Over 500 Animal Rights Activists Participate in Slaughterhouse Vigil; Nine Animals Saved
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TheirTurn.net
July 2018

During the four hour vigil, which was organized by The Save Movement and Direct Action Everywhere, slaughterhouse workers brought the activists five chickens as a peace offering.

slaughterhouse vigil

During the 2018 Animal Liberation Conference in Berkeley, California, over 500 animal rights activists traveled to the city of Stockton to bear witness at a chicken slaughterhouse. During the four hour vigil, which was organized by The Save Movement and Direct Action Everywhere, slaughterhouse workers brought the activists five chickens as a peace offering. A total of nine animals were saved during the course of the day.

slaughterhouse vigil

The Save Movement is a worldwide network of Save groups bearing witness to farmed animals and promoting veganism and love-based, grassroots activism. Two local chapters of the Save Movement, Bay Area Animal Save and Stockton Animal Save, stage monthly vigils at the Stockton Poultry Market.

Activists say that neither they nor the slaughterhouses employees, who work in deplorable conditions for low pay, want to be there, but a broken system in which animals are commodified and jobs are scarce leaves both parties with no choice.

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