Fur flies as animal rights group turn to shock tactics

A WOMAN was beaten to death in broad daylight for her fur coat in a major city centre yesterday as helpless passersby looked on.

Fur flies as animal rights group turn to shock tactics

However, the bloody scene was not yet another indicator of Ireland’s crime culture, but a sign of another scandal that animal rights campaigners say must be brought to an end.

The action on Cork city’s St Patrick’s Street was set up by the Animal Rights Action Network (Aran) to highlight the ongoing mistreatment of mink, foxes and other animals that suffer unethical treatment on fur farms across the country.

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