British police say they have been working since the morning to close a protest by “animal rights” activists at a meat industry conference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Protesters had confronted angry farmers as one of them sprayed them with cow dung fertilizer pump.<\/p>\n
The incident took place outside the headquarters of the Farmers Auction in Darlington where one of the protesters ended up being sent to the hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n
Images of the event showed masked activists climbing onto the roof of the building holding placards and lighting colored torches.<\/p>\n
A farmers’ spokesman said the activists then ended up covered in dung after someone had used the fertilizer pump on them.<\/p>\n
Another activist was reportedly injured when farmers had advanced towards them with a tractor.<\/p>\n
The “animal rights” group said their protest was peaceful and sought to emphasize “animal suffering and environmental awareness”.<\/p>\n
But he added: \u201cWe were released cow dung by a farmer who used a machine. It was a peaceful protest but many angry farmers gathered. “They smeared our clothes with dung, insulted and shouted at us, tore down our banners.”<\/p>\n
But the representative of the farmers’ association, Mark Dent, said that the protesters were “a source of intimidation”.<\/p>\n
“We respect the right of everyone to protest, but the way they do it does not help their cause. They have no respect for the property and income of others.<\/p>\n
“When one loses the moral ground\u2026 it is like jumping up and down on a sheet metal roof and it just comes and goes.”<\/p>\n
“They had masked faces, that was intimidating behavior.”<\/p>\n
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