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The Blueprint Fur Farm List: 2020 Print Edition

Posted by CAFF on Jul 2, 2020

After releasing the 10th anniversary digital edition of The Blueprint 2020 fur farm list, CAFF has just released the print edition. Available now: Buy on Amazon ($6.95) Buy on 40+ other sites (slightly more) See a full writeup on the 10th anniversary of The Blueprint fur farm list here....

New Fur Farms Revealed in NAFA Bankrupcy

Posted by CAFF on Jul 2, 2020

In the Canadian bankruptcy proceedings of North American Fur Auctions, a recent document exposed several previously unknown US fur farms. The following addresses were obtained from a list creditors with claims above $1000 (full list here https://www.insolvencies.deloitte.ca/en-ca/Documents/en-ca-insolv-NAFA-FinalCreditorList-November11,2019.pdf) The following farms are not on any available US fur farm list (it is possible not all of these are farms): Diamond B Farm 4692 West 10000 South, Payson, UT 84651 JF Fur Farms 3116 County Road L Tomahawk, WI 54487 Dennis Duwa Fur Co 904 13th St. Wellman, IA 52356 B & G Fur Co. 16245 Honeybee Lane, Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670 Heier Bros. Fur Farm N3276 Wintersports Rd. Withee, WI...

Updated 2020 Fur Farm List: The Blueprint, 10th Anniversary Edition

Posted by CAFF on Jan 28, 2020

Out now & updated for 2020: “The Blueprint” – New fur farm addresses list.

Over 100 new fur farms.
90+ closed farms.
Updated analysis on industry vulnerabilities.

Reviews:

“The Blueprint is…. a terrorist handbook.” Utah mink farmer

“A how-to guide for carrying out attacks against mink ranchers.” Park Record

New mink farm in Oregon discovered

Posted by CAFF on Nov 1, 2019

CAFF has received information about a newly discovered mink farm in Oregon. MCDOWELL CREEK MINK RANCH 40283 MCDOWELL CREEK DR, LEBANON, OR According to the Oregon Secretary of State website, the farm managers are Russell, Duane and Louis Masog. The Masog family owns another mink farm, also in Lebanon. ...

New fur farm discovered in Wisconsin

Posted by CAFF on Sep 30, 2014

Coalition Against Fur Farms received a report of a mink farm that has been discovered in Wisconsin. It is unknown if this farm is new, or has just evaded detection until now. The new fur farm is: Brian Kahnke W10454 Stuhr Road Melrose, WI 54642 Notes: Mink...

North Dakota fur farm moves to Montana

Posted by CAFF on Aug 9, 2014

The Shultz wildcat farm relocates after oil drilling noise forces move. One of the only known bobcat fur farms in the state has applied to relocate west, in central Montana. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park is taking comments on the 150-foot-by-140-foot animal facility, proposed by owner Larry Schultz, where bobcats would be housed in separate pens. According to the permit application, the location of the farm (if approved) will be: 5700 Romunstad Rd Roy, Montana 59471 The proposed fur farm is located SW of Roy, south of Highway 191. A few notes on the fur farm, from the permit application: The bobcat pens are 4 feet by 6 feet, with 2 foot by 4 foot nesting boxes, and kept 30 inches off the ground. The cages are constructed of poly-coated 10-guage mesh wire. The animal pens are 1/8 mile from the house. There will be a separate barn that is used for weaning bobcat kitten. A second barn will be used for food preparation and storage. An 8 foot tall chain link fence covers the facility’s north and south sides. This farm was reported by the state of North Dakota in 2010 to house lynx. No mention of lynx is made on the Montana permit application. Either the facts were misreported by North Dakota (bobcats are often confused for lynx), the farm has stopped breeding lynx, or this detail was omitted from the application. The full application is below. Schultz Fur Farm...

