1,500 mink escape from Oregon farm after fence is cut open reportedly by extremist animal rights group
Roughly 1,500 mink escaped an Oregon farm after a hole was cut in a fence — with an extremist animal rights group linking themselves to the plot to free the creatures, according to authorities and reports. The scores of mink were intentionally let loose from Cascade Farm in Turner late last Wednesday night as the farm’s manager, his wife, children, and other employees were sleeping, KOIN reported.
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Roughly 1,500 mink escaped an Oregon farm after a hole was cut in a fence — with an extremist animal rights group linking themselves to the plot to free the creatures, according to authorities and reports. The scores of mink were intentionally let loose from Cascade Farm in Turner late last Wednesday night as the farm’s manager, his wife, children, and other employees were sleeping, KOIN reported. The suspected intruders cut a hole in a chain-link fence enclosure, allowing the mink to roam free, the local outlet said. The Animal Liberation Front — a decentralized group of international animal rights advocates labeled as extremists by the FBI — appears to have taken responsibility for the break-in, the outlet reported.
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- Roughly 1,500 mink escaped an Oregon farm after a hole was cut in a fence — with an extremist animal rights group linking themselves to the plot to free the creatures, according to authorities and reports. The scores of mink were intentionally let loose from Cascade Farm in Turner late last Wednesday night as the farm’s manager, his wife, children, and other employees were sleeping, KOIN reported.
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1,500 mink escape from Oregon farm after fence is cut open reportedly by extremist animal rights group
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