30 Apr 2001
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Frontline: Animal Liberation Activists Hit Wash. State Fur Farm (WA, USA)

Frontline Information Service - News 4/30/01

Animal Liberation Activists Hit Wash. State Fur Farm
- 200 Mink Set Free in 4th Raid at Farm -

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 30, 2001

Snohomish County, Wash. - Animal liberation activists have struck once again at Brainard's Fur Farm in Snohomish County, Wash., setting 200 mink free on April 19. This is the fourth time Brainard's has been targeted by activists in the past five years, and the largest release at that site.

The mink were set free and released into the surrounding wilderness. The action has not been officially claimed by the Animal Liberation Front or any other group or organization; the ALF Press Office learned of the action through an Everett Herald article on April 26. The report identified the fur farm as being located "in the 19100 block of Welch Road in the Snohomish area." Brainard's Fur Farm is located at 19127 Welch Rd. There was a reported financial loss of $35,000 to Brainard's.

The following is a chronology of mink releases at Brainard's Fur Farm:

June 1996 80 mink released
Dec. 14, 1996 50 mink released
Jan. 29, 2000 60 mink released
April 19, 2001 200 mink released

This most recent mink release is the 69th action of this type against the fur farm industry since Aug. 13, 1995, when the ALF began its campaign of setting free captive animals from fur farms in the U.S. and Canada, and the 7th time a Washington State fur farm has been hit.

The ALF believe that the fur farming is inherently cruel and abusive toward mink, fox, and other fur-bearing animals, and support the total abolition of the industry. Contrary to fur industry propaganda, clothing made from animal skins is neither "environmentally friendly," "organic," or necessary.

"Mink are sentient animals who have a right to live their lives without being imprisoned, gassed, anally electrocuted or tortured," comments David Barbarash, ALF spokesperson.

The Animal Liberation Front is an international underground movement of compassionate people who believe that animals must be set free from abusive conditions. Through tactics of rescue missions and property destruction the ALF carries out its campaigns anonymously and non-violently. In its 20-year history in North America there has never been any injuries or deaths resulting from their actions.

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