Undercover Investigations

“I witnessed and reported animal abuse… and now was being charged with a crime myself.”

An interview with Taylor Radig, an undercover investigator who is being charged with animal cruelty for documenting animal cruelty at a cattle company.

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BREAKING: Undercover Investigator Charged With Animal Cruelty for Videotaping Farm Abuse

An undercover investigator for Compassion Over Killing is being charged with animal cruelty after filming animal abuse of newborn calves.

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Fur Farmers Attack Italian Activists for Photographing Animals

Fur farmers saw people taking photographs of animals, and pursued them in a high-speed chase. The cameras kept rolling.

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Ag-Gag Lawsuit Challenges Corporate Attempts to Criminalize Free Speech and Journalism

Animal protection groups and journalists including Will Potter challenge Utah’s ag-gag law in landmark lawsuit.

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Hacking, Leaking, and Investigative Journalism — C-SPAN Video

C-SPAN covers a panel discussion on hacking, whistleblowers, ag-gag laws and more with Will Potter, Gabriella Coleman, and Gráinne O’Neill.

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Tennessee Backlash Against “Ag-Gag” Law: “Maybe the cicadas will eat them.”

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has been inundated with calls and emails for him to veto “ag-gag” legislation that aims to silence whistleblowers who expose abuses on factory farms.

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Industry Tries to Hide “Ag-Gag” Efforts, Turns Away Journalists From #AAA13 Conference

The agriculture industry is holding a conference right now about “ag-gag” laws, which criminalize anyone who exposes animal welfare abuses on factory farms and slaughterhouses. In response to the massive public backlash against the bills, the industry is now trying to keep journalists and attorneys away from its conference.

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First “Ag-Gag” Prosecution: Utah Woman Filmed a Slaughterhouse from the Public Street

Amy Meyer wanted to see the slaughterhouse for herself. She had heard that anyone passing by could view the animals, so she drove to Dale Smith Meatpacking, and looked through the barbed-wire fence.

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Excellent Illustrated Series on Grist: Big Ag Fights to Keep Out Troubled Eyes

This is a must-read series on ag-gag laws by Susie Cagle, who illustrates and documents the rise of this legislation for Grist.

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Tennessee Lawmaker Compares Factory Farm Investigations to Rape

In Tennessee, a sweeping “ag-gag” bill is about to become law. A local lawmaker compares these investigations to “rape.”

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