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Pork Protesters Target Wal-Mart

Story Created: Mar 8, 2013 at 12:21 PM CDT

Story Updated: Mar 8, 2013 at 4:53 PM CDT

Around a half dozen central Illinois residents joined the national organization Mercy for Animals in protesting outside the Wal-Mart near South 6th Street in Springfield yesterday (3/7). 

The goal of the protests is to push Wal-Mart into only buying pork products from farms that don't use gestation stalls.

Perhaps the biggest question for the protesters is whether they are getting their message across to shoppers.

 

Story by NewsChannel20.

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