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A group of animal rights activists gathered outside a North Wales livestock market to protest against the slaughter of farm animals.

Members of Mold Animal Save braved the wind and rain to demonstrate outside Mold livestock market in King Street on Friday morning.

Some were holding up pictures of cows and horses with the caption: "Why love one but eat the other?"

Other placards read "animals are not property", "someone not something" and "we are here to show love for animals".

Organisers said the protest aimed to "spread awareness" of how farm animals are killed for meat and for clothing.

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Sadie Williams, who was part of the protest, said: "We are here today because everyone here used to eat animals before everyone understood what was going on in the industry.

"We're here outside of the auction house where the animals are before going to a slaughter house to be killed for food and clothes.

"We're just raising awareness of the fact that they are here, that they existed and this is what's happening to them.

"I definitely think people are taking more of an interest in veganism and plant-based foods . There's a lot more products in the shops now, but I think the main reason is because people are becoming a lot more aware of what happens to animals.

"We're a country that consider ourselves animal lovers, and I think some people just aren't aware of what's happening to these animals - why they're being killed, how they're being killed and how they're being treated.

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"Animal agriculture is a big cause of greenhouse gas emissions, more than all transportation combined.

"A lot of people are talking about climate change now, wanting to fight for the planet, but we can't do that without getting rid of animal agriculture."