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Animal Rights Activists Boo Moderation; Estimated 24,000 March to Capitol in Quest of Tighter Federal Regulations
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The Washington Post
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June 11, 1990
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Thousands of animal rights activists and their allies marched to
the U.S. Capitol yesterday in a show of strength intended to persuade
the federal government to regulate the use of animals more strictly
for research and food production.
The turnout for the march-24,000, according to U.S. Park
Police-was large enough to erase the image of animal rights activists
as "cranks, extremists . . . a part of the lunatic fringe," said
Peter Linck, one of the rally's organizers. "The animal rights
movement has arrived, and we're not going away."
The marchers carried placards and chanted slogans expressing
their opposition to what they contend is the needless suffering of
animals for the benefit of ...
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