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Investigation exposes plan by up to 100 Animal Rebellion activists • More than 100 activists have signed up to the plot, which is being organised via the encrypted app Signal • Some activists plan to use ladders to scale Aintree's security fence, while others will be tasked with cutting holes in it using bolt cutters • Once on the racecourse, protesters plan to glue themselves together and sit down, forming a human barrier across the course Any delay or cancellation of this year's Grand National would provoke an international outcry and cost the horse racing and betting industries millions of pounds. The plot echoes the so-called 'Race that Never Was' in 1993, when 15 animal rights protesters stormed the course near the first fence and delayed the start by eight minutes. It was then declared void after two false starts. Four years later, the race was postponed for two days after an IRA bomb threat led to the course being evacuated. Alarmingly, those behind the latest plot claim it will 'kick-start' further protests at prestigious horse races this summer - raising the prospect that the first Royal Ascot of King Charles's reign could be targeted in June. Animal Rebellion - an offshoot of the militant environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion - was founded in 2019 and wants all animal farming and fishing banned. It also wants to end horse racing, branding it 'animal abuse'. The group came to prominence last year after activists dumped cartons of milk on the floors of top stores and supermarkets including Harrods and Fortnum & Mason.
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