Horse racing-Animal rights group protesters delay Epsom Derby by entering course

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The Epsom Derby was delayed on Saturday after six protesters from campaign group Animal Rebellion entered the course and had to be removed by the police.The protesters wore sashes with the words 'Animal Justice' as they demanded an end to horse racing. The protest came 109 years to the day since suffraget

The Epsom Derby was delayed on Saturday after six protesters from campaign group Animal Rebellion entered the course and had to be removed by the police.

"Horse racing took the lives of 220 animals on race courses in the UK last year and this is just the tip of the iceberg. In this country over a billion land animals are killed for food each year," Orla Coghlan, who was at Epsom, said in a statement put out by Animal Rebellion. Last month, Animal Rebellion blockaded distribution centres of McDonald's in Britain to demand the global restaurant chain turn to plant-based foods.

 

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