I see resistance as taking many forms. For those willing to get arrested and face jail, there is the rescue of tormented animals. You will likely be facing felony charges since they are now adding conspiracy to trespass and charging it as a felony.
There are other equally dedicated forms of resistance. You can do what Wayne and others did at Ridglan: gather evidence of abuse via video or former employees and present it at licensing hearings. Animal-exploitive industries are licensed which is usually a quick and unopposed process. But, depending on the jurisdiction, there is often a chance to oppose licensing either by personal appearance or submitted documentation of abuse.
Proposing legislation is another avenue. There is a proposed bill in California to require cameras inside animal factories and slaughterhouses. Or you can donate time or money to an organization of your choosing. There are many pathways to liberation.
Thank you, Wayne. It’s powerful to see how Zoe’s case is resonating far beyond what anyone expected. Even when repression is intended to silence, it’s creating visibility instead — inviting people to look more closely at what’s happening in these facilities and at the values behind open rescue.
Not every act of compassion receives millions of views, and much of this work remains quiet and steady. But moments like this reveal something important: a growing clarity about who is being protected and who is being punished. And that clarity is difficult to dismiss once people see it.
The movement may not always be loud, but it is becoming harder to ignore. Cases like Zoe’s show that the story is shifting in ways that would have been unthinkable years ago. And that shift —imperfect, uneven, but unmistakable— is its own form of progress.
Zoe is innocent of wrong doing, of any violence or malfeasance to any person. She caused no harm! She has become a stronger voice for those who are seeking but compassion and proper caring for captive animals. The result will be the opposite of that intended, the movement to save animals will grow even larger and stronger because of this case and will not be smothered out.
Zoe will become a stronger person, she can not change her heart. What an inspiration she is and has always been. We must change to survive the future on this planet, first, the manner that law enforcement ignores the rights of animals, secondly, how we are quietly destroying the earth while destroying billions of animals each year for consumption that is not necessary. The cruelty, the pollution, the crimes against animals is totally not the way of the future, that is, if we want to survive. California can lead the way to a better future for animals and I believe it will!! Watch!
Thank you Wayne, once again, for your thoughtful article. May this disturbing case indeed reveal the shift of which you speak. Sending loving thoughts to dear Zoe and as always, for the liberation of all animals.
Wayne, you are confusing apples with oranges. What Zoe Rosenberg did was & remains classic civil disobedience, as outlined by Henry David Thoreau in 1849: do something illegal as a non-violent act of conscience, openly, take the consequences, & let the public be the judge. She has not physically threatened anyone, so far as Beth & I know. What SHAC did was clandestine anonymous mayhem. It bore no resemblance to classic civil disobedience. It was out-&-out terrorism. And, incidentally, I personally received some of the SHAC death threats, for reporting critically about their activities. One SHAC supporter anonymously threatened to have my son stuffed with poison & burned alive. Even the legions of hunters, trappers, poachers, rodeo cowboys, dogfighters & cockfighters I've pissed off over the past 50 years or so haven't stooped that low. Some have threatened me, to be sure, but not my family.
This is a fair point. But the government didn't really target the people doing those things. It targeted people running a website. And many other activists, like Adam Durand, were also swept up in the repression campaign.
very good and interesting article. heightened my hope.
it was mentioned that the biggest obstacle now to the animal rights movement is lack of institutional scaffolding but i think that environmental protection is one such scaffolding. and so is the common adoption of cats & dogs & other non-human animal "pets".
i think the best we can do at this point is sharing knowledge, of animal sentience/personhood and how animals are treated in farming, that everyone deserves to be free of nedless harm, that plant-based diets are healthy for humans (and even dogs and cats), and the environmental destruction caused by animal farming, and helping people go vegan. ofc, DxE is contributing to doing this. thank you for all your work.
Go to FreeZoe.org to ask Governor Gavin Newsom to pardon Zoe Rosenberg!
(For the profile frame: DxE.io/frame)
#FreeZoe #RightToRescue #CompassionIsNotACrime #OpenRescue #AnimalRescue #Animals #Rescue #PerdueTrial #PerdueRescueTrial
thanks chloe!
Done
Zoe is a hero fighting for justice for the voiceless.
They are not voiceless, we just do not understand their langage so we ignore them.
Upside down. Sonoma protected the corporate criminal and persecuted a morally right rescuer. #FreeZoe
Let the backfire begin.
It already is!
(From Wayne's team) Go to DxE.io/writetozoe to send a letter to Zoe Rosenberg while she is in jail.
I see resistance as taking many forms. For those willing to get arrested and face jail, there is the rescue of tormented animals. You will likely be facing felony charges since they are now adding conspiracy to trespass and charging it as a felony.
