Animal rights protesters cause disruption and arrests at Epsom Derby.
Police in Surrey, England, arrested 31 people in connection with planned criminal disruption at the Epsom Derby Festival, one of the oldest and most famous horse races in the world. Animal Rising, an animal rights group, had planned to demonstrate at the Derby, calling on “as many animal lovers as possible to peacefully descend on Epsom” in a post on Twitter. The Jockey Club, which runs the Epsom racecourse, won a High Court injunction last month to stop animal rights protesters from disrupting the event.