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Animal activists were dragged off stage Thursday as they interrupted the Dalai Lama's lecture at the University of Colorado-Boulder. The activists had climbed onto the back of the stage with a banner that said "meat is violence not compassion." Direct Action Everywhere, a Berkeley, Calif.-based activist group that is working to challenge speciesism throughout society, took responsibility for the protest, saying the Dalai Lama supports the consumption of animals. The group said the protest was "a vigil mourning the Dalai Lama's lack of compassion for animals." Boulder police said officers and U.S.