{"id":16101,"date":"2026-04-20T08:07:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/?p=16101"},"modified":"2026-04-20T08:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:07:40","slug":"utah-fur-industry-in-shambles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/2026\/04\/20\/utah-fur-industry-in-shambles\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Fur Industry in Shambles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Utah Fur Industry Update<\/p>\n

In recent years, aboveground activists visited the state of Utah to determine the operational status of known fur farms in the state. Twenty-five fur farms were surveilled, and only one was confirmed as currently in operation.<\/p>\n

This is the grim state of the U.S. fur industry.<\/p>\n

Activists found dilapidated sheds, piles of rusted and decayed cages and nesting boxes, and complete silence on properties that once echoed with the simultaneous cries of thousands of mink yearning for freedom.<\/p>\n

The Salt Lake Valley was once the nerve center of the fur industry – where mink murderers once operated not in rural isolation – but within blocks of elementary schools and where tens of thousands of mink languished at farms directly off major interstates.<\/p>\n

Utah has seen at least twelve raids on fur farms, and numerous sabotage actions by the Animal Liberation Front. At least 16,790 wild animals have been liberated from captivity into their natural environment.<\/p>\n

In 1997, the most vital component to the proliferation of the fur industry in the state was bombed – the Fur Breeders Agricultural Cooperative in Sandy – with over $1 million in damages resulting.<\/p>\n

Most recently, in 2020, an ALF cell visited an unnamed Utah mink farm, and released over 1100 mink.<\/p>\n

That ALF cell said it best – calling on us all to finish the work of past liberators who fought hard when there was no light at the end of the tunnel – and today every bankrupted fur farmer and abandoned wildlife prison is that light.<\/p>\n

“Caging the wild is a heinous offense against life \u2013 against freedom. Every cage is worth emptying, and to begin this work is not difficult. Pressure from animal liberation activists, a declining demand for the products and economic downswings have come together to push the archaic fur industry further than ever towards full collapse. Wiping fur farms off the landscape is a worthy and attainable goal. What\u2019s needed now is for the reader to reflect on what is stopping them from picking up where others left off.”<\/p>\n

For a full list of U.S. fur farms visit finalnail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Utah Fur Industry Update In recent years, aboveground activists visited the state of Utah to determine the operational status of known fur farms in the state. Twenty-five fur farms were surveilled, and only one was confirmed as currently in operation. This is the grim state of the U.S. fur industry. Activists found dilapidated sheds, piles … <\/p>\n

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