North Carolina judge decides for animal activists

Ontario passed a law this week to shield farmers from animal-activist trespassers intent on gathering evidence of animal abuse.

And in North Carolina a federal judge struck down a legislative attempt to curb animal activists.

And in Iowa, the legislature made a third attempt to pass a law against animal activists.

Some have warned that Ontario’s law will be challenged by animal rights organizations which have a history of winning these court battles.

In North Carolina, the judge ruled that prohibiting journalists and animal activists from gathering and publishing evidence of animal abuses throttles free speech and is therefore unconstitutional.