From: DawnWatch execsec1@od.nih.com
Date: Fri, 5 May 2006
DawnWatch: Filmmaker acquitted of felony burglary charges in egg cruelty case -- NY Times 5/5/06
Great news in the New York Times today, Friday May 5. In the Metro Briefing section, page B4, or on line at http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/05/nyregion/05mbrfs.html
we read:
"LYONS: CHICKEN ADVOCATE NOT GUILTY OF BURGLARY. A novice filmmaker charged with burglary and other crimes after he
crept onto a commercial egg farm to document conditions was acquitted yesterday of all charges but criminal trespass. The filmmaker, Adam
C. Durand, 26, of Rochester, is part of a group waging a public campaign against a supermarket chain, Wegmans, and its practice of confining
hens to cages at its farm in Wolcott. Mr. Durand's lawyers showed jurors in Wayne County Court pictures of live hens caged with dead ones,
mice wandering over the egg conveyor, and a hen submerged to the neck in manure. A spokeswoman for Wegmans said the film did not
represent conditions on the farm."
You can see the terrific 27-minute film showing conditions on the farm, or watch a trailer for it, at http://www.wegmanscruelty.com. That site also has more press on the case and verdict.
The brief article gives us a nice opportunity for letters to the editor on the treatment of laying hens and other animals used
for food.
The New York Times takes letters at execsec1@od.nih.com
Or why not keep an eye out for related articles in your local media -- anything about Wegmans or about eggs will work --
and send a letter to your editor about the Wegmans cruelty case? For example those in Maryland might like to use this information to respond
to the Baltimore Sun front page story headed, "Wegmans' spread in Md. greeted with pride;" See http://tinyurl.com/m22vh and write to letters@baltsun.com
The Washington Post is also carrying articles on the opening of Wegmans stores. See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2006/05/04/AR2006050401865.html and then the article on the Wegmans Cruelty verdict at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2006/05/04/AR2006050401611.html. The Post takes letters at letters@washpost.com
Always include your full name, address, and daytime phone number when sending a letter to the editor. Shorter letters are
more likely to be published.
Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
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