Animal rights activists attempting “outreach” to truck drivers

As soon as stopping trucks to hold “vigils” at meat processing plants became the latest activist trend, I knew it was only a matter of time before an activist claimed to get injured. It’s pretty clear why a few people gathering around a semi full of livestock (usually at dawn) isn’t really the safest course of action. The Alliance has been working to notify meat companies about this trend and encourage them to take steps to protect not only their businesses and drivers, but the protestors as well.Members of an “Animal Save” group in California are claiming that a truck driver “hit” one of their members when they walked in front of the truck (a review of the video makes it clear that the protestor was not hurt). The activist group involved is affiliated with “The Save Movement,” a network of more than 100 similar local organizations who want to “bear witness” to livestock going to slaughter. “Bearing witness” means stopping trucks to stick their hands in and pet animals, as well as give them food and water. Group leaders have said their goal is to have a “vigil at every slaughterhouse” across the country.