Tenth Fur Farm Liberation This Summer! 250 or More Mink Liberated in Grand Meadow, MN

Amended Release
October 10, 2013

In a communique received by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office this week, a lone activist took credit for the 10th US fur farm release in two months. In the latest action, at least 250 mink were freed from the Myhre Mink Farm, in Grand Meadow, Minnesota.

The communique reads, in full:

On October 7th, an individual working alone emptied a mink shed at the
Myhre Mink Farm on Highway 16 in Grand Meadow, Minnesota.  At least 250
fur-bearers ran to the lake directly behind the property.  These animals
needed very little help to freedom. As the cages were being unlatched,
many of the individuals pawed it open themselves to make a dash. They are
not domesticated and their spirits are not broken.  Many of these mink
screeched loudly at the sight of human hands, having only known the
murderous hands of Einar Myhre.  The only thing keeping these animals
imprisoned is our own fear and a simple latch on a cage. A wild existence
for them is only feet away. Make animal liberation a reality.

This is the ninth U.S. fur farm raid of the year.  This level of activity
has not been seen for nearly twenty years.

To the fur farmers of the world, we have nothing to say to you.  We offer
only this prayer:  The rest is secrets.  Silence now.  If night has
fallen, sleep well.

Imprisoned in cages for life, or mercilessly trapped with painful leghold traps in the wild, fur-bearing animals killed to make unnecessary fashion statements are forced to endure intensive confinement, compared to the miles of territory these still-wild animals would enjoy in their natural state. The natural instincts of these captive animals are completely frustrated; self-mutilation, sickness, infection, poor sanitation and the sheer stress of confinement lead animals in captivity to premature death. When they survive, animals of sufficient size are killed by anal electrocution or gassing, then skinned. In addition to liberating the wild animals destined for a certain, painful and agonizing death, another goal of liberationists is to cause economic damage to fur retailers and farms; dozens of stores and fur farming operations have seen economic ruin since "Operation Bite Back" began by the Animal Liberation Front in the 1990s.

The Animal Liberation Front utilizes economic sabotage in addition to the direct liberation of animals from conditions of abuse and imprisonment to halt needless animal suffering. By making it more expensive to trade in the lives of innocent, sentient beings, the ALF maintain the atrocities against our brothers and sisters are likely to occur in smaller numbers; their goal is to abolish the exploitation, imprisonment, torture and killing of innocent, non-human animals. A copy of the Final Nail, a listing of all known fur farm locations in North America, is available on the Press Office website home page at www.animalliberationpressoffice.org

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