Cole McPherson’s bobcat farm is reported to be empty. Montana is notorious for its wildcat farms, which imprison more bobcat and lynx than any state in the country. In addition to the Fraser Fur Farm (the US’s largest lynx farm), at least a dozen other farms in the state are licensed to imprison bobcat and lynx. Very little is known about these farms, and most of their addresses have yet to be exposed. Coalition Against Fur Farm has received a report about one such farm: The bobcat farm owned by Cole McPherson in Lolo, Montana. The report states that there are no longer animals on the property, and that the farm is believed to be closed. McPherson still maintains a wildlife holder’s permit with the state of Montana, and it cannot be ruled out that McPherson maintains this permit for a reason – if not for bobcats, then for another species. Please submit at information to whistleblower [at] coalitionagainstfurfarms [dot]...

A 1986 article gives details on the Aeschleman fox farm in Illinois. A 1990s PETA undercover investigation on an Illinois fox farm is today the best (and most horrific) footage ever obtained on fur farm. It showed the electrocution of foxes, foxes living in squalorous conditions, and badly sick and injured animals living in small cages. Today, that fox farm is still in operation. The Aeschleman fox farm, outside Peoria, Illinois, imprisons an estimated 1,000 foxes. At one time, it was said to be the largest fox farm in the country (and may still be). The below article was published in the Chicago Tribune in 1986. It goes into the history of the farm, as well as many details into fox farming – an industry shrouded in secrecy. The article reads, in full: ROANOKE, ILL. — Soybeans and corn are the primary products of Woodford County farmers, most of whom are in the fields now. Not Dan Aeschleman. While his neighbors plant, he pours. Yipping calls of the wild and a pungent musk odor burst through the seams of a 150-foot-long metal building on Aeschleman`s farm about 130 miles southwest of Chicago. In the dim light that seeps into the barn, an elevated thicket of wire mesh cages is visible. Each cage contains at least one set of wary, luminous eyes. “You`ll have to be quiet, if they get excited, they might kill their young,“ warned Aeschleman`s wife, Soni. The caged animals are silver, amber, pearl and “bastard red“ foxes bred for their color and coat texture. There are about 150 adults here and hundreds of uncounted young curled, kittenlike, in boxed dens. Aeschleman, 37, hopes to have about 600 foxes by the end of the breeding season. He normally would kill and pelt many of them for their fur. But this year, he is more interested in their flow. “With the urine business peaking now, I probably won`t be pelting this year,“ he said. “We need to keep the foxes to generate urine.“ These days, there is less demand for nature`s coats than for nature`s call; especially as answered by old Reynard. The animal`s effluent is valued by trappers and hunters, who use...

Fur Harvesters Auction is an auction house catering to, and specializing in, wild-trapped animals. Headquartered in Ontario, the auction house has opened a receiving and grading facility in Cambridge, Wisconsin. This represents a major choke-point for the US trapping industry. Fur Harvesters Auction 400 England Street Cambridge, WI 53523 Phone: (608) 423-4814 or (608) 225-9153 Contact: Greg Schroeder Notes: Fur receiving and grading facility. Fur Harvesters Auction’s corporate headquarters is located in Ontario,...

Jim Rowe has replaced Vern Peterson as General Manager at Northwest Farm Food Co-op, based in Burlington, Washington. This is a significant feed supplier, supplying fur farms in Washington and Oregon, and possibly other states. There are two known addresses for the feed supplier: Northwest Farm Food Cooperative 1370 South Anacortes Street Burlington, WA 98233 Phone: (360) 757-4225 Fax: (360) 757-8206 Northwest Farm Food Cooperative 36089 Binder Slough Lane Astoria, OR 97103 Contact: Glade Wilkinson Notes: Also a large mink farm. Northwest Farm Foods also at one time operated a plant in Montana. It is possible the cooperative still operates plants in Montana and Idaho. Submit any new information to whistleblower [at] coalitionagainstfurfarms [dot]...

Coalition Against Fur Farms has received information that the Owl Creek Fox Farm in Indiana has closed. The information on the farm from FinalNail.com reads: Owl Creek Fox Farm 8343 S 1000 W Montpelier, IN 47359 Contact: Verlis Slusher, Lois Slusher Phone: (260) 375-3845 Notes: Located south of W 800 S, on east side of...