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Thousands Freed at Canadian Mink Farm & Seafood Company Targeted

Liberationists | 27.08.2008 13:58 | Animal Liberation | Ecology | World

anonymous communique:

"On Saturday Aug 23, activists entered a mink farm in Aldergrove BC CANADA and released approx 4000 mink. The farm is next to Aldergrove Lake Park which provides over 200 acres of water habitat for them to survive. Operation Biteback is in full force, let these arrows be our tears......

Here are the addresses to other mink farms in the area. The ones which have stars are confirmed to have animals on them at this time and are in full operation.

6811 Bradner Rd Abbotsford BC
28945 McTavish Abbotsford BC
* 28340 Townshipline Rd Abbotsford BC
* 4764 Lefeuvre Rd Abbotsford BC
* 711 256th Aldergrove BC
* 25498 Fraser Hwy Abbotsford BC

Shut them down."

Note: The targeted farm may be the Rippin Fur Farm, 27413 8 Ave, Aldergrove, British Columbia. Approximately 5000 mink were released from cages at the Rippin Fur Farm in November 1995.

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reported anonymously:

"Locks glued on rental business vehicles 8.16.08 Pacific Seafood Portland, OR."

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Animal Liberationists Raid Canadian Fur Farm for Second Time

28.08.2008 01:23

British Columbia, Canada - According to a communique received by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office this week, 4000 captive mink were released from a British Columbia, Canada mink farm last Saturday. The communique includes a list of the addresses of six captive mink farms in the same area. 5000 mink were released in November 1995 from the Rippin Fur Farm, which may be the same facility targeted this week; both are located in Aldergrove, BC.

Imprisoned in cages for life, fur-bearing animals are forced to endure intensive confinement compared to the miles of territory these animals would enjoy in the wild - 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 leads animals to premature death. When they survive, animals of sufficient size are killed by anal electrocution or gassing. Whereas reports from the fur industry have surfaced that liberations were harmful to the animals, the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and other organizations have a long history of successfully releasing animals into the wild from fur farms. 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 farms; dozens of fur farming operations have seen economic ruin since "Operation Bite Back" began by the ALF in the 1990s.

“The fur industry wants the public to believe that most of the mink liberated are recaptured or killed after being freed, but this is not the case; and I would argue that even if some are recaptured, at least they have been given a chance at what everyone deserves, a chance to live free” stated Camille Hankins, a Press Officer with the Animal Liberation Press Office. "Contrary to the rhetoric of those who profit from the imprisonment and killing of these beautiful, wild creatures, scientific studies have proven captive mink have the innate ability to survive in the wild, do not decimate other animal populations or the environment, and do not carry away small children or pets."

North American Animal Liberation Press Office
- Homepage: http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org


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here we go again, kiss goodbye to the local ecology

27.08.2008 20:33

thousands of other cuddly wild anaimals will be decimated locally by the all devouring mink. but then righters are rarely capable of giving a passing thought for ecology or extinction of wild species. so many of you are still eating palm oil products in your vegan diets. (research what's wrong with that.) this sounds like a speciesist action to me which is the daft new buzzword you're using that alienates you even further from everyone else in the world.

more sorted than you


Operation Bite Back: Volume 1

27.08.2008 23:26

Rod Coronado was initally caught after his involvement in Operation Bite Back for aiding and abetting arson, in an attack against the fur industry. The operation was to attack and cripple the industry using property destruction and by releasing of animals. This action was a blatant act of solidarity, as Rod has been imprisoned again on other unrelated charges.

See the video link below for more information on the Op and Rod:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjAcbU9Xp2s

This action goes to show that they can cage the singers, but never the song. The idea to destroy the fur industry in North America will never disappear until the industry does. ALF Mexico are also making great progress via closing fur shops, so 2008 looks set for another increase in liberations and destruction. Twelve years later and Bite Back still lives!

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