Militant vegans who just recently blocked people from buying meat at a supermarket have once again gone viral after making their return to the store and chanting song ‘Give life a chance.
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The incident occurred at a Countdown store in Hamilton, New Zealand, where several activists positioned themselves in front of the meat section while showing off placards and holding flowers for the animals who died.
Before the protestors marched out of the store singing a song, several people were seen ignoring them and buying sausages as if they were already used to this kind of protest.
Just days earlier, the same group was branded as “disgusting” by angry shoppers after the vegans took to an Auckland Countdown to block people from buying meat products.
During the confrontation, several vegans were holding up various signs that read things such as “it’s not food it’s violence” and “stop eating animals.”
The protest was organized by animal rights activist Amanda Rippon who insisted that their approach was entirely peaceful.
“We are here on a peaceful protest for the victims who don’t get seen or heard behind closed doors and are lying dead behind us now,” Amanda is heard saying in the footage.
However, at the same time, she also admitted that the group didn’t have permission to be in the supermarket in the first place.
Despite their efforts to stop people from buying meat products, the activists were faced with a lot of resistance, whereas several people lashed out at them and branded them “disgusting.”
“Get out of my face. I’m disgusted you guys are even here in my supermarket when I’m buying my food. You disgust me,” one upset shopper yelled back at the vegans.
“Take your camera off me! I’m doing my f***ing shopping! I’m doing my shopping lady, unless you’re going to pay for my shopping you can f*** off,” another one said.
Following the incident going viral, the Countdown representative spoke out and said:
“As a supermarket, we work hard to provide our vegan and vegetarian customers with good quality and affordable options in our stores, and we are also deeply committed to good animal welfare practices throughout our supply chain.
“We reserve the right to ask anyone undertaking protest action to leave our stores, however on this occasion this request was ignored several times.
“The police were called to support our team and the protesters left shortly afterward.”
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