{"id":758428,"date":"2019-10-06T07:56:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T11:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=758428"},"modified":"2019-10-06T07:56:22","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T11:56:22","slug":"whole-foods-files-for-statewide-restraining-order-from-animal-rights-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=758428","title":{"rendered":"Whole Foods Files For Statewide Restraining Order From Animal Rights Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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We can see the impact we\u2019re having and the power of the truth. Since the acquisition by Amazon, Whole Foods has responded with increasing repression, but we need to keep the pressure and put an end to animal abuse.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n

CBS SF:<\/strong> ‘An animal rights group says Whole Foods Market has filed for a restraining order to ban them from all their California locations, in wake of a protest in San Francisco earlier this week. On Monday, members of the Berkeley-based group Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) occupied the location in the San Francisco\u2019s Noe Valley neighborhood for more than three hours. Some activists chained themselves to the store and blocked the entrance. Others climbed on the roof and hoisted a giant poster of Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, which owns Whole Foods.<\/em><\/p>\n

The protesters claim Whole Foods has sourced goods from several farms with cruel conditions. More than 30 people were taken into custody. In a statement after Monday\u2019s protest, Whole Foods said, \u201cDirect Action Everywhere\u2019s repeated targeting of Whole Foods Market stores jeopardizes the safety of our customers and team members, including today at our Noe Valley store.\u201d Last year, a judge granted the store\u2019s request for a restraining order against the group at its Berkeley store over similar protests…<\/em><\/p>\n

In response, DxE issued the following statement (partial): “Since DxE first began investigating Whole Foods farms, millions of people have seen the horrific conditions on social media and in mainstream press including the New York Times. And since the company\u2019s acquisition by Amazon, Whole Foods has responded with increasing repression. We can see the impact we\u2019re having and the power of the truth, but we need to keep the pressure on if we\u2019re going to get a response from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos — the richest person on the planet — and finally put an end to the animal abuse”.’<\/em> \u00a0SOURCE…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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