After ALF Raid, Source Puts Fox Farm Damages at $25,000
Damage estimate and new info about last week’s fox liberation in Virginia.
One source apparently close to the farm’s owner is reporting damages from last week’s Virginia fox farm raid at $25,000 to $30,000. In addition to liberating 13 foxes, the Animal Liberation Front stated they also “damaged machinery” at the farm.
Although mainstream media has yet to pick up the story, there is other information Animal Liberation Frontline has learned about the fox liberation:
Owner Scott Dean is a trapper and member of the Virginia State Trapper’s Association (VTA), National Trappers Association (NTA), and Fur Takers of America (FTA).
In addition to the fox farm, Dean also owns “D&S Nuisance Animal Control” out of the same address. His website describes the company as providing the following services: “animal capture, animal removal, animal control, animal trapping, animal exclusion, animal damage repairs, animal waste cleanup, and more.”
Among the “nuisance” animals Dean will capture are foxes. This raises the question: Rather than “humanely” euthanizing the foxes other people pay him to capture (as he promises on his site), does he instead sell them for fur?
If so, this is almost certainly in violation of his National Wildlife Control Operators Association membership at best, and against the law at worst. Dean’s business live-trapping wildlife on other people’s property would provide him a steady stream of animals that aren’t just free – other people are paying him to take them. While we can’t know for certain, Dean’s dual work as a fur farmer and “wildlife pest removal” provider would seem to pose an inherent conflict of interest.
I will post any new information on the raid as it is available.
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1) animals are not “nuisance”; 2) “humane” euthanasia is meants for seriously ill animals, in order to avoid useless sufference; 3) Dean is just a murderer; 4) I’m fu**ing angry !
Thanks for the info Peter
BRAVO!!
I agree totally with Lovegan. My sentiments exactly.
I also agree with Norma, of course!
Wonderful. I applaud the ALF for it’s courage and commitment in the face of EVIL GREED. People that kill for a living are lacking in every necessary human component. They deserve no protection and they deserve no audience. They DO deserve RUINATION.
I liveenar Elkton and have seen his trapping truck and wondered what this pervert does with the captured animals thnks for freeing the foxes and causing him damage
Thank you ALF!!You are heroes!!
The damage caused to his home and equipment had nothing to with his nuisance business. Would you rather have all those animals running a muck and tearing up your crops and killing farmers livestock like chickens and other small farm animals. Because of people like Mr. Dean we do not have to worry with that. The foxes you so called ¨freed¨ would have starved to death. And for your information, he does not use the animals for fur. I suggest you get your facts straight before you act. I hope you are all caught and convicted for your acts and have a nice time in prison. I also hope he sues you for payment of lost wages and the damage to his property.
“The foxes you so called ¨freed¨ would have starved to death. ”
They were doing just fine before they were snatched up by Mr. Dean.
“tearing up your crops and killing farmers livestock like chickens and other small farm animals.”
How can they “starve to death” if they are doing all that?
Now, look, it doesn’t matter what the b@stard was going to use them for. The fact is, Mr. Dean was going to kill them. The ALF simply freed them and hit Mr. Dean in the pocketbook.
And the ALF will continue to free animals and hit pocketbooks until all the Mr. Deans of the world wise up and get out of the animal holocaust business.
If you don’t like it, tough.
Yes Margo the foxes he had would starve to death. They are domestic foxes raised and bred and sold for pets. Not fur or any other cruel and unusual form of death. The wild foxes are the ones that attack farms. (reds and grays) Sounds like you need to do some research. Death by starvation….sound delightful to me. At least at Mr. Deans they are fed and watered daily. It is not up to you or anyone else to judge what he does. How would you feel if this happened to your home? If someone came to your home and destroyed your personal property? I think that KARMA is a wonderful thing and I look forward to the day it bites all involved in the a$$. If you don´t like it. TOUGH.
“Owner Scott Dean is a trapper and member of the Virginia State Trapper’s Association (VTA), National Trappers Association (NTA), and Fur Takers of America (FTA).”
This is all I need to know about your stupid Mr. Dean. He stinks. And deserves what he gets.