There are other equally dedicated forms of resistance. You can do what Wayne and others did at Ridglan: gather evidence of abuse via video or former employees and present it at licensing hearings. Animal-exploitive industries are licensed which is usually a quick and unopposed process. But, depending on the jurisdiction, there is often a chance to oppose licensing either by personal appearance or submitted documentation of abuse.
Proposing legislation is another avenue. There is a proposed bill in California to require cameras inside animal factories and slaughterhouses. Or you can donate time or money to an organization of your choosing. There are many pathways to liberation.
these are great suggestions, as always, Larry
Do you have a bill # or title?
No, I don't. Jane Velez-Mitchell would know. I saw a reference to it on Unchained TV.
Okay thank you 🙏
Thank you, Wayne. It’s powerful to see how Zoe’s case is resonating far beyond what anyone expected. Even when repression is intended to silence, it’s creating visibility instead — inviting people to look more closely at what’s happening in these facilities and at the values behind open rescue.
Not every act of compassion receives millions of views, and much of this work remains quiet and steady. But moments like this reveal something important: a growing clarity about who is being protected and who is being punished. And that clarity is difficult to dismiss once people see it.
The movement may not always be loud, but it is becoming harder to ignore. Cases like Zoe’s show that the story is shifting in ways that would have been unthinkable years ago. And that shift —imperfect, uneven, but unmistakable— is its own form of progress.
Every act of resistance builds on the ones before it!
Zoe is innocent of wrong doing, of any violence or malfeasance to any person. She caused no harm! She has become a stronger voice for those who are seeking but compassion and proper caring for captive animals. The result will be the opposite of that intended, the movement to save animals will grow even larger and stronger because of this case and will not be smothered out.
Zoe will become a stronger person, she can not change her heart. What an inspiration she is and has always been. We must change to survive the future on this planet, first, the manner that law enforcement ignores the rights of animals, secondly, how we are quietly destroying the earth while destroying billions of animals each year for consumption that is not necessary. The cruelty, the pollution, the crimes against animals is totally not the way of the future, that is, if we want to survive. California can lead the way to a better future for animals and I believe it will!! Watch!
Exactly, Zoe is leading us into the future.
Thank you Wayne, once again, for your thoughtful article. May this disturbing case indeed reveal the shift of which you speak. Sending loving thoughts to dear Zoe and as always, for the liberation of all animals.
I'm onto another paper, Robert M. Geraci, "Apocalyptic A.I.: religion and the promise of artificial intelligence," from 2008-- https://knox.academia.edu/RobertGeraci , If you think it's only animals being subject to an inhuman regard, better check out what's happening in your supermarkets-- https://x.com/owenslindsay1/status/1998395156693922064 .
Wayne, you are confusing apples with oranges. What Zoe Rosenberg did was & remains classic civil disobedience, as outlined by Henry David Thoreau in 1849: do something illegal as a non-violent act of conscience, openly, take the consequences, & let the public be the judge. She has not physically threatened anyone, so far as Beth & I know. What SHAC did was clandestine anonymous mayhem. It bore no resemblance to classic civil disobedience. It was out-&-out terrorism. And, incidentally, I personally received some of the SHAC death threats, for reporting critically about their activities. One SHAC supporter anonymously threatened to have my son stuffed with poison & burned alive. Even the legions of hunters, trappers, poachers, rodeo cowboys, dogfighters & cockfighters I've pissed off over the past 50 years or so haven't stooped that low. Some have threatened me, to be sure, but not my family.
This is a fair point. But the government didn't really target the people doing those things. It targeted people running a website. And many other activists, like Adam Durand, were also swept up in the repression campaign.
very good and interesting article. heightened my hope.
it was mentioned that the biggest obstacle now to the animal rights movement is lack of institutional scaffolding but i think that environmental protection is one such scaffolding. and so is the common adoption of cats & dogs & other non-human animal "pets".
i think the best we can do at this point is sharing knowledge, of animal sentience/personhood and how animals are treated in farming, that everyone deserves to be free of nedless harm, that plant-based diets are healthy for humans (and even dogs and cats), and the environmental destruction caused by animal farming, and helping people go vegan. ofc, DxE is contributing to doing this. thank you for all your work.
Please tag Wayne's video from today's arrest to newsmedia and lawmakers, California and everywhere. Let's amplify! It's on Instagram, FB, YouTube. 🙏🆘
Our disrespect of animal dignity and humaneness, was/is a sign of many other disrespects.
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The problem of animal abuse goes far deeper, but still...
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