Demonstrators Stand Up for the Hens Before Christmas

<img src="http://rochester.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/9/wegpan.jpg" alt="sadhen" border="1" align="left" style="padding:2px;" /> On Saturday, December 23, 2006, eight activists stood up for the 750,000 hens imprisoned at Wegmans Egg Farm in Wolcott, NY. Demonstrators were well-received by members of the public and employees alike at the East Avenue store in Rochester, NY. Several passing motorists expressed their support for the campaign, and several copies of "Wegmans Cruelty" were distributed to interested consumers. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wegmanscruelty.com/images/stories/adamdurand_sm.jpg">Adam Durand</a>, one of the documentarians of <a href="http://www.wegmanscruelty.com/">Wegmans Cruelty</a> and the President of <a href="http://www.compassionateconsumers.org/">Compassionate Consumers</a>, was <a href="http://www.rochester-citynews.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A4438">sentenced to 6 months in jail</a> on May 16, 2006 for a first time offense of trespassing by <a href="http://notebook.poetrybackwater.com/letters_2/kehoe_statement.html">Judge Dennis Kehoe</a>. However, Durand was <a href="http://www.wegmanscruelty.com/content/view/178/42/">released after being granted a stay of sentence</a> nearly a month later after appealing the harsh sentence, which was an obvious attempt to silence critics of the <a href="http://www.wegmanscruelty.com/content/view/135/51/">company’s inhumane practices</a>. Adam’s appeal is set to be ruled on in mid-February. <br /> <br /> <b>Photos</b>: <a href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/6/wegmans1223e.jpg">1</a> | <a href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/4/wegmans1223c.jpg">2</a> | <a href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/8/wegmans1223g.jpg">3</a> | <a href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/12/wegmans1223k.jpg">4</a> | <a href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/1/wegmans1223m.jpg">5</a> | <a href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/2/wegmans1223n.jpg">6</a> <br /> <br /> <b>Additional Information</b>: See the documentary <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6598954012979330894">here</a> | <a href="http://urveg.org/campaigns/wegmans/petition/">Sign a petition</a> asking Wegmans to phase out battery cages | <a href="http://www.wegmanscruelty.com/component/option,com_contact/task,view/contact_id,1/Itemid,34/">Donate to the Legal Defense Fund</a>

<p><img src="http://rochester.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/9/wegpan.jpg" alt="sadhen" border="1" align="left" style="padding:2px;" /> On Saturday, December 23, 2006, eight activists stood up for the 750,000 hens imprisoned at Wegmans Egg Farm in Wolcott, NY. Demonstrators were well-received by members of the public and employees alike at the East Avenue store in Rochester, NY. Several passing motorists expressed their support for the campaign, and several copies of "Wegmans Cruelty" were distributed to interested consumers. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.wegmanscruelty.com/images/stories/adamdurand_sm.jpg">Adam Durand</a>, one of the documentarians of <a href="http://www.wegmanscruelty.com/">Wegmans Cruelty</a> and the President of <a href="http://www.compassionateconsumers.org/">Compassionate Consumers</a>, was <a href="http://www.rochester-citynews.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A4438">sentenced to 6 months in jail</a> on May 16, 2006 for a first time offense of trespassing by <a href="http://notebook.poetrybackwater.com/letters_2/kehoe_statement.html">Judge Dennis Kehoe</a>. However, Durand was <a href="http://www.wegmanscruelty.com/content/view/178/42/">released after being granted a stay of sentence</a> nearly a month later after appealing the harsh sentence, which was an obvious attempt to silence critics of the <a href="http://www.wegmanscruelty.com/content/view/135/51/">company’s inhumane practices</a>. Adam’s appeal is set to be ruled on in mid-February. </p> <p> <b>Photos</b>: <a href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/6/wegmans1223e.jpg">1</a> | <a href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/4/wegmans1223c.jpg">2</a> | <a href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/8/wegmans1223g.jpg">3</a> | <a href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/12/wegmans1223k.jpg">4</a> | <a href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/1/wegmans1223m.jpg">5</a> | <a href="http://rochester.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/2/wegmans1223n.jpg">6</a> </p> <p> <b>Additional Information</b>: See the documentary <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6598954012979330894">here</a> | <a href="http://urveg.org/campaigns/wegmans/petition/">Sign a petition</a> asking Wegmans to phase out battery cages | <a href="http://www.wegmanscruelty.com/component/option,com_contact/task,view/contact_id,1/Itemid,34/">Donate to the Legal Defense Fund</a></p>