Are Minnesota’s largest fur farms closed? This past summer and fall, activists visited two of what were believed to be the largest mink farms in the state. The first was Mueller Bros. Mink Ranch, in the city of Kimball. Of the dozens of sheds on the farm, many were found to be empty. If not …
Category: Press Releases
Dec 01
One Less Fur Trapper Walks the Earth (USA)
Greg Schroeder is dead. Greg, along with his brothers Gary and Virgil, was a lifelong trapper. He owned Moscow Fur and Hide and was the U.S. receiving agent for Fur Harvesters Auction. Other trappers and parasites are mourning this loss. “Greg Schroeder made his entire life’s work the fur business and led through example that …
Nov 27
Long-Time Animal Liberation Fugitive Daniel Andreas San Diego Captured
For Immediate Release: Daniel Andreas San Diego had been hunted by the FBI for 20 years, wanted for questioning in the 2003 bombings of Chiron and Shaklee, two businesses paying Huntingdon Life Sciences(HLS) to murder 500 animals per day testing products such as oven cleaner and pesticides. The bombed offices were only slightly damaged, injuring …
Nov 11
Cara and Celeste Released from Jail on Bail
Cara and Celeste, “the Northumberland 2”, were arrested after a mink raid at a fur farm. They were held on multiple charges, including felony eco-terrorism. On the 9th of November, their bail review changed as the judge accepted 10% bail (from 150k each to 15k each) and they are both out of jail after 3 …
Nov 07
40 Non-human Primates Escape from Vivisection Breeder in South Carolina
For Immediate Release Facing a 100% chance of death after being cruelly experimented on, 40 monkeys said fuck-not and escaped their captors into the forest surrounding Alpha Genesis breeding facility outside Yemassee, South Carolina. Law enforcement and prison guards are frantically searching for the escapees, who will undoubtedly be put to death if re-captured. 5000 …
Oct 30
37 Years of Direct Action Against Fur Farms in America
by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office There have been at least 116 fur farm raids in America over the last 37 years; more than 160,000 fur bearing captive animals have been liberated, given a new chance at life after spending their entire lives in small metal cages. At least 43 of the raided …
Oct 30
Support Activists Charged with Pennsylvania Mink Liberation (USA)
Cara Mitrano and Celeste Legere are accused of raiding the Richard Stahl & Sons Mink Farm in Sunbury, PA and freeing several hundred minks from captivity. A small town prosecutor has stacked sixteen charges against them including felony eco-terrorism and racketeering. They face up to forty years in prison. Their bail is set at $150,000 …
Oct 21
Chilean Activists Sentenced for Meat Packing Plant Arson
The Susaron case is the name given by the Chilean press to the arrest of 4 comrades accused of having set fire to trucks, the meat packing plant and the sales room of the Susaron butcher’s shop. This company is nationally known for producing important imports and exports of pork, beef and chicken. On September …
Oct 19
Hundreds of Captive Mink Liberated Last Night From Pennsylvania’s Only Remaining Fur Farm
For Immediate Release October 19, 2024 Stahl Mink Farm Targeted Again After Thousands of Captive Mink Released in September 2023 Although an anonymous communique has yet to be received by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, activists appear to have liberated hundreds more captive mink from Stahl Fur Farm in Pennsylvania early this …
Oct 03
Rykola Mink Farm Abandoned After ALF Raid (Pennsylvania, USA)
From Press Officer Joseph Buddenberg patreon.com/josephbuddenberg Eleven years ago today. For 54 years, George Rykola murdered thousands of mink every year without consequences. His farm lacked a fence or security, but sadly had never been visited by the Animal Liberation Front. It was the fifth fur farm from which I freed animals that summer. I …
Oct 03
Another Dead Mink Farmer
In 1959, Joanne and Ron Gengel moved to Lake Villa, IL, with half of Ron father’s mink farm. Their family has been killing mink ever since. Joanne served as the secretary for the Illinois Mink Breeders Association. Today the Gengel Mink Farm is run by her son Gerald and daughter-in-law Justine on their 60 acre …
Sep 17
Hobbs Fur Farm, Franklin, Idaho
Jackson Hobbs, brother of Fur Commission USA’s Challis Hobbs, smiles as he holds a fox he will soon kill. The Hobbs family imprisons thousands of mink and foxes on their fur farm in Franklin, Idaho. Here are also very recent photos of the farm and cages that hold hundreds of foxes captive, and that could …
Sep 17
Fur-Bearing Animals Need Your Help
Historically, June is the beginning of “fur farm raiding season”, when mink born in March mature to a state where they can be liberated into the wild. Since 1995, there have been at least 116 raids on fur farms across the United States. At least 43 of the raided farms have closed forever. Fur farm …
Sep 17
Update from Imprisoned Chilean Animal Liberationists
[editor’s note: in November 2022, four anarcho-nihilist and animal liberationist individuals were thrown in jail accused of an arson attack at a meat packaging plant ‘Carnes Susaron’, Ten lorries, the administrative offices -including the safe and all their paperwork – and the actual meat factory and refrigeration systems that at the time had seven tones …
Sep 15
US Fur Farm Survey Continues to Show Many Closures
In September ’24, anonymous activists visited over 20 fur farms in Idaho and Utah to compile footage and data on the dying fur trade, and to determine the operational status of the fur farms in both states. What we uncovered is further evidence of the power of direct action and pressure campaigns. Farms that once …