The vegans breaking the law to ‘liberate’ animals | Vegan Vigilantes | Short Documentary
Content warning: Contains images of animals in distress.
A small, secretive group has made it their mission to ‘liberate’ animals - by any means necessary. These animal rights activists are ready to break the law for their cause, from taking chickens from farms to storming abattoirs. But farmers say they’re being unfairly targeted and feel unsafe in their own backyard.
The Feed investigates Australia’s vegan underground to find out: how far are they prepared to go? We speak to an animal rights activist who’s willing to risk it all, and farmers whose lives have been impacted.
Chapters:
00:00 - 00:54 Intro
00:55 - 01:15 Meet the animal activist who takes chickens from farms
01:16 - 01:31 Visiting the chickens at a secret location
01:32 - 02:06 What is ‘open rescue’?
02:08 - 02:33 What do vegan activists think about farmers?
02:46 - 04:07 Inside a chicken ‘liberation’ mission
04:35 - 05:44 Meet a caged egg farmer who was targeted by activists
05:45 - 06:03 How is animal activism affecting farmers?
06:19 - 07:52 What is animal welfare like in Australia?
07:53 - 08:44 What is ethical farming? Meet a lamb farmer
08:45 - 09:00 What are the biosecurity risks for farms?
09:02 - 09:44 What are the penalties for activists who break the law?
09:46 - 10:34 How many animal activists are involved in illegal activity?
10:35 - 10:46 How much meat do Australians eat?
10:51 - 11:28 Inside an abattoir protest
11:29 - 11:52 Is the animal rights movement successful?
11:56 - 12:50 Inside a lingerie vegan protest
13:00 - 13:52 What does veganism mean for the future?
Reporter/Producer: Jennifer Luu
Shooter/Editor: Gavin Blyth
Graphics: Caroline Huang
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She proudly states that the chickens are confined to cages measuring 750cm² - which may sound like a lot (750cm is 7.5m, after all) but it's actually just a tiny bit bigger than an A4 piece of paper. Too small for a chicken to even spread their wings or turn around. Absolutely disgusting to treat an innocent being like that
@phuckyoutube5927
8 ай бұрын
Factory farms are a problem but bot all farms are factory farms and treat thier animals this way.
@happycats9034
7 ай бұрын
@@phuckyoutube5927 Believe me, you wouldn't want to swap places with an animal in whatever farm they are in, when they are being sent to the slaughterhouse
@phann860
7 ай бұрын
Cm2, not 7.5 metres2, 750 cm2 is approx 25cm by 25cm.(In real measures 10 by 10 inches) effectively the size of A4.
Farmer: "We care about welfare" Proceeds to show us around the most disgusting, soul breaking environments I could ever imagine an animal having to live in.
@happycats9034
7 ай бұрын
Farmers are hypocrites after all. Farmer: We care for our animals like we care for our families Farmer: proceeds to send animals to the slaughterhouse.
That farmer has the audacity to talk about “animal welfare”, but all I see is absolutely horrific conditions.
cage farming should be banned, not in 2036, but immediately, in 2023
@GarudaLegends
8 ай бұрын
Ppl like you are why i eat 80% meat per day. You are scum.
@veganaktivisten
8 ай бұрын
All animal farming should be banned. It's not okay to exploit and kill animals.
@phuckyoutube5927
8 ай бұрын
@@veganaktivistenfactor farming is bad but not all farms are factory farms
@williamwallace8363
8 ай бұрын
As a farmer I agree that caged eggs aren’t a nice way for eggs to be produced, but the farmers should be given the option to change their business structure to do proper free range eggs or chooks
@williamwallace8363
8 ай бұрын
@@veganaktivistenI don’t agree with this opinion but humans have eaten meat for thousands of years and I don’t think it will drastically slow down in the near future, but I’m open for discussion
After 40 years still having nightmares about the factoryfarms I was in as a teen. And they were better then these hens were kept. The heat, the stench of amoniak, the fear, no space to move, the wounds everywhere, never sunlight and fresh air.
I know someone, I think she's moved to Moscow now (at least, that was her most recent arrest), who would buy farm animals and make them live in her downtown apartment. She doesn't understand how to care for the animals but figures that it's better than death. Vegans are...unique.
Farmer: We give the animals the best care ever! Also farmer - sends the animal to the slaugherhouse to have their throat cut.
“For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.” - Pythagoras “The Gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies; they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.” - Plato “A human can be healthy without killing animals for food. Therefore if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.” - Leo Tolstoy
@phuckyoutube5927
8 ай бұрын
Why i feel so light headed and cant do a full days work without supplementing my terrible diet ideals -vegans 2023
it's not like cutitng nails. Gosh the justification. Next time she will say cutting the chicken's throat is like giving the chicken a shave.
@veganaktivisten
8 ай бұрын
I gasped at that comparison. You can really see how completely detached the farmer is from the animals. She just sees them as object, might as well be a potato to her.
Animals are not objects. We should start treating them like the sentient beings that they are - meaning we should abolish the animal industry.
@andrewthrelfall5326
8 ай бұрын
Most of these animal species would be extinct if they weren't bred for consumption.
@MammothMorals
7 ай бұрын
@@andrewthrelfall5326wild varieties of each of these animals exist, so it's not like we would actually lose them.
The animal rights activists are doing amazing work 🙌
In the US even animal ranchers don't want the animal agriculture to continue, but they are deeply in debt and the industry is subsidized over $40 billion yearly.
@andrewthrelfall5326
8 ай бұрын
Bullshit
If going to your local park and torturing birds in the park is cruelty then how is not cramming chickens like that the entirety of their life not cruelty?
