The Final Nail has posted a newly discovered fox farm in Illinois. Tim & Kim Allaman Southeast corner of Illinois State Route 164 and Illinois State Route 94 Rozetta, IL 61469 Notes: Fox farm.

The following address was obtained from public records, indicating a farm (or other type of operation) that imprisons gray fox and raccoons. Coalition Against Fur Farms has obtained hundreds of similar addresses from numerous states, each of which may be fur farms, which will be posted in the coming weeks. We will offer the same disclaimer each time: These addresses are uninvestigated. They house animals commonly used for fur, however an investigation is needed to determine the exact purpose of these operations. There are numerous other reasons furbearing animals can be held captive, including being bred for pets, roadside zoos, urine-collection operations for trapping lures, or penning operations to train hunting dogs. Some of these may be facilities which are helping animals. For example, wildlife rehabilitators and sanctuaries can often be required to have the same licenses as fur farms. Please do your research, and share anything learned with Coalition Against Fur Farms. The Texas address we obtained is: Deborah Schwartzkopf 5003 48th Street Lubbock TX Notes: Grey fox +...

Coalition Against fur Farms has obtained a spreadsheet containing every “furbearning animal breeder” in the state of Illinois for the year 2012. This file contains 301 addresses, which are posted below. Alternately, you can download the original Excel file (list also includes over 1,500 “game breeders” and other wildlife farms: Illinois Wildlife Breeders 2012 (download entire file)   What is the “furbearing animal breeder” list? Unfortunately, the list does not denote the species held at each farm, which would help in determining what type of operation each of these are (note: Coalition Against Fur Farms does not support keeping any animal captive, but for the purpose of furthering our mission statement, we attempt to identify businesses that are specifically involved in the fur industry). Here’s what we do know, from the Illinois Department of Natural Resourced (DNR): “[A] Fur Bearing Animal Breeder [license] is required to possess, breed and/or sell the following species: Opossum, Raccoon, Mink, Red & Gray Fox, Beaver, Muskrat, Badger, River Otter and Weasels” The most common animals raised for fur are mink and fox, which are included in the above list. So, in theory all mink and fox farms in the state are included here. However it’s worth noting that a quick search through this list for all farms posted on FinalNail.com shows that only abou1/3 of them are included. Because the addresses on FinaNail can be expected to be (for the most part) current, it raises the question: Why aren’t all farms on this list? The answer, very likely, is that many fur farms are simply operating illegally. It is extremely unlikely there are over 300 fur farms operating in Illinois, and this list is likely to include a spectrum of businesses. We encourage anyone who lives near any of these addresses to drive by and tell us what you see. CAFF is very interested in knowing which of these are in fact fur farms. Here’s the list (formatting imperfect because of the Excel source file): POTTER EDWARD R R 1 BOX 119 PATOKA 62875 GOODING EDWARD 1810 E 1650TH ST PALOMA 62359 DAVIS QUINCY 6931 S PERRY CHICAGO 60621 WEBER TAMMY 617 N 600 E RD BUCKLEY 60915...

Coalition Against Fur Farms has learned of two possible fox farms in Virginia. To date, the only known fox farm in the state was owned by Scott Dean, in Elkton VA. The following addresses are associated with live trapping of foxes. Trappers will live trap foxes for one of many purposes, including fur. It is also possible foxes trapped are sold to live penning operations, where foxes are used to train hunting dogs. However it cannot be ruled out these are fur farms, and both are likely to have animals on-site. Jerry Pangle 21693 Dovesville Road Bergton, VA 22811-2210 Steve Colvin 2000 SB Road Barboursville, VA...

The following fur farms have been discovered and added to FinalNail.com. This makes over 150 new fur farms that have been discovered so far in 2012. Please distribute widely, and submit any new information to whistleblower [at] coalitonagainstfurfarms [dot] com. Paul Durkop 1429 185th Avenue Lost Nation, IA 52254 Phone: (563) 678-2895 or (563) 219-2835 Notes: Fox farm. Located south of 140th Street. T & A Mink Farm 3209 240th Avenue Titonka, IA 50480 Phone: (515) 928-2360 Contact: Tom & Amy Higgins Geri Van Elderen 1540 6th Street Martin, MI 49070 Phone: (269) 672-2115 Contact: Geri & Sheri Van Elderen Notes: Mink farm. Farm may be closed (investigation needed). Ryan Fur Farm 21341 County 19 Spring Grove, MN 55974 Phone: (507) 498-3770 or (507) 429-0070 Contact: Erin Ryan Notes: Mink farm. Bill & Sandy Peterson 6682 Hospital Road Burlington, WI 53105 Phone: (262) 763-5623 Notes: Fox farm. Eric & Rebecca Zuleger N7975 Zimmerman Road Westboro, WI 54490 Phone: (715) 427-1002 Notes: Fox farm. Located at southwest corner of Zimmerman Road (NF-101) and Rindt Road (NF-564). fur farm Foundry Road New Holstein, WI 53061 Notes: Mink farm. Located at southeast corner of Foundry Road and County Road A. Thomas F. Hawe N2594 Blueberry Lane Waldo, WI 53093 Phone: (920) 528-8388 Notes: Mink farm. Tom Hawe died in July 2012. Farm may be closed (investigation...

Massive list of new fox farm addresses is released. Just weeks after 60 new mink farm addresses were exposed, an anonymous group calling itself the Fur Farm Intelligence Unit (not to be confused with the Fur Farm Intelligence Project) has released the biggest list of fox farms to date. The list includes 92 previously-unpublished addresses of what are believed to be fox farms. The message that accompanied the list reads, in part: Fox farm addresses are very scarce, and this list more than quadruples the number of known fox farms in the United States. The release of this list follows 60 new mink farm addresses which were made public by above-ground groups last month. The first half of 2012 has already seen the largest release of new fur farm intelligence since the 1990s. Included in the list are previously unknown fox farms in the following states: Idaho: 1 Iowa: 7 Illinois: 9 Indiana: 5 Maine: 1 Michigan: 8 Minnesota: 19 Missouri: 1 North Dakota: 2 Nebraska: 2 New York: 6 Ohio: 3 Pennsylvania: 8 South Dakota: 1 Utah: 1 Virginia: 1 Wisconsin: 15 The addresses don’t appear to have been investigated, and over the next several days Coalition Against Fur Farms will be doing what we can to verify the addresses and provide more information. Please check back for our full report. In the meantime, here is the new list: (click “Read More” below for the full list) Babcok Farm 1997 235th Street New Hampton IA 50659 Doug Babcock 641-394-4927 Fox farm Burgin Farm 1105 11th Street Milford IA 51351 Wesley Burgin Fox farm Bush Farm 711 N 14th Ave Winterset IA 50273-1740 Dan Bush Fox farm Harms Farm 3201 200th Avenue Titonka IA 50480 Roger Harms Fox farm Moran Farm 3191 390th Street Ruthven IA 51358-7533 Bob Moran Fox farm Dorothy & Allen Schwab Fox Shippers/Fox Producers 33714 280th St. Shell Rock IA 50670 319-987-2728 Fox farm Shaw Farm 2250 Carver Road Winterset IA 50273 John Shaw Fox farm Kraemer Farm RR1 Box 1065 Farrfield ID 83327 Jim Kraemer Fox farm Fox Shippers Council RR1 Box 140 Oquaka IL 61469 Timothy Allaman Fox farm Binkley Farm 13582W Springdale Road Forreston IL 61030 Gretchen...