A Canadian animal rights activist could face up to 10 years in prison for giving water to pigs crammed into a truck on their way to the slaughter on a scorching summer day.

Toronto resident Anita Krajnc, 48, was charged with "criminal mischief" after clashing with the driver of a tractor-trailer carrying pigs to an Ontario pork processing plant in June. 

Krajnc and a fellow protester tried to give the pigs water as the vehicle was stopped at a traffic light on the way to the Fearmans Pork processing facility, about 45 miles south-west of Toronto.

A video of the incident shows the driver, identified in court documents as Jeffery Veldjesgraaf, climbing from the vehicle to confront Krajnc.

“Jesus said, ‘If they are thirsty, give them water,’” she tells him.
Veldjesgraaf responds: “You know what? These are not humans, you dumb frickin’ broad.”

Not only is this blatant act of sexism conveyed in the video also is the absolute ridiculous decision that compassion is punishable by 10 years in prison.

Do we not have better things to worry about? Real criminals to apprehend?

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