A 62-year-old disabled angler reported being harassed by about 20 animal rights demonstrators while he attempted to fish on the Granta River in Great Britain. Peter Rainbow told The Daily Telegraph,
I heard some banging of drums and then there were around 20 people carrying baseball bats and pickaxe handles. They were shouting slogans like ‘how many fish have you killed today?’ and ‘how would you like a hook through your mouth?’ … I believe they just wanted to intimidate me. We use barbless hooks and return fish straight to the river. It shows how ill-informed they are.
The demonstrators left after Rainbow called police, and he was not injured.
Source:
Hooded activists threaten lone angler. David Sapsted, The Daily Telegraph (UK), March 8, 2001.