@GarudaLegends
8 ай бұрын
Because livestock is for food, and vegans pay ppl to shopt and poison birds like pigeans and crows for corn, fruits, and other crops. M hypocrite
@anthonydude
8 ай бұрын
Because it's for profit and politicians make laws to keep rich business owners happy
SENTIENT FEELING ANIMALS ARE NOT IT, PROPERTY OR AN OBJECT!!!!!@
@fuct9569
8 ай бұрын
INSECTS AND ARACHNIDS TOO!!!
@veganaktivisten
8 ай бұрын
@@fuct9569 Yes of course.
For the animals, the world can’t be vegan soon enough…. ❤
"You shouldn't do open rescue, it might make the animals sick and have to be culled!" As opposed to certain death? And maybe DON'T kill animals just because they are sick? What a stupid way to think.
75 square centimetres, wow ... !👎 Like you living in a IKEA-cupboard. Scott is doing well though.
Good on her. Animal abuse is wrong. Using and killing animals is just sick and cruel
It's sad that there is no winner here!
"Animal Hero's are NOT TERRORISTS but the most loving humans around!!!" And sooo many farms are "ABSOLUTE HELL HOLES".....trimmed down so can be shown on Tele.... WAKE UP PEOPLEE!!!!@
@GarudaLegends
8 ай бұрын
STFU. Farmers provide food. These loser activists dont provide anything. All they are doing is complaine like Karens and try to destroy our food supply. They are pure scum.
Factory farms should be shut down. But farmers aren't your enemy its the politicians that own the companies that own the factory farms you need to go after. But alas keep fighting each other like it does anything 😂
🌱🌱🌱 Go vegan! 🌱🌱🌱
@user-uo7qz7dw2x
8 ай бұрын
Na, I tried it for 3 months... It's a load of crap. U do u skinny weak man
Yeah just don’t protect the chickens that’s how much the word law means cover your own arse not protect any animals
Yeah forget the victims victims don’t matter animals don’t matter
@PLANitVEGAN
8 ай бұрын
Huh
Great Channel ❤
I wish vegans were as right as they are passionate factory farms are bad but not all farms are factory farms. These guys have never heard of joel salatin
Legend 💚
Does she have a instagram?
just watched a short bit....what id say to them is people becoming vegetarian (frugivore - fruits of field with dairy and eggs ok) is not a straightforward thing necessarily. encourage people to white meat and then to go off meat eventually - but it may take a long time....bodies and minds may be accustomed to certain vibes...ascending ones physical and mental health/levels not an overnight thing. ...takes time and effort. ...and being vegan isnt really the goal - God consciousness the goal. doing no harm is certainly part of that. ...vegans can often be quite physically/mentally unwell. and there is much to spiritual growth than just 'not eating meat' ...look up Brother Anandamoy talk "is peace possible in today's world' for a quote by Gandhi on this topic and much much more.
ethically sourced meat 🤡🤡🤡
Rescue
Yo what's Sophie's @
35000 chickens ,stealing/rescuing 2 chickens a month. it will take only 1458 years to save all the chickens.
Only thing you put on the line is your ego lady 😂
They are a threat to democracy and they should be prosecuted, even though i am sympathetic to them and would say that free range farming is the moral minimum for me. In order for our society to be stable and fair, we cannot endorse such behaviour based on self-righteousness. If they want change they have to petition, peacefully protest and take other democratic actions to make the change they want to see in society, not this. That is tough to accept though..
@Forlorade
8 ай бұрын
I support democracy, but it is not fair to those who cannot vote, e.g. non humans. It isn't even fair to minority human voices. It's a decent, but flawed system. And if you want the same thing that these lawbreakers do (improved wellbeing, and freedom for all), then peaceful progress is simply too slow.
@nwgverified
8 ай бұрын
@@ForloradeSo are you an anarchist? Because no political system can get 100% fairness, its not possible. It seems like you would prefer to live in a world where conservatives can and do steal all the puberty blockers from medical clinics because the system is not fair and they need to stop kids from getting abused now. From their perspective, if you want kids to stop getting abused, you should be on their side. You can't say that the vegans are OK and the conservatives are not because then you are saying that people are allowed to supersede the law as long as their personal moral system/beliefs align with yours.
@anthonybruno8965
8 ай бұрын
If you were the one being oppressed, would you be okay waiting?
@JewTube001
8 ай бұрын
not a threat to democracy. that's just something you always say if you don't like their opinion. by the same rate you're also a threat to democracy, but not really, you're just ignorant.
@anthonydude
8 ай бұрын
The threat to democracy is the industry and politicians working together to reduce transparency and accountability. How is it acceptable that exposing extreme animal cruelty can land you in prison for YEARS but actually committing the cruelty gets a slap on the wrist (if anything). The current system doesn't reflect community expectations whatsoever because the industry goes to great lengths to hide their practices, with the complicity of corrupt politicians.
@6:15 is she trying to season the chicken with her salty tears? She forgot to slaughter it and pluck the feathers before she using water based salt. She definitely cannot cook. This is what happens when parents dont tell their children not to play with their food. You get adults who operates backwards.
@Forlorade
8 ай бұрын
You okay?
@GarudaLegends
8 ай бұрын
@@Forlorade yup. Just had an egg sandwich, with turkey bacon, cheese, and a cup of whole milk to wash it down. What are you going to do about it other than cry?
@Forlorade
8 ай бұрын
Okay, lemme know if you need someone to talk to. @@GarudaLegends
@anthonybruno8965
8 ай бұрын
The only unapologetic carnist commenting on here. How'd you stumble upon this video? Way to cope.
@heavyfriends9981
8 ай бұрын
@@GarudaLegends you seem very upset