Factory Farming and the Limits of Law
Taj Uppal
Published on April 24, 2026 6:37 AM GMT People v. Hsiung demonstrates our judicial system's reluctance to grapple with industrial animal agriculture. “Counsel, is it true that 800,000 hens reside on this farm?” 1 Justice Jackson of the California Court of Appeal began today’s oral argument with this very question. The case before her is People v. Hsiung —an appeal of Wayne Hsiung’s conviction for organizing the rescue of hens from an industrial egg farm. The central question considered by the co