JAILED! We are outraged that animal rescuer Wayne Hsiung was cuffed and taken into custody after being convicted of felony conspiracy and two counts of misdemeanor trespass for helping animals facing criminal abuse. He has a sentencing hearing set for November 30th. He will be in jail until then, without bail. We will be mobilizing at the sentencing hearing on November 30th to support Wayne and defend the #RightToRescue. Please join us.

“Tanner, a former felony defendant in this case, explained, after Hsiung asked why she showed a bird to a police officer, ‘This bird was dead…at this point the owner of the facility was saying there weren’t sick and injured birds. I showed this to the police— that they were incorrect…animals had suffered and were suffering inside the facility.’” Thank you Crescenzo Vellucci from @DavisVanguard for covering the defense witness testimonies! davisvanguard.org/2023/10/co…

“An image of a chicken with an eye injury and that was believed to be too frail to flee humans was indicative of the chicken population at a poultry farm just outside Petaluma where activists held a protest in 2018, one of them told a jury Thursday.” Thanks Colin Atagi of the @NorthBayNews for your coverage of the #SonomaRescueTrial and the #RightToRescue! pressdemocrat.com/article/ne…

“Hsiung closed his opening argument by repeating that the ‘activists’ intent was not to commit a crime, but to exercise what they believed was their legal right to help even the smallest creatures found collapsed on the factory farm floor,’ said supporters in court Thursday.” Thank you for covering Wayne’s opening statement in the #SonomaRescueTrial yesterday, Crescenzo Vellucci of the @DavisVanguard! #RightToRescue davisvanguard.org/2023/10/co…

The prosecutor in the #SonomaRescueTrial wants to hide animal cruelty evidence from the jury, but on day 4 of court, we won an important motion. While the judge hasn't yet clarified all of the details, Mistake of Law should allow the defense to present important evidence relevant to the state of mind of the defendants at the time of the rescues. Hopefully, this can include evidence of criminal animal abuse at Reichardt and Sunrise. #RightToRescue