Dec 20
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …
