Animal rights activist glues herself to floor during NBA play-in game with message to T'Wolves owner

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An animal rights protester briefly halted an NBA play-in tournament game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Clippers when she glued her wrists to the court on Tuesday night.

The woman, identified as Alicia Santurio, is a member of the animal activist group Direct Action Everywhere. Santurio was wearing a shirt with a message about outgoing team owner Glen Taylor, which read "Glen Taylor Roasts Animals Alive."

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Alicia Santurio was identified as the protester at the Target Center on April 12, 2022. (Direct Action Everywhere)

Santurio was quickly escorted off the floor by security and she was dubbed "glue girl" on social media.

The Timberwolves released a statement on the incident.

"A fan disruption occurred ruing the second quarter of tonight’s game. We are in touch with Target Center Security to address the incident," the team said.

Santurio wrote on Twitter she was trying to address an incident at one of Taylor’s chicken farms in Iowa.

"I superglued down to the basketball court to bring attention to the mass killing of chickens at glen taylors factory farm using (ventilation shut down)," she wrote.

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Direct Action Everywhere accused Rembrandt Enterprises, a farm owned by Taylor, of using ventilation shut down to kill 5.3 million birds last month due to a bird flu outbreak.

Alicia Santurio was escorted off the Target Center floor on April 12, 2022. (Direct Action Everywhere)

"It is a slow and painful death characterized by asphyxiation," the group said in a press release.

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