Pigs given water by animal activist still slaughtered, court hears
CTV National News - 24 August 2016
BURLINGTON, Ont. -- The trial of a woman who gave water to slaughterhouse-bound pigs heard Wednesday from the owner of the animals who said he complained to police because he was concerned about the safety of the pigs and the animal activists.
Anita Krajnc, an activist with the group Toronto Pig Save, was charged with mischief in connection with an incident in June 2015, in which she started dumping water inside a tractor trailer carrying pigs to a slaughterhouse in Burlington, Ont. She has pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The pigs' owner, farmer Eric Van Boekel, testified Wednesday that he complained to police because he was worried there were contaminants in the water, and that could lead the Fearman's Pork slaughterhouse to turn his hogs away.
That, he said, would be the worst case scenario, though he acknowledged that it's never happened to him.
Van Boekel also said he was worried about the animal activists.
"One of my biggest fears -- and it's not if it's going to happen, it's when it's going to happen -- is one of the protesters has their arm in the slat, and the driver pulls away, they'll get (dragged) under the truck," he told a packed courtroom.
Before court, a group of animal rights activists from Toronto Pig Save along with members of the international group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals held a peaceful rally.
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