Pigs marched to Ontario slaughterhouse after truck overturns nearby: police
More than 100 pigs survived a truck crash in the Toronto area only to be marched to the slaughterhouse on foot shortly afterward in an incident that resulted in an animal activist already in trouble with the law charged once again by police.
Anita Krajnc, currently on trial for giving cool water to hot pigs en route to the same slaughterhouse last year in Burlington, Ont., said she has been charged with obstructing a peace officer and breach of recognizance. She’s already on trial for criminal mischief.
“It’s very difficult for me to see these victims walk free on the sidewalks and then rounded up and sent to the gas chambers,” Krajnc said just after being released from the police station Wednesday afternoon.
Dozens of activists descended on the scene alongside Krajnc to “bear witness,” which led to a tense standoff with police who tried to keep the protesters at bay behind police tape.