Anti-fur demonstrators arrested

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Eight people were arrested Friday after climbing a
building in Union Square as part of an anti-fur protest. The demonstrators
were arrested at 4 a.m. for investigation of criminal conspiracy, said
police Sgt. John Haggett. Other activists with the Marin County In Defense
of Animals spent the day peacefully protesting fur sales in the city's
shopping district. Anti-fur demonstrations in other cities led to several
arrests Friday. Eleven people were arrested at San Diego's Fashion Valley
Mall, 10 at Dayton's Department Store in Minneapolis, six at fur stores in
New Jersey, six in Atlanta, five in Salt Lake City, three in Dallas and two
in New York and Washington, D.C. ###

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