An animal rights protester has indicated she is prepared to break the law in order to “do what’s right” by the horses at Epsom this weekend. The Jockey Club was last week granted a High Court injunction against Animal Rising demonstrators planning to disrupt the Betfred Derby on Saturday.
The application was lodged by the club, which owns Epsom Downs. It said this was because it felt the organisation made it “explicitly clear” it intends to breach security at the Surrey racecourse to stage a disruptive protest.
During a debate on Sky News on Thursday morning, Animal Rising spokeswoman Claudia Penna Rojas was asked if she is prepared to break the law. She replied: “I’m prepared to do what’s necessary to do what’s right by these animals and try and prevent them from being harmed.”
