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Utah ‘ag-gag’ charges dropped
Utah prosecutors are dropping the agricultural interference charges against four animal activists after Utah’s Circle Four Farms did not want to pursue the charges.
The four defendants—members of a group called the Farm Animal Rights Movement—were charged under Utah’s ag-gag law for driving on private property and taking photos of the hog farm owned by Smithfield. They filed not guilty pleas in court last week.
Although the charges under the law that make it a crime to conduct undercover investigation were dropped, the activists still face one misdemeanor count of criminal trespass, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.
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