Fur Industry

Police to media: A.L.F. tactics shut down Astoria, Oregon mink farm

When activists set fire to equipment and a barn at the Ylipelto Fur Farm in Astoria, Oregon tuesday, police say the farm had been closed for over six months. And the farm didn’t go the way of a graceful retirement, police say - two previous mink liberations forced the farm to shut down.

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An inside look at the FBI evidence which led to indictments for a Utah Animal Liberation Front mink release

In March 2009, William “BJ” Viehl and Alex Hall were charged with Animal Enterprise Terrorism for the release of 650 mink from the McMullin Fur Farm in South Jordan, UT; and an attempted raid at Blackridge Farms in Hyrum UT. While their case is well-known, little has been written of the evidence which led to their indictment.