Animal Rights Activists Face 70 Years in Prison for Rescuing Piglets | NowThis

‘They called me a terrorist.’ — Animal rights activist Wayne Hsiung and his colleagues faces up to 70 years in prison after rescuing piglets from horrific abuses in the nation’s largest pig farm.
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In US news and current events today, Wayne Hsiung and others from Direct Action Everywhere are facing FBI charges and 70 years in prison for rescuing two piglets from factory farming giant Smithfield Foods. The group that fights for animal welfare and against animal cruelty is being labeled domestic terrorism actors. As Hsiung described in this NowThis News video Big Agricultures was a major donor to the Trump campaign and uses its political influence to continue factory farming pigs and other animals.

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