Protesters ask Kings County officials to investigate Vera Goat Dairy

KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Two twelve activists from "Direct Action" made the travel to Kings County connected Tuesday.

They are asking the District Attorney's Office to analyse conditions astatine Vera Goat Dairy successful Stratford aft a disturbing find the radical says they made earlier this year.

"There are dormant parent and babe goats being thrown retired similar garbage successful an amerciable dormant pile. "We person documented Vera Dairy and person recovered these sick animals being neglected, denied aesculapian care, being near to die," Direct Action Everywhere organizer Cassie King says.

She continues, "Investigators utilizing drone videography really discovered this dormant heap and they wanted to cognize wherefore truthful galore animals were dying and they went to look into the conditions and they did investigating and recovered animals with respiratory infections and e-coli."

In May of this year, 5 activists were arrested astatine the dairy for taking 5 goats who they accidental would person different died connected the farm.

We reached retired to the Kings County Sheriff, District Attorney and the Company, each declined to beryllium interviewed connected camera.

But during the protestation a region worker who wouldn't stock their sanction had this to say.

"I accidental shame connected each of them, they don't cognize this county, they don't cognize our livelihood, everyone has the close to beryllium here, they don't person our livelihood here," the unnamed region worker said.

The Kings County Sheriff and District Attorney said successful a connection that they respect everyone's archetypal amendment rights. If a transgression is committed, radical volition beryllium held accountable.

That's a hazard that activists accidental they are consenting to take.

"It's perfectly worthy taking nonviolent nonstop enactment to prevention lives. For Phoebe and Celia, the 2 sick goats reduced and yet successful the writer experiencing emotion for the archetypal time, they would 100% accidental it was worthy it to prevention their lives," King says.

The District Attorney's bureau says they could not remark arsenic the probe and the lawsuit against the activistic are inactive ongoing.

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