[replurkable][animal rights wins][cw: details of animal cruelty and death in the article] "Acquittal of Activists Who Saved Dying Piglets From Smithfield Sets 'Right to Rescue' Precedent"

I could cry

"I don't actually want you to acquit us on a legal technicality. I want you to acquit us as a matter of conscience. There's a big difference between stealing and rescue."

"Prosecutors alleged that the baby pigs, who were barely a week old when the activists removed them, were worth $42.20 each, or $84.40 in total, to Smithfield" -

- "A key part of the defense's case was that the piglets were on the verge of death when Hsiung and Picklesimer took them, and Smithfield routinely throws sick or dead animals away," the news outlet noted. "Had the animals remained in the company's possession, the defense argued, they would have been worthless."

IN UTAH

this just delights me so much

Oh, this is so good