{"id":756220,"date":"2019-02-16T08:39:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T13:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=756220"},"modified":"2019-02-16T08:39:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T13:39:59","slug":"farmer-fires-gun-shots-at-peaceful-vegan-protesters-in-western-australia-police-says-thats-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=756220","title":{"rendered":"Farmer fires gun shots at peaceful vegan protesters in Western Australia, police says that&#8217;s OK"},"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>Police have ruled out charges against Jason Parravacini over the incident captured in now-viral video.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>PHOEBE LOOMES:<\/strong><em> &#8216;An Australian farmer who fired shots after vegans filming his grazing calves refused to leave his rural WA property will not be charged by police. 7 News, which first reported the story, confirmed police had ruled out charges against Jason Parravacini over the incident captured in now-viral video. James Warden, outspoken vegan and member of activist group Direct Action Everywhere, was parked outside Mr Parravacini\u2019s home and farm in Harvey, 140km south of Perth. When Mr Parravacini approached the activist, the two began a heated interaction&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The video sparked heated debate. Farmers groups, police and politicians have called for calm. 7 News reported farmers in the area were now on \u201chigh alert\u201d for more activists, with police on standby. Direct Action Everywhere last year stormed a Melbourne steakhouse restaurant, in a move that the group\u2019s spokeswoman said was intended to \u201cforce\u201d its message on the public. According to the group\u2019s then leader, Joanne Lee, \u201c99 per cent of the vegan activist community were passive activism groups\u201d. She said in February last year that the group had a goal of one event per month, including shutting down slaughterhouses&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/lifestyle\/real-life\/news-life\/shots-fired-as-farmer-and-vegans-clash-in-western-australia\/news-story\/fc8170df9f870a1afd658b2c271fb40b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l3Y1g0lwRbY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOEBE LOOMES: &#8216;An Australian farmer who fired shots after vegans filming his grazing calves refused to leave his rural WA property will not be charged by police. 7 News, which first reported the story, confirmed police had ruled out charges against Jason Parravacini over the incident captured in now-viral video. 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