Activist Plans to Launch Drones to Expose Factory Farms
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In response to ag gag laws which criminalize undercover photo and video from being taken in factory farms, animal rights activist Will Potter launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to buy drones to legally photograph factory farms from above: “In my new project, I am going to use new investigative journalism tools to help expose what some corporations want to keep hidden.”
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Agribusiness is moving mountains to stopping animal cruelty inherent in factory farming from being exposed, but Will Potter is staying one step ahead. While the drones might not capture cruelty, they will show the destructive impact that factory farms have on the environment. To learn more about and support his effort, please visit his Kickstarter page, Drone on the Farm: An Aerial Exposé