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In this February 2021 photo provided by Matt Johnson is animal rights activist Johnson, a researcher with the group Direct Action Everywhere. Johnson, a leading foe of the livestock industry, has been charged with trespassing at a pig facility in Iowa, the first case brought under the state's latest so-called 'ag-gag' law.
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Outbreak at IA Tyson Plant Was Worse Than State Reported
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