Walmart latest target of animal-rights protests

Animal-rights activists, toting a 10-foot inflatable pig, arrived in Northern Virginia this week to protest Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and its pork suppliers, charging in a national protest tour that the retail giant is mistreating hogs.

With the bloodied blow-up pig standing in a too-small cage, Mercy For Animals led a protest outside the Walmart on Richmond Highway in Alexandria Monday, waving signs that read “Walmart Tortures Pigs” and “Walmart Supports Animal Abuse.”