{"id":755736,"date":"2018-12-30T10:14:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T15:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=755736"},"modified":"2018-12-30T10:14:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T15:14:30","slug":"vegan-animal-rights-activists-who-rescued-goats-and-lamb-now-face-theft-and-cruelty-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=755736","title":{"rendered":"Vegan animal rights activists who rescued goats and lamb now face &#8216;theft and cruelty&#8217; charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>Animal rights activist Joanne Lee released a statement declaring: 'We are not asking for bigger cages or better conditions. We are demanding the end of commodification of animals. They do not exist for human use'.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"quote-author-avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/blockquote-pack-pro\/img\/other\/steve-jobs.png\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>STEPHEN JOHNSON:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;A group of 50 protesters who targeted the Gippy Goat Cafe at Yarragon, south-east of Melbourne, early on Friday morning by carrying livestock into the back of a four-wheel drive. They now face theft and animal cruelty charges, with the three goats and a lamb yet to be returned to their rightful &#8216;owners&#8217;. Security footage and video taken by the activists themselves showed two women climbing a wooden fence to grab a lamb as scared goats in the enclosure ran inside for cover. The lamb was then carried over the fence and put into the back of the Jeep before a black goat was also shoved into the boot of the SUV, as activists wearing black crowded around the livestock pen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Animal rights activist Joanne Lee released a statement declaring she was opposed to farming altogether, and also posted video of a limping goat from the farm to justify abducting the livestock so they could be released to open pasture. &#8216;We are not asking for bigger cages or better conditions,&#8217; she said. &#8216;We are demanding the end of commodification of animals. &#8216;They do not exist for human use.&#8217; Victoria Police Sergeant Dean Waddell told WIN News on Friday the animal rights activists faced theft and animal cruelty charges&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-6527887\/Vegan-animal-rights-activist-storm-Gippy-Goat-Cafe-farm-Yarragon-Victoria-abduct-goats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STEPHEN JOHNSON: &#8216;A group of 50 protesters who targeted the Gippy Goat Cafe at Yarragon, south-east of Melbourne, early on Friday morning by carrying livestock into the back of a four-wheel drive. They now face theft and animal cruelty charges, with the three goats and a lamb yet to be returned to their rightful &#8216;owners&#8217;. 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