Animal activists protest across the country, storm abattoirs, block Melbourne's Flinders St
Animal rights activists have launched protests across the country, with a group of up to 100 people halting traffic at Melbourne's busiest intersection during peak hour. Police arrested 38 people, including three teenagers as young as 15 years old, who chained themselves to vans blocking the intersection of Flinders and Swanston streets, outside Flinders Street Railway Station. Vegan Rising campaign director Kristin Leigh said the Flinders Street protest was one of nine planned around the country.
"We want people to go vegan, we want people to stop supporting animal abuse," Ms Leigh said.
"I don't believe any good person supports what's happening in slaughterhouses and so-called farms today, these are places of exploitation of innocent vulnerable beings.
"What this amounts to is workers in regional and rural Australia being impacted by people who are not part of their communities," Mr Hutchinson said.
"They come in, they cause trouble, they create images that are not representative of the work our members do, they damage a business's ability to operate, and then they're gone."
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said those involved in the "indecent attacks" on farmers should be punished.
"I think state and territory governments should ensure that the full force of the law is brought against these green collared criminals," he said.
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