Recently, FinalNail.com posted the address of a previously unknown mink farm in Redmond, Washington. The farm is improbably located in an area with very high property values, in the same town as Microsoft’s headquarters. It is just three miles east of the Whole Foods, off the same large road.
The Final Nail (.com) has this entry for the farm:
Brick Road Fur Farm
19780 NE 55th Place (alt. 5616 196th Avenue NE)
Redmond, WA 98053
Phone: (425) 868-4192
Contact: Blair Hudson
Notes: Mink farm.
There has been no confirmation on the operational status of the farm, but this week CAFF received a report of a protest at the farm coinciding with the Seattle Fur Exchange / American Legend auction happening just south, in Renton, Washington (the American Legend auction is the largest fur auction in the country, and sales there are a barometer of the overall health of the US fur industry).
While the protest did not yield a definite confirmation of the farm, there was evidence to indicate the farm was open. The circumstantial evidence gathered from this protest was:
1) The farm posted “No Trespassing” signs in anticipation of the protest, an unlikely move for a fur farm that was no longer open.
2) Neighbors who spoke with the activists indicated the farm was open.
3) Police acted to block off possible access points to the sheds, indicating there was something back there to “protect”.
The cumulative evidence suggests this farm is open.
View an aerial image of the farm at this link.