Wayne Hsiung

One of the reasons I'm on the podcast is that we've got a lot of listeners to your show who are in our movement, protecting animals.

And a lot of people just raised awareness about this situation.

And now we've gone from 150 people to now over, I think, 1,500, around 1,500 people signed up to just go in and rescue the dogs.

And this is not a criminal unlawful act.

This is a situation similar to a dog in a hot car.

When an animal is suffering and you even engage in some minor property destruction in a peaceful and nonviolent way, you're just entitled to rescue the animal from suffering and abuse.

We have incredible legal firepower behind this.

Literally, the woman and law professor who writes the casebook on animal law, Kirsten Stilt at Harvard Law School, has defended our actions.

We've had people like Larry Tribe, the constitutional law scholar at Harvard Law School, running amicus briefs on our behalf, saying that animals are not things.

They are living beings who deserve protection.

And when people intervene to protect them, they have the right to rescue them.

So in many ways, this is not just a physical struggle for the lives of these dogs.

It's a legal struggle for whether animals should be protected under the law.

And I expect we're going to prevail.

And it's beautiful.

Because if you're in a position of power, you should be doing the right thing.

You shouldn't just be acting on behalf of powerful interests.

You should be listening to the people and you should be protecting the vulnerable.

If you're not, why are you in power?

Thank you so much.