ANIMAL rights protestors staged a three-man demonstration outside a Worcester school last night after claims one of its governors supports vivisection.
Banners and placards in front of The Alice Ottley School, in The Tything, proclaimed that Dr Sue Hughes works with an animal testing laboratory in Ledbury. The protestors vowed to continue campaigning at the independent school every time it holds a parents' evening or open day.
"We asked to meet her (Dr Hughes) and discuss the matter but we were refused and have been left with no option but demonstrate," said campaigner Pauline Burgess, who lives in Malvern.
This morning, the all-girls' school said it did not comment on individual governors.
"Members are appointed to the governing body of the school council because of their support and interest in the education of the pupils," a statement said.
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