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Saskia van Rooy
Stolwijk
Monday, 21 March 2016 - 13:45

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Swan killers attack animal rights activist

Swan protector Saskia van Rooy was attacked by hunters in Stolwijk on Saturday, she said to Dutch newspaper AD. According to Van Rooy, she was filming dead geese when two men were suddenly behind her. "Dressed in army suits and camouflage nets over their heads, they yelled at me", she said to the newspaper. One swung the butt of a rifle towards here face, but she managed to duck in time. A short time later Van Rooy was following other hunters in a van when her vehicle was forced off the road on Gouderakse.

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