An animal rights activist stormed the basketball court during an NBA playoff play-in game Tuesday night and attempted to superglue herself onto the court.
During the second quarter of Tuesday’s game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Clippers, Alicia Santurio made her way onto the court of the Target Center in Minneapolis and attempted to glue herself to the court underneath one of the baskets.
Santurio wore a T-shirt with the message, “GLEN TAYLOR ROASTS ANIMALS ALIVE,” a reference to Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor.
“I was just told by security that she apparently had glue and she glued herself to the floor and she refused to lift her wrist up. … They were trying to pull her off, and she was resisting,” TNT sideline reporter Allie Laforce said of the incident during the television broadcast of the game.
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The game was interrupted for approximately two minutes before Santurio was removed from the court.
Santurio is an animal rights activist with the group Direct Action Everywhere.
A press release from Direct Action Everywhere explained that Santurio attempted to glue herself to the court in protest of an alleged mass killing of 5.3 million chickens at a facility owned by the Timberwolves owner.
“The mass killing happened at Rembrandt Enterprises, an Iowa factory egg farm owned by billionaire Glen Taylor, who also owns the Minnesota Timberwolves,” Direct Action Everywhere said.
The birds were allegedly killed when ventilation was shut off inside their enclosure following an outbreak of “highly pathogenic avian influenza,” according to Direct Action Everywhere.
A Direct Action Network spokesman told the Washington Examiner that Santurio received a trespass warning from Minneapolis police after the incident and her hand sustained some torn and stitched skin as she was pulled up from the court.
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The Washington Examiner has reached out to the Minnesota Timberwolves for comment.
