This happens often during Toronto Pig Save slaughterhouse vigils, and other activists also tip water bottles into the gasping mouths of frantic pigs. she retorted - Veldjesgraaf climbed back inside the truck and hauled his cargo of hundreds of pigs to slaughter at Fearman's. Krajnc could not save the young pig who sipped her water, but she transformed her legal defense into a powerful platform to not only justify her small act of mercy but also to elaborate on Toronto Pig Save's mission. The Save Movement is also guided by the reasoned non-violence of Mohatma Ghandi and Martin Luther King. A century and a half later, in Canada, Anita Krajnc risks jail time for performing that same act of compassion.

Source: Huffington Post October 07, 2016 01:07 UTC