{"id":15311,"date":"2025-01-27T11:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T19:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/?p=15311"},"modified":"2025-01-27T11:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T19:50:55","slug":"its-haunting-hundreds-of-animals-rescued-from-horrible-conditions-at-fur-and-urine-farm-by-cody-thompson-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/2025\/01\/27\/its-haunting-hundreds-of-animals-rescued-from-horrible-conditions-at-fur-and-urine-farm-by-cody-thompson-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;It&#8217;s haunting&#8217;: Hundreds of animals rescued from horrible conditions at fur and urine farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>[see &#8220;Another Dead Fur Farmer&#8221; posted here earlier]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_furfarmerdead1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15313\" src=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_furfarmerdead1-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_furfarmerdead1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_furfarmerdead1-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_furfarmerdead1-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_furfarmerdead1.jpg 1302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Cody Thompson Ohio<\/p>\n<p>CLEVELAND \u2014\u00a0The Humane Society of the United States announced that they, and local authorities, have completed an operation to rescue hundreds of animals that had been living in terrible conditions at a fur and urine farm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedcode\">\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>What You Need To Know<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Hundreds of animals were resecued as part of an operation by the Humane Society of the United States from a fur and urine farm near Cleveland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The animals had been living in awful conditions, wire cages exposed to freezing temperatures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The Humane Society states that\u00a0\u201cthere are no federal regulations related to the welfare, care or slaughter of animals farmed for their fur&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A total of 250 animals were rescued, but some had to be euthanized<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_furfarmerdead2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15314\" src=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_furfarmerdead2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_furfarmerdead2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_furfarmerdead2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2025_furfarmerdead2.jpg 1007w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u201cThe Ashtabula County Commissioner\u2019s Office requested the assistance of the Humane Society of the United States after the owner of Grand River Fur Exchange died in late December 2024, escalating an already-dire animal welfare crisis on the property,\u201d a release from the Humane Society reads.<\/p>\n<p>The Humane Society states that these animals had been living in wire cages exposed to cold temperatures. Some animals had missing body parts, were thin and weak and dehydrated. They said they also found several animals dead.<\/p>\n<p>Animals included foxes, raccoons, wolf-dog hybrids, skunks, opossums and coyotes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of the most horrific situations I have ever seen\u2014the terror and pain was palpable,\u201d said Adam Parascandola, vice president of the Humane Society of the United States\u2019 Animal Rescue Team, in the release. \u201cOur team is exposed to immense cruelty in the criminal cases we regularly respond to like dogfighting and severe neglect, yet this stands out both in terms of suffering and because these fur farming practices are legal. It\u2019s haunting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The release states that animals raised for fur trade are often exposed to brutal conditions.<\/p>\n<p>They also say \u201cthere are no federal regulations related to the welfare, care or slaughter of animals farmed for their fur.\u201d This fur exchange, they say, was licensed through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOhio must end the suffering of wild animals being farmed for fur or urine, or to be sold as pets. These inherently exploitative industries profit from animal cruelty and are radically out of step with the values of our state,\u201d said Mark Finneran, Ohio state director for the Humane Society of the United States. \u201cWhile I\u2019m proud of the efforts made to help the animals on this farm, we can never allow this horrific treatment of animals to happen in Ohio again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PJ Smith, the director of fashion policy for the Human Society of the United States, said the awful conditions found here are \u201cconstants\u201d on fur farms Humane Society International investigates around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. fur trade has long operated in the shadows with zero oversight, and it\u2019s very rare to see inside a U.S. fur farm, let alone be able to rescue the animals,\u201d Smith said. \u201cYou simply can\u2019t put wild animals in a cage for their entire lives and expect anything but a nightmare, and this fur farm is just another example of what the declining fur trade doesn\u2019t want you to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many of the animals were given treatment on the property while placement was being arranged. The last of the rescued animals were removed Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>While some animals needed to be \u201chumanely euthanized,\u201d the Humane Society states that they were able to rescue more than 250 animals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m incredibly grateful to the HSUS for stepping in to assist our county with this animal welfare case. The situation arose right around Christmas, during some of the worst possible weather conditions, and we simply didn\u2019t have the local resources to manage it effectively or ensure the animals were cared for humanely,\u201d said Casey Kozlowski, Ashtabula County Commissioner. \u201cTheir significant logistical support, along with the efforts of our county humane agents and the ODNR Wildlife Division, made all the difference. I can\u2019t thank them enough for their collaboration. My hope is that, as a result of this situation, we can implement greater safeguards at the state level to promote and ensure the humane treatment of animals in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[see &#8220;Another Dead Fur Farmer&#8221; posted here earlier] By Cody Thompson Ohio CLEVELAND \u2014\u00a0The Humane Society of the United States announced that they, and local authorities, have completed an operation to rescue hundreds of animals that had been living in terrible conditions at a fur and urine farm. 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