The trial of a woman who
gave water to slaughterhouse-bound pigs heard Wednesday from the owner of the animals who said he complained to police because he was concerned about the safety of the pigs and the animal activists.
Anita Krajnc, an activist with the group Toronto Pig Save, was charged with mischief in connection with an incident in June 2015, in which she started dumping water inside a tractor trailer carrying pigs to a slaughterhouse in Burlington, Ont. She has pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The pigs' owner, farmer Eric Van Boekel, testified Wednesday that he complained to police because
he was worried there were contaminants in the water, and that could lead the Fearman's Pork slaughterhouse to turn his hogs away. That, he said, would be the worst case scenario, though he acknowledged that it's never happened to him. Van Boekel also said he was worried about the animal activists.
Krajnc, who was wearing a pink shirt with a
picture of a pig on it under her pantsuit, said
outside court that she did nothing wrong, and
that she continues to give the pigs waterto this day.
