(US) Animal Liberation Front says it released mink from farm

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[The Oregonian]The Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility this morning forreleasing hundreds of mink from the S & N Fur Farm in Scio -- the secondbreak-in at a fur ranching outfit in Oregon this year.The saboteurs wrote that they released as many as 150 mink inThursday's raid. But ranch owner Ed Sandberg confirmed today that 215mink were set free after someone cut a hole in his fence."We got back 177," Sandberg said. "Four of them died since we caughtthem. Trauma, I guess."The rest are running around in deep brush around the Linn County farm, he said.The ALF saboteurs wrote a communique, passed to The Oregonian thismorning, explaining that their actions were inspired by releases lastmonth in Jordan, Utah of 600 mink and in Aldergrove, British Columbiaof 6,000 mink.--

full story:http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/mink_release.htmlSEE ALSO:Animal Liberation Actions; UK, USA, Spain, Mexico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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