A blogger has posted photos he took inside the Jentzch Mink Farm, in Medford, Wisconsin. According to the poster, he was driving past the farm and stopped to talk with one of the workers, who showed him the inside of the farm. A member of the Jentzch family, Bruce Jentzsch, is also listed as a contact person for the nearby Central Mink Foods, a mink feed supplier for Wisconsin fur farms. These are the...
According to media reports, Smith Furs in Malta, Idaho intends to begin construction to double its size. This week, a permit was approved which will allow the owner, Cregg Smith, to expand his farm to 4,000 breeding mink and 24,000 pelting mink. Additional sheds and “a new shop” will be added to the existing six sheds. Finalnail.com has the following info for Smith Furs: Smith Furs 155 2nd Street West Malta, ID 83342 Phone: (208) 645-2316 Fax: (208) 645-2230 Contact: Cregg W. Smith, Carma Smith, Osmer Smith Notes: Located at end of service road, west of 2nd Street. Confirmed open (summer...
Little is known about the fur industry in Missouri. Two neighboring states – Iowa and Illinois – have numerous fur farms between them, but in Missouri, only one fur farm has been confirmed to date (Mid-Missouri Fox Farm, 12640 Derstler Road, Richmond, MO 64085). Coalition Against Fur Farms has obtained documents from the Missouri Dept. of Wildlife with addresses of what may be previously unknown fur farms. The addresses are for farms breeding bobcats, wolves, and fox, though the exact purpose of the breeding is not known. All three are species that are killed for fur, and it is likely that some or all of these farms are killing animals for fur. An investigation into these addresses is needed. Any information is appreciated, and should be submitted to whistleblower [at] coalitionagainstfurfarms [dot] com. List of Missouri bobcat farms. List of Missouri wolf farms. List of Missouri fox...
We have specific numbers and species of the animals imprisoned at Ruby Fur Farm in New Sharon, Iowa. 1,500 ferrets 1,000 striped skunks 350 racoons 30 grey fox The information is current as of August, 2011.
The address of a previously unknown fur farm surfaced in a media report this week: Details: mink farm 9555 S 250 E Nottingham, Indiana. Owned by Lion Farms Indiana LLC of Keystone, Indiana Former dairy farm Mink appear to be housed in large canopy sheds that appear to be former dairy cow sheds.
Coalition Against Fur Farms has received the following report about two Illinois mink farms: “Recently I did some research on a couple of fur farms in Illinois, strictly for above ground demonstration purposes, that I’d like to share. The Marengo mink ranch sheds in Elgin, Illinois, on Plato road…. seem to have extended the sheds closer to the road than what the google earth images display. Now, when you drive by, you can see the sheds to the left and right of the owner’s home, as well as in back. You can also hear the mink squeaking loudly at all odd hours of the night. There is a school on the right hand side of the mink ranch, about an 1/8 of a mile away. The parking lot of the school is filled with dozens of buses… Plato road in Elgin with the large mink ranch… is completely peaceful and quiet, save for the thousands of voices from squeaking mink. A less then ten minute drive from the Elgin mink ranch on Plato road, is the pig/mink farm on Walker road, in Hampshire Illinois. You don’t even need an address to know where it is on Walker, because the distinctive smell of pig shit will let you know where it is. Many children live on this property in what appears to be a compound in a large house. They like to play soccer in the front yard. It is difficult to get a look at what’s at the back of the property without using google earth. I hope this information is helpful for people interested in legal demonstrations and protesting. Feel free to distribute it however you wish. –...