Update: A local crab fisherman has been charged with illegally dumping the mink carcasses. He faces a maximum of 10 years in prison. While the fur industry feebly attempts to maintain a pretense of being “green,” claiming all of the animal is used by being spun off into various byproducts, an incident this week in Oregon shows otherwise. Over 1,000 pounds of skinned mink were found floating off the coast of Brookings, Oregon this week. The culprit was identified as a fisherman who was taking the carcasses out to sea to “dump” them, but the carcasses accidentally fell off the boat close to the...
Fraser Fur Farm confirmed open as of March 2014
Fraser Fur Farm, believed to be the largest wildcat farm in the U.S., has been confirmed open as of March 2014. This confirmation comes after an anonymous visit by activists, who confirm the farm remains in business. Fur farms close (and occasionally, open) frequently, and status updates can be so hard to come by, that Coalition Against Fur Farms exists in part to provide these status updates as they come in. Fraser Fur Farm is best documented in this anonymous report, and the book Operation Bite Back by Dean Kuipers. The farm is believed to imprison coyotes, fox, and bobcats, according to records obtained by...
Wisconsin fur farm confirmed to imprison fox, updated address
Coalition Against Fur Farms has received an update on one of several fur farms owned by the Pavek family in Wisconsin. Two new updates: The farm is now confirmed as imprisoning foxes as well as mink. The farm has an updated address. The updated address for this farm, reportedly owned by Robert Pavek, is: W6180 State Hwy 64 Bryant WI 54418 The previous address was listed as: W6220 Hwy. 64 Bryant, WI 54418 It is possible both addresses are assigned to the farm, which may occupy more than one property on the north side of Highway 64. Also confirmed is that the presence of fox on this farm, which was previously reported as only imprisoning mink. The Pavek family is known to own 5 fur farms within several miles of this...
More fur farms under construction in Wisconsin
The fur farm construction boom has arrived. Since mink prices have surged the last two years, we’ve seen a corresponding surge of new fur farm addresses made public. With most of these fur farms, it is not clear if they are new operations, or the addresses have just evaded exposure until now. However, the following addresses are fur farms (+1 “feed building”) that are under construction and expected to open in the near future. The first two addresses appear to be for brand new fur farms. The second of the two, Patrick Fur Farm, is a known fur farm that is apparently opening a second location. The third address is for a new “feed building,” also being built by a known fur farm (TMR Fur). The location of this new feed building is 9 miles from the existing mink farm. it might be considered unusual to build a feed mixing / storage building 9 miles from the farm it is supposed to supply, creating two possibilities: The farm is opening a new feed company to supply nearby mink farms. TMR Fur is opening a new fur farm on this site as well. These are the three addresses undergoing construction: Sinac Mink Farm N1435 Meridian Dr Thorp, WI 54771 Patrick Fur Farm N7097 County Road C Rib Lake, WI TMR Fur Feed Building W4941 County Road N Waldo, WI 49805 Notes: Location is 9 miles west of the TMR fur...
New mink farm under construction near Medford, Wisconsin
More Medford area news: A permit has been issued for construction of a new fur farm in Goodrich, Wisconsin; east of Medford. And the applicant appears to be an established Medford fur farmer David Dittrich, opening a new farm. The name and location of the upcoming farm appears to be: A&M Dittrich Mink Farm Martin Drive & Faber Lane NE corner Goodrich WI 50089 ...