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Animal rights activists sentenced for Buckingham Palace fountain protest | National | brenhambanner.com

Activists dyed the fountain outside Buckingham Palace red in 2021 to protest crown land being used for hunting and animal farming A UK judge on Friday criticised animal rights activists who poured red

Activists dyed the fountain outside Buckingham Palace red in 2021 to protest crown land being used for hunting and animal farming

A UK judge on Friday criticised animal rights activists who poured red dye into a marble fountain outside Buckingham Palace, causing thousands of pounds' worth of damage.

The five protesters were convicted of causing £7,080 ($9,234) of damage to the Queen Victoria Memorial water feature in central London in August 2021.

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