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Golden Gate Fields Races To Make Up For Missed Vaccine Appointments

Animal rights activists shut down the racetrack-turned-vaccination-site on the Albany-Berkeley border Thursday.

ALBANY (KPIX) — Golden Gate Fields is racing to make up missed vaccine appointments after animal rights activists shut down the racetrack-turned-vaccination-site on the Albany-Berkeley border Thursday. According to the spokesperson for the city of Berkeley, roughly 200 appointments were canceled.

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On Thursday night lights were back on at Golden Gate Fields as horse racing resumed — exactly what protesters were trying to stop. They perhaps didn’t imagine their actions would lead to the shutdown of Berkeley’s mass-vaccination site.

“We see no reason they had to shut down the vaccination site,” said animal-rights activist Almira Tanner. “As you can see, we’re on the opposite end.”

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