FUR PROTEST SHORT ON SYMPATHIZERS.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: MIKE HUREWITZ Staff writer

GUILDERLAND -- ``Hey, hey, ho, ho, Beck Furs has got to go,'' chanted animals rights activists Sunday afternoon as they blocked the entrance to the fur store in Stuyvesant Plaza for more than an hour.

But, in the end, it was two protesters who had to go -- in handcuffs -- to the Guilderland police station on charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct.

After repeated warnings, authorities arrested Robert Fusco, 20, of Mechanicville and Dan Lanphear, 20, of Chatham. The men, members of the Animal Defense League, which co-sponsored the rally of 16 protesters, were given appearance tickets and released on $100 bail. …