August 13, 2026
Although an anonymous communique has yet to be received by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, activists appear to have liberated 1500 captive mink from Cascade Fur Farm at 7582 Hunsaker Road SE in Turner, Oregon early this morning, according to local news media. The perimeter fence was cut allowing the genetically wild animals access to freedom, whereas they would have all been killed by the owners, John, Donna and Randy Lucas, sometime in November or December.
Reading from their usual playbook, industry spokesman Challis Hobbs recited the dis-proven propaganda about the animals being unable to survive in the wild, dying from thirst, starvation or being run over by cars, and that most of the animals returned to the farm voluntarily to await execution. In reality, its has been shown in scientific studies that farmed mink remain genetically wild and routinely survive long-term after release. They are also indigenous to the area, and while there may be environmental impacts, their chance of survival is quite good.
Mink are genetically wild animals that roam up to 5 miles a day but are kept in 10-inch cages on fur farms; their treatment is egregiously cruel and violent. The mink are born in February or March and are killed by gassing, clubbing or anal electrocution in November, before being skinned, sometimes while still alive, for their fur. The animals liberated last night have a fighting chance at life; they faced a 100 percent death rate if they stayed on the farm.
The number of fur farms in America has dwindled from more than 300 in the 1990s to less than 50 today, as the fur industry continues its steady decline into oblivion. A listing of all known fur farms in North America, is available here: https://finalnail.com/
Found on ALF Press Office