ELF Claim Responsibility for Colorado Mink Farm Raid

“On the night of Novem­ber 14th, the Earth Lib­er­a­tion Front vis­it­ed the pre­vi­ous­ly unknown Col­orado mink farm of Monte Ages, locat­ed at 622 Val­ley View Dri­ve in Mof­fat Coun­ty. This is one of the small­est mink farms in oper­a­tion, so open­ing near­ly every cage took very lit­tle time. The mink under­stood our mis­sion and quite lit­er­al­ly flew to the ground to make a dash for free­dom. To cause the deranged Mr. Ages more finan­cial trou­ble, breed­ing cards were removed and strewn about, and thrown in the piles of mink waste.

Michael Whe­lan will offer the same tired lies in response to this action. He advis­es farm­ers to ‘sym­pa­thize with the poor, lost ani­mals.’ The lost wild ani­mals who are now able to move freely, who will no longer be sub­ject to Michael and his friends pre­ferred meth­ods of exe­cu­tion in the pelt­ing sea­son just two weeks away.

 

The truth is that mink are not domes­ti­cat­ed. They are cap­tive bred, and only for the qual­i­ty of their pelts. Mink are aquat­ic ani­mals who are soli­tary in the wild and trav­el sev­er­al miles per day. The sur­round­ing area of Mof­fat Coun­ty is pris­tine wildlife habi­tat. The ones who escaped this wildlife prison will now live out their lives along the Lit­tle Snake and Yam­pa Rivers.

Mr. Ages has plans to move and expand his oper­a­tion to 35591 North Hwy 13 in the town of Craig. This will not be tol­er­at­ed. Your dreams of despoil­ing North­west Col­orado, con­t­a­m­i­nat­ing our drink­ing water, and exploit­ing native amer­i­can wildlife will turn into a night­mare. There will be con­se­quences when dark­ness falls.

We send a salute to those coura­geous few who con­tin­ue to fight along­side the earth and ani­mals, even as your work is over­shad­owed by the blog­gers, video edi­tors, and all man­ner of self-aggran­diz­ing activists.”