The panic began when the car began to pull the head and neck of animal rights activist Thomas Chang onto a pole.
        PETALUMA, Calif. (KGO) – A sign at the Reichardt Duck Farm in Petaluma reads “DO NOT ENTER, BIOSAFETY ZONE,” but a group of protesters trying to save the animals are being abused, they think, but they do it anyway. the risk of protest.
       A video sent to ABC7 by activist group Direct Action Everywhere shows terrified protesters screaming for help as the duck processing line they were chained to began to move.
       VIDEO: Close call for animal rights protesters after Petaluma’s neck was chained to a duck slaughter line
       The panic began when the car began to pull the head and neck of animal rights activist Thomas Chang onto a pole.
        “Almost cut my head off my neck,” Chan said in an interview with ABC7 via Facetime on Wednesday. “I feel like my life is leaving my body as I try to get out of this castle.”
        Chan was one of hundreds of activists who boarded a bus to Petaluma on Monday to protest Reichardt’s duck farm. But he was part of a small group of people who entered the farm through designated fences and strapped into U-lock vehicles.
       Chang knew it was dangerous to lock himself in a machine designed to make death easier, but he said he did it for a reason.
        Jiang didn’t know who restarted the conveyor. After escaping from the castle, he was taken to the hospital in an ambulance and told that he would recover from his injuries. He is still considering whether or not to report the incident to the police.
       “I think whoever the manager is, whoever works there, they will be very upset that we are interfering with their business.”
        The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office told ABC7 they were investigating the incident. Reichard Pharm told them that it was an accident and the employee who opened the car inside had no idea that the protesters were blocked.
       ABC7 News correspondent Kate Larsen knocked on the door at the edge of Reichardt’s duck farm Wednesday night, but no one answered or called back.
       The ABC7 I-Team investigated allegations of animal cruelty at Reichardt’s duck farm in 2014 after the activist got a job there and filmed an undercover video.
       On Monday, sheriff’s deputies arrested 80 protesters, most of whom were in jail for misdemeanors and criminal conspiracies.
        The protesters appeared in court on Wednesday. The Sonoma County District Attorney told the protesters that no decision had been made to file a case, so they were released. Activists will be notified by mail if the district attorney decides to file charges.