Received anonymously: “We’ve confirmed the closure of yet another mink farm, but we have mixed feelings about it. At its height, Lang Fur Farms operated one of the largest fur farms in Minnesota, with over 60,000 mink confined at two different locations. Their property in the city of Richmond was cleared in 2022, and their …
Category: News Articles
Dec 20
Unified Sportsmen of PA Want Answers in Mink Investigation
By Francis Scarcella fscarcella@dailyitem.com The Daily Item SUNBURY — Members of the Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania are asking investigators for answers on the probe into who let hundreds of minks loose from a farm outside Sunbury on Sept. 17. According to a press release from Blaine Troy, president of the Unified Sportsmen of PA, the …
Dec 04
Animal rights group destroys fence, releases 500 birds in Bernardston (Massachusetts)
By DOMENIC POLI Staff Writer BERNARDSTON — Members of an extremist animal rights group have claimed responsibility for the destruction of fencing and release of approximately 500 birds at Fullflight Game Farm shortly after Thanksgiving. People affiliated with the Animal Liberation Front cut and ripped away 10 sections of fencing on the evening of Nov. 24 to free “birds held captive at …
Nov 30
This Day in History: 1982 Animal Activists Bomb Downing Street
A letter bomb has exploded inside the British Prime Minister’s London residence. Margaret Thatcher was in 10 Downing Street when the device exploded but was not hurt in the blast.One of her staff was slightly burnt in the attack. Four more bombs were sent to senior politicians but were intercepted before they got through. Letters from …
Nov 29
Equipment Barn at Turkey Farm Burns (Liberty Township, Ohio, USA)
Liberty Township, Ohio – A barn fire at a Butler County turkey farm caused an estimated $750,000 in damage. The blaze broke out at Valley View Turkey Farm on Yankee Road shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday, according to Liberty Township Fire Chief Ethan Klussman. At one point, the farm killed over 5,000 turkeys per year. …
Nov 28
Reward up to $22,000 for information on Sunbury mink release
By Francis Scarcella fscarcella@dailyitem.com [Press Office note: Pretty sure someone out there is NOT just waiting for the reward to get bigger. Historically, very few liberators have ever been captured, and fewer still imprisoned. Mink killers should definitely stay nervous.] SUNBURY — The reward for any information leading to the arrest of people responsible for …
Nov 18
Reward for mink release up to $16,000; animal activist says money doesn’t matter
By Francis Scarcella fscarcella@dailyitem.com SUNBURY (PA)— The executive director of the Fur Commission USA is deeply concerned about the releasing of minks from a fur farm outside of Sunbury and has raised the reward to $16,000 for any individual who has information leading to the arrest of anyone responsible. On Sept, 17, the Richard H. …
Oct 27
Reward offered in Sunbury released minks case (Pennsylvania, USA)
By Francis Scarcella fscarcella@dailyitem.com SUNBURY — A $1,000 reward is being offered for any information leading to the arrest of individuals involved in the releasing of minks from a fur farm just outside of Sunbury. The Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania is offering the $1,000 reward after state police reported last month that several thousand …
Sep 18
UPDATE: State police investigating release of thousands of minks outside of Sunbury
By Francis Scarcella fscarcella@dailyitem.com SUNBURY — State Police opened an investigation into how 6,000 to 8,000 minks were released into Northumberland County on Sunday. Troopers at the Stonington barracks say they were called to the Richard Stahl Fur Farm, located along Route 890 outside of Sunbury, early Sunday morning for a report that someone cut holes …
Sep 18
PSP: Thousands of mink escape from Rockefeller Township facility; activist hints at culprit
The News Item (Pennsylvania) By LARRY DEKLINSKI AND JOE SYLVESTER ROCKEFELLER TOWNSHIP — Between 6,000 and 8,000 minks escaped from a facility Sunday morning after someone cut holes in a fence, according to Pennsylvania State Police. A man identifying himself as Joseph Buddenberg, of Los Angeles, who said he is a press officer with the …
Sep 01
Pacific Northwest Fur Industry & Successful Midwest Direct Action
by Counter Info Wed, Aug 30, 2023 12:29AM The state of the fur industry in the Pacific Northwest and some news on successful direct action. The fur industry in the Pacific Northwest is a shell of what it once was. Since the first recorded ALF liberation at a fur farm in 1986, where 66 foxes …