Facing jail terms of up to five and a half years, two animal rights activists were found not guilty of all charges in the removal of two piglets from Circle Four Farms in Beaver County in 2017.
Before the trial, Judge Jeffrey C. Wilcox ruled the jurors would not see that video or hear evidence about the activists’ motives. The case is about burglary, he said, not animal rights, and he limited images and videos shown during the trial to those related directly to the two piglets.
The USDA figure is for pigs that weigh 10 to 12 pounds and are old enough to be weaned, she said, while these piglets — named Lizzie and Lily — were considerably smaller and not yet independent. In closing arguments, Christiansen attacked Rosenberg’s credibility, noting she operates the Happy Hen Animal Sanctuary and describing her as “another advocate.”Hsiung, a co-founder of DxE, told jurors: “I was there on the night of March 7, 2017. I did remove two piglets from Smithfield Foods.”
But Corporon argued “it’s clear Paul Picklesimer never intended to commit a theft,” pointing out he was holding a “enormous” camera. It’s illogical to say he could “carry a squirming pig at the same time,” she said.
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