In response to that ongoing, multistate outbreak of bird flu, poultry facilities in dozens of states have been forced to slaughter tens of millions of chickens-including around 5 million at a Rembrandt plant in Iowa.ĭ圎 opposes a culling method known as ventilation shutdown, which uses a mix of heat and oxygen deprivation to kill the birds, as particularly cruel. The group has targeted Timberwolves games because Taylor also owns Rembrandt Enterprises, a huge poultry operation in Iowa that has, like many other poultry operations, been hit recently by an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu). (Since we're being "technical," it takes two technical fouls to eject an NBA player from a game-not one-and league referees do not issue fines.)ĭ圎's intrusions into live, national sporting events have nothing to do with the NBA per se. "She attempted to whistle to stop play as she approached Taylor at his courtside seat, to issue a 'technical foul and ejection,' along with a 'fine' against Forbes' richest billionaire in Minnesota," the D圎 release states.
In a press release, D圎 identified the woman slammed to the court as Sasha Zemmel of St. The others involved a woman putting glue on her hand and pretending to be stuck to the court and another chaining herself to one of the basket stanchions and tossing flyers onto the court. This was the third such stunt to take place on the Timberwolves' court during games this month. A supporter of the group Direct Action Everywhere (D圎) leapt over courtside seats behind where team Minnesota Timberwolves' majority owner Glen Taylor was seated and was tackled to the court almost immediately by a security guard, who was joined by other security in removing her from the court. This week, an animal rights group carried out a dangerous stunt during an NBA playoff game in Minneapolis.