This little lamb, Sooty, was destined to die a cruel death at one of two slaughterhouses that had violated UK animal welfare laws. The government has received complaints about factory farms and slaughterhouses for years—often from employees themselves—but enforcement was nonexistent. Little lambs were left hanging on the slaughter line, decapitated while still conscious, and sometimes even scalded alive. (This is not exaggeration. Just do some Google searches and you can find the video by @AnimalEquality and other groups documenting the horrific abuses.) My wife thought that the King of England, of all people, should see the importance of living up to our commitment to care for animals. We still hope King Charles will chime in. But his estate has taken the opposite approach: targeting Rose and her two friends who took these little lambs to safety. The jury has been selected. It's 7 women and 5 men. They seem attentive and engaged. The prosecution gave its opening statement. The prosecutor had to engage in some verbal gymnastics to accuse my wife of "dishonesty"—despite the fact that Rose published everything she did, and even went to the police herself to explain why she rescued Sooty. This will be a fast trial, and it has been very chaotic. I wish we had more time to prepare, but Rose and I have both been very busy. And now I've fallen very ill. But no matter what happens in this case, I remain confident that we will win these arguments in the long term. The public is seeing what powerful industries do to the most defenseless creatures on earth—and it is revolting.