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November 6th, 2008<br />
Dale Marr’s Mink Ranch<br />
Deming, Washington<br />
150-200 mink liberated<br />
April 21st, 2008<br />
Jefferson Fur Farm<br />
Jefferson, Oregon<br />
40 mink liberated<br />
August, 2008 (“days before” mink<br />
release at McMullin Mink Farm)<br />
Hunter Groves Mink Farm<br />
South Jordan, Utah<br />
114 mink liberated<br />
August 19th, 2008<br />
McMullin Mink Farm<br />
South Jordan, Utah<br />
600 mink liberated<br />
September 8th, 2008<br />
S&N Fur Farm<br />
Scio, Oregon<br />
150-200 mink liberated<br />
REPORTED EMPTY 2009,<br />
MAY REOPEN<br />
September 21st, 2008<br />
Lodder’s Mink Farm<br />
Kaysville, Utah<br />
7,000 mink liberated<br />
October 17th, 2008<br />
Ylipelto Fur Farm<br />
Svensen, Oregon<br />
1,500 mink liberated<br />
CLOSED<br />
October 4th, 2009<br />
Ylipelto Fur Farm<br />
Svensen, Oregon<br />
300 mink liberated<br />
CLOSED<br />
A Recent History of Fur Farm Raids<br />
(Cont’d...)<br />
hit again (300 mink released). By the time the farm<br />
was visited a third time in 2010, with several vehicles<br />
and a building set on fire, the farm was believed to be<br />
closed. Again, the timing strongly indicates the ALF<br />
raids shut this farm down forever.<br />
Two small, unreported mink releases occurred over<br />
the next year. The first took place in November 2009,<br />
where 50 mink were released from Lang’s Mink Farm<br />
in Richmond, Minnesota. The next took place in July<br />
2010, where 30 mink were released from an unnamed<br />
farm in Franklin, Idaho.<br />
The Harvey Beck Mink Ranch near Seattle was next,<br />
with 400 mink released in September 2010. Activity<br />
remained non-existent for a year, until the Western<br />
Star Fur Farm in Astoria, Oregon was visited by the<br />
ALF and 300 mink released in 2011.<br />
The next month saw three actions in just over 2<br />
weeks. Rocky Mountain Fur and Fireworks, located<br />
on Interstate 80 in Heyburn, Idaho was set on fire.<br />
Damage was reported to be light. Soon after, 1,200<br />
mink were released from the Palmer Erickson fur<br />
farm in Jewel, Iowa; and two days later 1,000 mink<br />
were released from Miller’s Mink Ranch in Gifford,<br />
Washington.<br />
The period between The Final Nail #3 and #4 closed<br />
out with the sole liberation in 2012: The release of 13<br />
foxes from the D&S Fox Farm in Elkton, Virginia.<br />
The fur industry is a weak link in the animal exploitation<br />
chain. The determined work of a caring few can<br />
finish it off forever.<br />
Until victory.<br />
November 18th, 2009<br />
Lang’s Mink Farm<br />
Richmond, Minnesota<br />
50 mink liberated<br />
July 13th, 2010<br />
Unnamed mink farm<br />
Franklin, Idaho<br />
30 mink liberated<br />
July 27th, 2010<br />
Ylipelto Fur Farm<br />
Svensen, Oregon<br />
Eight incendiary devices<br />
planted, buildings & vehicle<br />
burned<br />
CLOSED<br />
September 10th, 2010<br />
Harvey Beck Mink Ranch<br />
Granite Falls, Washington<br />
400 mink liberated<br />
September 24th, 2011<br />
Western Star Fur Farm<br />
Svensen, Oregon<br />
300 mink liberated<br />
October 10th, 2011<br />
Palmer Erickson Mink Farm<br />
Jewell, Iowa<br />
1,200 mink liberated<br />
October 12th, 2011<br />
Miller’s Mink Ranch<br />
Gifford, Washington<br />
1,000 mink liberated.<br />
August 5th, 2012<br />
D & S Fox Farm<br />
Elkton, Virginia<br />
13 foxes liberated<br />
Top 10 mink producing states<br />
as of 2007 (the latest year for<br />
which statistics are available),<br />
with the number of reported<br />
farms:<br />
Wisconsin (71)<br />
Utah (65)<br />
Oregon (18)<br />
Minnesota (23)<br />
Idaho (24)<br />
Iowa (17)<br />
Washington (9)<br />
South Dakota (3)<br />
Ohio (9)<br />
Illinois (7)<br />
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