A wild mink in Utah is the first free-ranging native animal anywhere to test positive for COVID-19. It was found and tested near an infected fur farm, and that has some national groups raising alarms.

Tyler Lang and Kevin Johnson set out from California in 2013 on a mission to free animals from fur farms in the Midwest. ... Mink on the Run: Animal 'Terrorists' Smacked by Federal Prosecutors.

Snohomish County is home to five fur farms, which produced 56,000 pelts in 2001 -- nearly half the pelts for the state that year. One pelt is worth about $40.

Last year in September animal activists released thousands of mink from this same mink fur farm.. Challis Hobbs the Executive Director of the Fur Commission, a national, non-profit association ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Save. In early August 2023, Finland’s food authority ordered three of the nation’s fur farms to slaughter 50,000 of their animals. The purpose was not to create new fur ...

Since most fur products come from China, which kills over 10 million animals annually for their fur, ... In the wild, foxes and mink play, swim, dig, run and care for their young, ...

Scientists have discovered novel and potentially dangerous viruses in raccoon dogs, mink, and other fur-farmed animals in China. The study found 125 virus species, including 36 novel ones, with 39 ...

Oct. 19—SUNBURY — An official with the North American Animal Liberation Press Office said he believed Saturday's release of mink near Sunbury should not be a surprise to fur farms. Joseph ...

Salem, OR—Wildlife-advocacy and animal-protection groups sent an urgent letter today calling on Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and state officials to address mink fur farms’ escalating threats to public ...

The number of mink on the loose in Northumberland County is likely far fewer than initially reported, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, after the animals were set free from a fur farm ...

WOLF spoke to Joseph Buddenberg, an animal rights activist and press officer for the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, about the mink on the loose. What the fur industry does to ...