Received anonymously:
Last night, some friends and I visited Rich Valley mink farm in Van Wert OH. As you know, it’s almost breeding season. Our hope was to prevent babies from being born into captivity. After realizing just how large this fur farm was, we figured a drone would be helpful. The drone captured lights inside a small building at the front of the farm, yet there were no vehicles in sight, other than some larger farm equipment. The back of the fur farm was completely dark so we decided we would gain entry here.
With bolt cutters in hand we approached the fur farm, but unlike other prisons, there was no fence. Though it was muddy, we were able to easily make our way to the back of the fur farm. As we got closer, our attention immediately turned to the faint cries of the imprisoned. As we looked for the best way to gain entry to the building, the cries turned into screams of excitement as if they knew freedom was upon them.
While attempting to gain access through the back door, a small red light came on above our heads, indicating a motion sensor camera of some sort had just been activated. We decided to retreat, though each step we took in the opposite direction of the farm was painful. Once out of the immediate area, we waited to see if police, or anyone, would respond.
After 45 minutes, our drone still did not capture any activity. This afternoon Van Wert County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook that they were called out to the fur farm early this morning due to possible suspicious activity. This told us that regardless of the camera we would have had time to release some, if not all, the imprisoned.
We must go back and save them. We have the layout, knowledge of the camera location above the back door, and now know there is no immediate police response. We are confident with just a few more people we could free them all.