Black and white cows are stacked side-by-side in a wooden brown crated wagon on top of a truck.

When Silence Became Law

It’s a cold morning in Winnipeg, and Jessica Scott-Reid, a freelance journalist, stands outside a slaughterhouse with activist groups, waiting for the chicken trucks to arrive. When a truck arrives, the animals are concealed under tarps. Trucks avoid being documented by speeding past stop signs where activists are waiting, according to animal rights activist Danae Tonge.