Sep 18
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
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
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 …
Aug 30
by Final Nail The Geiger Mink Farm in Kronenwetter, Wisconsin has closed. The end of the farm, after 60+ years in operation, comes as a relief to neighbors. For many years, residents of homes near the farm attended village board meetings to plead for help dealing with fly infestations (“Thousands of flies. We can’t go …
Aug 30
EIN Newsdesk Animal Wellness Action calls for government buy-out of small and declining, very inhumane and virally dangerous industry Mink farming is in a death spiral, with no recognizable domestic market for pelts. — Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES, August 30, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — The mink industry is experiencing …
Aug 18
Wausau Pilot and Review LINCOLN, Wis. (AP) — Workers at a fur farm in western Wisconsin are trying to recapture thousands of mink that were released last week, apparently during a raid by animal activists, authorities said.The Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that a hole was cut in a chain-link fence enclosure at Olsen …
Aug 17
Rachael Perry WISCONSIN (WKOW) — The man who raided a Wisconsin mink farm in 1997 is sharing his story after the same farm was raided again. Trempealeau County investigators are looking to track down the person(s) responsible for releasing thousands of mink near Independence. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office, the subject(s) gained entry into an …
Aug 16
By Howard Thompson Fox News 9 TREMPEALEAU COUNTY, Wis. (FOX 9) – Thousands of mink were released from a western Wisconsin fur farm this week as a result of an apparent nighttime raid by animal activists. In an alert on Wednesday, the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office said approximately 3,000 mink were freed from a farm in the township …
Jun 13
By Sharon Song Petaluma, KTVU FOX 2 PETALUMA, Calif. – In the darkness of dawn, animal rights activists, dressed as factory employees, went onto the property of Petaluma Poultry’s farm in Petaluma early Tuesday morning for what they called an “open rescue.” They left with 18 chickens, which they said were sick and maltreated. The activists accused Perdue Farms subsidiary Petaluma Poultry of …
Jun 11
The activists said the live mice are typically sold to be fed to predators, while betta fish come from breeding factories. Bay City News,News Partner SAN FRANCISCO — Activists taking part in an Animal Liberation March through San Francisco said they “rescued” four mice and one betta fish from a pet store Saturday. The march …
May 25
London (AFP) – Animal rights campaigners said on Thursday they had “rescued” three lambs from slaughter on a farm on King Charles III’s Sandringham estate in eastern England. The Animal Rising activist group, which disrupted last month’s Grand National steeplechase, said three of its members had entered the grounds of Appleton Farm on the royal estate …
Dec 13
According to local press, a 71-year-old hunter was about to climb his raised hunting hide near Burggriesbach when the structure collapsed. The hunter fell backwards to the ground. According to the Neumarkt police station in the Upper Palatinate, the hunter suffered minor injuries as a result of the fall. As cause it was determined that …
Nov 17
Brian Hess , Editor Van Wert Times Bulletin VAN WERT COUNTY — It has been two days since 40,000 mink were released in Van Wert County and Northwest Ohio has gone mink-crazy. Social media is flooded with mink stories, mink memes and sightings of mink on Hoaglin Road, which is where Lion Mink Farm is located. …
Nov 16
Green Matters.com BY SOPHIE HIRSH When speaking about the animal agriculture industry (and its horrific impacts on the environment and animals), the focus is typically on those raised for the food system. But animals being used for fashion make up a significant portion of the cruel industry — which is why a group of animal activists …
Nov 14
More than 1,000 mink farms in Denmark were ordered to close over fears a Covid mutation was a risk to human health. Two years on, most will never reopen Photographs by Agata Lenczewska-Madsen. Words by Tom Levitt The farm is quiet. Martin Merrild is sweeping leaves. Behind him is a row of 20 large sheds – …
