[image from 2022 ALF Raid
July 3, 2025
Animal liberation activists successfully liberated approximately 2000 captive mink from a Massillon, Ohio fur farm last night. The farm was not positively identified but presumably is Tonn’s Mink Farm, 3270 Pigeon Run Road SW, in Massillon, Ohio, operated by Dennis and Wanda Tonn. There are no other known fur farms in Massillon.
Tonn’s Mink Farm was raided by the Animal Liberation Front previously on November 8, 2022 when 1000 mink were liberated. (see photo)
Mink are genetically wild animals that roam up to 5 miles a day but are kept in 10-inch cages on fur farms; their treatment is egregiously cruel and violent. The mink are born in February or March and are killed by gassing, clubbing or anal electrocution in November, before being skinned, sometimes while still alive, for their fur. The animals liberated last night have a fighting chance at life; they faced a 100 percent death rate if they stayed on the farm.
Lies from those who profit from the exploitation and killing of animals:
Lie #1: “The mink will be hit by cars” – The absurdity of this statement is that before liberation, death was 100% certain. Every animal on the farm was bred to die. While it is true a small number may be hit by cars, most will not, and if nothing else they have been given a chance a freedom.
Lie #2: Mink are domestic and cannot survive in the wild” – Mink are in fact only one or two generation removed from their wild cousins and have not yet had their wild instincts bred out. The “Mink Rehabilitation Project” led by convicted ALF liberator Rod Coronado proved this decades ago. Mink legally purchased from a fur farm were released into the wild and shown through observation to retain natural survival instincts and thrive in the wild after a lifetime in a cage.
Lie #3: “Most of the mink were recaptured” – Mink travel several miles a day. Most mink had dispersed into the surrounding fields before the liberation was complete. A few may be recaptured, but only a handful. Our hearts go out to those few recaptured who were given a shot at life and now have only suffering ahead.
Lie #4: “The A.L.F. are terrorists” – Every action carried out by the Animal Liberation Front is an act of compassion, with the only intent to save the lives of sentient creatures. These actions are carried out with no benefit to activists, except peace of mind knowing they have done all they can to rescue animals from the torture chambers and concentration camps of the meat, dairy, egg, fur and animal research industries. “Their freedom is our victory.”
Liberationists break the law in adherence to a higher law – one which states animals are not commodities, not objects, but sentient creatures with a right to live. They will fight for the lives of these animals “as if they were our own.”
The number of fur farms in America has dwindled from more than 300 in the 1990s to less than 100 today, as the fur industry continues its steady decline into oblivion. A listing of all known fur farms in North America, is available here: https://finalnail.com/