Tipster reports fur farm construction in Ohio

Posted by CAFF on Apr 16, 2014

Coalition Against Fur Farms has been reporting on several mink farms under construction, and this week a tipster provided information on yet another. The farm is in reported to be under construction at: 7199 Mingo-Lewisburg Rd. North Lewisburg OH, 43060 Owners: Johanna Hendric Janssen According to the tipster, the site is a horse farm purchased just 4 weeks ago on March 15, 2014. Reportedly excavation of abandoned railroad track has begun to keep the farm less accessible to the “public” along Cox Road. The upcoming mink farm is said to be “sizeable”. The barns will be located 424 ft from Spain Creek with is included in the protected Big Darby Creek Watershed. If you have information on under-construction fur farms, or any other fur farm-related information to share, contact us at whistleblower -at- coalitionagainstfurfarms -dot-...

More fur farms under construction in Wisconsin

Posted by CAFF on Mar 14, 2014

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

Posted by CAFF on Mar 14, 2014

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 ...

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New Information on Astoria, Oregon Mink Farm

CAFF has received the following info on Stunkard Farm, a mink farm near Astoria, Oregon (the address has been previously published). Number of mink: 8,400. Owner: Marvin Stunkard. Phone: 503-438-6332 Address: 41653 Old HWY 30, Astoria, OR 97103

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United Vaccines Receives 2011 “Small Business of the Year” Award

United Vaccines, maker of vaccines for mink used by fur farmers, has received the 2011 “Small Business of the Year” award for Dane Country. United Vaccines offers this bio on itself: Since 1960, United Vaccines, Inc. has been in the business of supplying quality vaccines to the fur farming community...

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Last Farm in Maryland Confirmed Closed

CAFF has received a report that the Parsons Mink Ranch in Salisbury, Maryland, has been confirmed closed. This is believed to be the last fur farm in Maryland.

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Fur Farm Intelligence Project 2010 Supplement

This document was released two years ago and contains fur farm info obtained by the Fur Farm Intelligence Project since the release of The Blueprint fur farm list. View the 2010 supplement...

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USDA No Longer Collecting Mink Farm Statistics

After budget cuts last year, it was announced the USDA will no longer be collecting data on mink farms. Previously, every year the USDA released statistics on the number of mink farms and animals killed for fur. Then in 2010, it was announced they would only be collecting data every five years. This document spells out the former methodology of fur farm data collection by the USDA, along with some statistics for...

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Fur Breeder’s Agricultural Cooperative Plant Closed After Fire

One plant of the largest mink feed suppliers in the country is confirmed to be closed after a fire. Photos below confirm the building is a “total loss”, after a welder’s torch accidentally set the building on fire. The FBAC continues to operate a second plant in Logan, Utah; which is presumed to be taking up the slack for the out of commission Sandy, Utah plant. The FBAC is necessary to the survival of the Utah fur industry. Utah is the second biggest fur farming...

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Gunnink Fox Farm in Minnesota May Be Closed

CAFF has received a report that the Gunnink Fox Farm may be closed. Calvin Gunnink has moved to Odessa, MN. The owners of the previous property which housed the fox farm are in foreclosure. The report states that there are no signs of an animals at Gunnink’s new, Odessa address. It is not out of the realm of possibility that he continues to own an off-site fox farm, though such farms are...

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Utah Fur Breeder’s Cooperative Once Owned California Plant

One of the largest (if not the largest) mink feed supplier in the country, the Fur Breeder’s Agricultural Co-op, once had its own fish processing facility in California, CAFF has learned. The facility was once located on the water in Fields Landing, California, near Eureka. Specifically, “at the foot of “C” Street”. This is according to this document. However there is strong evidence the plant is now closed, and has been since 2001. Read the following quote from this document: In October 2001, the Regional Water Board received a letter from Eureka Fisheries, Inc., indicating that all operations at the Fields Landing facility had ceased… Fur Breeders Agricultural Cooperative requested that the WDRs not be rescinded due to the possibility of finding a new tenant for the property. No tenant has been found. The facility has been idle since Eureka Fisheries ceased operations. This would indicate strongly that this plant is no longer in operation. However, the FBAC still holds a tidelands lease on the property. In 2004, the assigned the lease to Humboldt Bay Forest Products. Any new information is...

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