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LEDBURY, HEREFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM – 06.09.08. Animal rights activists demonstrate against an animal testing laboratory on Saturday 6th September 2008 in Ledbury, Herefordshire. Protesters congregated to demonstrate against Sequani Ltd an animal testing laboratory in Ledbury, Herefordshire and to show support for a local man, Sean Kirtley, a lifelong opponent of animal testing who is currently serving a four-and-a-half-year prison term at HMP Blakenhurst. Mr. Kirtley is the first person to stand trial for conspiring to interfere with an animal research establishment under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act. Supporters of Mr. Kirtley say that the longest animal rights trial in legal history, at a cost of £4.5m, failed to establish that Sean Kirtley was guilty of anything more serious than running a website publicising legal protests. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.

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LEDBURY, HEREFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM – 06.09.08. A female activist wears a mask with the words “Freedom to Proetst 2008″ on it as animal rights activists demonstrate against an animal testing laboratory on Saturday 6th September 2008 in Ledbury, Herefordshire. Protesters congregated to demonstrate against Sequani Ltd an animal testing laboratory in Ledbury, Herefordshire and to show support for a local man, Sean Kirtley, a lifelong opponent of animal testing who is currently serving a four-and-a-half-year prison term at HMP Blakenhurst. Mr. Kirtley is the first person to stand trial for conspiring to interfere with an animal research establishment under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act. Supporters of Mr. Kirtley say that the longest animal rights trial in legal history, at a cost of £4.5m, failed to establish that Sean Kirtley was guilty of anything more serious than running a website publicising legal protests. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.