1. Wayne Hsiung was incarcerated in November 2023 after being convicted of felony trespassing for his role in an open rescue of sick and dying chickens from Sunrise Farms in 2018.
22 Facts About Wayne Hsiung
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Wayne Hsiung's father did work involving vivisection for several years, which left a lasting impact on Hsiung and motivated him to become an animal rights activist.
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Wayne Hsiung was influenced by Patty Mark, founder of Animal Liberation Victoria.
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Wayne Hsiung attended DePauw University when he was 16, graduating from the University of Chicago in 2001 with a Bachelor's degree in political science.
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Wayne Hsiung attended the University of Chicago Law School with a focus on behavioral law and economics.
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Wayne Hsiung coauthored an analysis of the effect of climate change on nonhuman animals with behavioral law and economics scholar Cass Sunstein.
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Wayne Hsiung was suspended by the California State Bar in March 2024, but was reinstated in May 2024.
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In January 2015, DxE released a video narrated by Wayne Hsiung that showed him and other activists rescuing a hen.
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Wayne Hsiung was indicted in Utah on multiple charges including felonies and a misdemeanor riot charge relating to a break-in "investigation of animal cruelty" at this Smithfield Foods farm.
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Wayne Hsiung maintained that his actions and those of DxE were legal, providing a legal opinion to the owners and the employees of the facility when they demanded he and the protesters leave.
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Wayne Hsiung has been a part of several other high-profile protests and incidents, most notably a disruption of a San Francisco Giants-LA Dodgers baseball game in September 2016 that led to him being tackled by Giants player Angel Pagan on national TV.
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Wayne Hsiung was a high-profile spokesman for a series of protests at presidential rallies during the 2016 Democratic Presidential Primary over the candidates' support for animal agriculture.
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Wayne Hsiung has given various talks at various universities about social activism and animal rights.
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In December 2021, Wayne Hsiung was found guilty of two felonies, larceny and breaking and entering, in Transylvania County, North Carolina.
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Wayne Hsiung represented himself in the proceedings, and he received a suspended sentence with 24 months of supervised probation and was required to pay the farmer US$250 as the value of the stolen goat.
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In November 2023, Wayne Hsiung was sentenced to 90 days in jail and two years probation on trespassing charges after engaging in an open rescue at the Sunrise Farms chicken farm in 2018.
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In 2017, Wayne Hsiung was involved in the founding of the Berkeley Animal Rights Center, the first community center in the United States dedicated to animal rights.
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Wayne Hsiung has been a speaker at the annual Animal Liberation Conference that takes place in Berkeley, California.
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Wayne Hsiung received 10,522 votes but was defeated by incumbent Jesse Arreguin who received 29,229 votes.
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In 2021, Wayne Hsiung co-founded a nonprofit called The Simple Heart Initiative.
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Wayne Hsiung rescued Oliver from Yulin, China, where Oliver was to be slaughtered at the Yulin dog meat festival.
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Wayne Hsiung was on the board of directors of the Climate Defense Project, which represents environmental activists and pursues environmental impact litigation.