About 1,000 animal welfare activists tried to storm a beagle research facility protected by a manure-filled trench, hay bales and a barbed-wire fence
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Protesters were turned back by police who fired rubber bullets and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group's leader.
Activists Clash at Beagle Facility
- Wisconsin authorities arrest about 25 protesters at beagle breeding facility AP News —
- Wisconsin authorities put total arrests from clashes at beagle breeding facility at about 25 The Independent —
- Cops fire rubber bullets, tear gas to fend off 1,000 animal rights activists attempting to free beagles from research lab NY Post —
- Activists arrested, pepper-sprayed trying to remove beagles from Wis. breeding facility UPI —
- Hundreds try to force entry into Wisconsin beagle facility CNN —