Woman who gave water to pigs back in court in Burlington today

A woman who gave water to pigs on their way to a slaughterhouse is set to appear in court in Burlington today.

Anita Krajnc is charged with mischief and faces a five-thousand-dollar fine and up to 10 years in prison.

The Crown was to decide this month whether to proceed by summary conviction or indictment in the case.

Krajnc gave the pigs water through the slats of a trailer on June 22nd, after trucks hauling the animals stopped at an intersection in Burlington.

She calls the charges she's facing outrageous, insisting she did nothing wrong by helping thirsty pigs — but the truck driver said her actions presented a safety hazard.

Krajnc said her group stands on a traffic island at Appleby Line and Harvester Road once a week to "bear witness" to the animals going to slaughter at Fearman's Pork Inc.

On June 22, she said, temperatures were high, and her group poured water through the holes. In court documents, Halton police refer to it as an "unknown liquid."

Krajnc said the driver got out and told them to stop, and she quoted a Bible verse at him about giving water to the thirsty.

"He said, 'They're not humans, you dumb frigging broad,'" she told CBC News on Tuesday.