On this episode of Animal Amicus, hosts Senior Policy Program Manager Nicole Pallotta and Managing Attorney David Rosengard discuss the bearing witness movement, constitutional issues that can come up when advocates clash with the industry, “Good Samaritan” laws, Ag-Gag laws, and open rescues. 

Resources referenced in this episode along with additional relevant articles are listed below: 

NPR: Animal Rights Activist on Trial in Canada for Giving Water to Pigs 
Animal Studies Journal: Bodily Encounter, Bearing Witness and the Engaged Activism of the Global Save Movement by Alex Lockwood 
USDA National Agricultural Library: Twenty-Eight Hour Law 
Animal Legal Defense Fund: Defending Animal Activists’ First Amendment Rights 
Animal Legal Defense Fund: Animal Advocates Win Free Speech Case, Judge Dismisses Meritless Trespassing Suit Intended to Silence Critics 
Reporters Committee: Understanding Anti-SLAPP Laws 
Animal Legal & Historical Center: Maps of States that Have to Protect Animals in Parked Cars 
Animal Legal Defense Fund: Oregon Becomes 11th State to Pass “Good Samaritan Law” to Protect Dogs Left in Hot Cars by Nicole Pallotta 
Medium: Yes, I Broke into a Mercedes with My Car Jack by Shawna Harch

GOV.UK: Pet Abduction to be Made New Criminal Offence in Crackdown on Pet Theft 
Time: Lady Gaga Got Her Dogs Back, but as Criminals Capitalize on the Demand for Pandemic Pups, Others Aren’t So Lucky by Melissa Chan 
Office of the Governor Doug Ducey: Governor Ducey Signs “Matthew’s Law” to Protect Pets, Families  
Animal Legal Defense Fund: Ag-Gag Laws 
Seattle University Law Review: Ag Gag Past, Present, and Future by Justin F. Marceau 
First Amendment Watch: Ag-Gag Laws Face the First Amendment 
USDA Economic Research Service: Market Failures: When the Invisible Hand Gets Shaky 
Animal Legal Defense Fund: Challenging Judy’s Family Farm Organic Eggs’ Deceptive Advertising 
Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act 
Center for Constitutional Rights: The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) 
FindLaw: United States v. Fullmer, 584 F.3d 132, 164 (3d Cir. 2009) 
Case Western Reserve Law Review: United States v. Fullmer and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act: “True Threats” to Advocacy 
The Intercept: How the Prosecution of Animal Rights Activists as Terrorists Foretold Today’s Criminalization of Dissent by Natasha Lennard 
MSU Journal of Animal & Natural Resource Law: Justifying Force Against Animal Cruelty by Ross Campbell 
Spolin Law: Can “Defense of Others” Apply in Animal Abuse Cases  
The Dodo: Open Rescue: How UPC Introduced This Strategy to U.S. Activists by Karen Davis 
Unbound Project: Fierce and Fearless: Patty Mark’s Unique Approach to Animal Liberation by Keri Cronin 
United Poultry Concerns: Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals