Trafalgar Square’s two landmark fountains are now blood red after animal rights activists poured colored dye into the water to protest cruel factory farming.
The red fountains made for a striking sight - Instagram
Captured on video during a peaceful demonstration by Animal Rebellion,
the footage shows a male protestor pouring red dye into one of the fountains
at the famous London landmark, showing his stained hands to the crowd.
Socially-distanced demonstrators stand in the square calling on the UK
Government to take accountability for animal welfare, holding up banners
that read “Prevent future pandemics. End animal farming” and “Animals bleed
for human greed.”
“Animal Rebellion has now dyed the Trafalgar Square fountains red,
symbolizing the blood that is on the hands of the UK Government,” the group
wrote on Twitter. “We are here today to demand that the Government prevent
future pandemics by ending animal farming and transitioning to a plant-based
food system.”
According to the Metropolitan Police, the two protesters were arrested on
suspicion of causing criminal damage. Demonstrations like this one, however,
help shed light on the atrocities that cows, pigs, chickens, and others
endure every day on torturous factory farms.
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