{"id":2919,"date":"2014-09-30T06:35:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T14:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/?p=2919"},"modified":"2014-10-16T06:38:12","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T14:38:12","slug":"activist-group-says-it-broke-into-iowa-fox-farm-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/2014\/09\/30\/activist-group-says-it-broke-into-iowa-fox-farm-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Activist group says it broke into Iowa fox farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Associated Press <\/span>
\n Tuesday, 30 September 2014 02:04 <\/span>
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\n\"fbilogo\"<\/a>The FBI was looking into an attempt to release animals from a fox farm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

An animal rights activist group admitted to breaking into an eastern Iowa fox fur farm and trying to free about 30 foxes.<\/p>\n

The group, Animal Liberation Front, said in a written release sent to news organizations that it had released 30 foxes from an Anamosa, Iowa, farm that raises foxes for fur.<\/p>\n

But the owner of the farm said over the weekend that the group had only managed to destroy property, including stripping away much of the farm\u2019s fencing. Most of the foxes stayed in their enclosures, Rob Roman said. Two that did leave were quickly returned.<\/p>\n

Had the foxes escaped, it\u2019s unlikely they would have survived in the wild, Roman said. The animals are domesticated and have been raised since birth on the farm.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey would have been hit by a car or killed by dogs,\u201d he told The Associated Press. \u201cI\u2019m pretty sure they wouldn\u2019t even know how to eat in the wild.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Animal Liberation Front said in its release that farm-raised foxes can survive in the wild.<\/p>\n

\u201cFoxes are genetically wild,\u201d the group\u2019s release said. \u201cThere is a large and thriving wild fox population in Iowa.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones County Sheriff Greg Graver said the break-in occurred early Sept. 26. Graver says while he\u2019s sure the activist group is responsible, officials don\u2019t have individual suspects.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s extremely difficult to find these folks,\u201d Graver said. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty common for them to have someone from out-of-state come in and do these things.\u201d<\/p>\n

FBI investigators went to the farm following the vandalism, Roman said.<\/p>\n

The FBI website says that it considers the Animal Liberation Front a domestic terrorist organization and describes it as a loosely-organized movement engaged in crimes such as vandalism and arson to damage businesses and intimidate their opponents.<\/p>\n

The same group claimed responsibility for a 2004 break-in at a University of Iowa lab. Activists released hundreds of animals and destroyed years of research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Associated Press Tuesday, 30 September 2014 02:04 The FBI was looking into an attempt to release animals from a fox farm. An animal rights activist group admitted to breaking into an eastern Iowa fox fur farm and trying to free about 30 foxes. The group, Animal Liberation Front, said in a written release sent to … <\/p>\n

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