{"id":15774,"date":"2025-10-22T12:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/?p=15774"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T01:24:31","slug":"1000-captive-mink-liberated-from-mink-farm-in-woodbine-iowa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/2025\/10\/22\/1000-captive-mink-liberated-from-mink-farm-in-woodbine-iowa\/","title":{"rendered":"2000\u00a0Captive Mink Liberated From\u00a0Mink Farm in Woodbine, Iowa"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Immediate Release<\/small><\/small>
\n<\/b>October 22, 2025<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 2000 Captive Mink Liberated <\/span><\/b>From<\/b>\u00a0Mink Farm in Woodbine, Iowa<\/b><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\"\"Although an anonymous communique has yet to be received by the Press Office, animal liberation activists have apparently freed 2000 captive mink last night from David Tremel Fur Farm (2017 Troy Trail Woodbine, IA 51579), according to Fur Commission USA and local news sources. This is the second fur farm raid in the last week, as pelting season begins soon, when hundreds of thousands of fur-bearing animals will be killed for their skins.<\/div>\n
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The fur profiteer has apparently made the ludicrous claim that half the animals were recaptured, as if these genetically wild animals were hanging around to return to the tiny, abysmal cages where they spend their entire short lives. All the animals were due to be executed and skinned for their fur within the next month.<\/div>\n
Mink are genetically wild animals that roam\u00a0 miles every day when living in the wild, but are kept in 10-inch cages on fur farms; their treatment is egregiously cruel and violent. Born in February or March, they are killed by gassing, clubbing or anal electrocution in November, before being skinned, sometimes while still alive, for their fur. The animals liberated yesterday have a fighting chance at life, whereas they faced a 100 percent death rate if they stayed on the farm.<\/div>\n
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Mink killers and their apologists often say the most ridiculous things to try and mitigate their losses after raids like these. Sample absurdities spouted as fact include:<\/div>\n
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