Mink Farmers On Alert in Utah

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Calling them “mink patrols”, police in Utah have increased their patrolling of Park City area mink farms due to unspecified threats received against the fur industry.

In a press release last winter, the FBI expressed concern the indictment of animal rights activists for mink releases in Utah would spark solidarity raids of additional fur farms. In the wake of charges against activists for animal liberation actions, further raids are commonly carried out in response in the weeks and months following. The actions liberate additional animals from confinement, and ensure that no matter how many activists are sent to prison, animal abusers will always suffer a net loss.

Read the Park Record (Park City, UT) article here.

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