To: Whole Foods
Whole Foods: Drop the Charges Against Ateret and Wayne
Friends of DxE
Ask Whole Foods to write to the District Attorney telling them to drop the charges against Ateret and Wayne for simply asking where Whole Foods' animal products come from.
Why is this important?
Two activists are being charged for simply asking Whole Foods a question. Wayne Hsiung and 16-year-old Ateret Goldman asked where Whole Foods gets their animal products, but employees refused to give them an answer and instead called the police. Now, Wayne is being charged with “threatening bodily injury,” and the nationwide litigation counsel for Whole Foods sent a letter to the prosecutor alleging that the two engaged in “abusive conduct.” This resulted in an effort to remove Ateret from their family!
Whole Foods claims they care about transparency, but repeated DxE investigations of Whole Foods’ supposedly “humane” farms have found thousands of diseased and dying animals crowded together in dark sheds. When questioned about these findings, Whole Foods refuses to explain the abuses and, instead, arrests customers for asking. These ridiculous charges need to be dropped!
Whole Foods claims they care about transparency, but repeated DxE investigations of Whole Foods’ supposedly “humane” farms have found thousands of diseased and dying animals crowded together in dark sheds. When questioned about these findings, Whole Foods refuses to explain the abuses and, instead, arrests customers for asking. These ridiculous charges need to be dropped!