December 10, 2006

Animal rights activists are to stage a mass rally on Dublin's main street later today.

Members of Animal Rights Action Network (Aran) will march down O'Connell Street to raise awareness of the plight of animals used in laboratories, hunting and circus shows.

Campaigners, who are meeting at the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square east, at 1.30pm, will carry a banner reading Speak Out For Animal Rights and purple flags symbolising animal liberation along with demonstrators nationwide.

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