Cambridge Lab Demo Article at www.cambridge-news.co.uk

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Lab demo halts city

Published on 13 October 2003

HUNDREDS of people marched on Cambridge at the weekend to take part in one of the largest animal rights protests organisers say the city has ever seen.

Arriving on coaches from all over the country, campaigners were told they were demonstrating against Cambridge University's plans to create a primate research lab in Girton to stop Cambridge becoming "the monkey torture capital of Europe".

The demonstration, marshalled by more than 500 police officers from eight forces, brought the city centre to a standstill on Saturday.

Protesters met at Parker's Piece, where a two-hour-rally took place before a noisy march through the streets.

Read the full story in today's Cambridge Evening News.

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