ‘Animal rights activists from the Berkeley-based group Direct Action Everywhere or DxE have been targeting Whole Foods for several years now. DxE alleges whole foods sources from farms that exercise animal cruelty. Demonstrations run the gamut from chicken funerals to sit-ins where they bring in cow crates to the activists interrupting a recent ribbon cutting at a Whole Foods in Silicon Valley.
This week, Whole Foods fought back and a judge sided with them, issuing a restraining order against DxE for its Berkeley store. “It’s interesting that Whole Foods tries to paint us as a danger to the public, when we believe what we’re doing is actually a public good,” said Direct Action Everywhere member Cassie King.
The group is provocative on purpose. Getting arrested has become commonplace because it means media attention. King is one of dozens of members racking up a criminal record. “I have been arrested before for rescuing animals from certain death… a couple of times,”… “In terms of breaking the law, we see it as establishing the right to rescue and the right to know for every customer who wants to shop at Whole Foods to actually know what’s happening to these animals,” said King’. SOURCE…
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