Activists Liberate Thousands of Mink From Fur Farm
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In the early hours of Wednesday morning, thousands of mink were released from their cages at a Canadian fur farm. The liberation was likely conducted by activists in response to a widely publicized story about the grisly conditions on the farm. The Montreal SPCA, which conducted the investigation that led to the story, said that the dehydrated, thin and sick animals, some of whom had open wounds, were “living in hell.”
Photo: Montreal SPCA
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Those who criticize activists for conducting liberations say that the newly-freed animals who manage to escape into nearby areas cannot survive after living in captivity. Even if that is true, a few hours or days of freedom is far better than a lifetime of intensive confinement and abuse followed by death by anal electrocution, gassing or neck-breaking. Learn more about fur farming and join the fight to end it.
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When I first read the article about the minks who were released from the brutality they had been subjected to, I cheered, wishing that I could have taken part of their rescue! However, some valid and sobering points were made which can’t be ignored! It’s sad but true that people just won’t be willing to spend the time, effort or resources to provide a place where these animals can be rehabilitated and strategically released. On the other hand, who could leave the minks to linger and suffer a horrendous death on those diabolical fur farms? What kind of people could possibly work on those “farms”, unleashing their twisted cruelty on a daily basis? If it were up to me, those knuckle-walkers would be who I would target! In regards to whether or not the minks would be able to survive after being captives for so long, I would say that since these are not domesticated animals, they would most certainly would have retained their basic survival instincts, which would kick in upon their release! Since the down-side of releasing them can’t be ignored, the only alternative would be to take those unfortunate minks out of their misery in a quick and humane way…..even that would be better and more merciful than simply turning our backs and walking away! This would remove the profit from the knuckle-walkers, which would hit them where it hurts the most! The bottom line is that some kind of action must be taken on behalf of all animals being kept in cruel captivity only to b brutally killed for their fur! All of those involved in this diabolical trade must suffer the consequences for their cruelty and greed!
It’s almost exclusively young males with a misguided idea of ecology and ignorance of animals. Some spray paint railways, some climb mountains, some join the army, and others release mink, an easy target at night with no guards and little security. It’s for the kick of doing something bold and ‘naughty’, it’s a stupid guy thing. How to stop it, who knows, a new generation comes of age and reolaces so the organisation never grows up.
Spot the absolute ecological disaster unfolding!
In Britain, similar releases resulted in the introduction of a non-native species that placed many of our native animals on the endangered list.
It also gave those so inclined a reason to justify hunting with dg and gun.
This is lazy and cruel behaviour from the ‘liberators’ that will result in suffering for the animals ‘liberated’. This is not the answer to the cruelty of fur farming.
It’s not about whether a few moments of freedom are better for the mink than fur farm life, and it’s certainly not about a passing sense of freedom (or terror, depending if you’re the mink or a conjecturing human) making the terrible death they will now experience, freed, oh so worth it. Thousands of mink turned loose in one area will wreak absolute agony on the countless lives already populating the area, and havoc on the local ecology–and ultimately, yes: mink in terrible condition who have never hunted to sustain themselves WILL die. And, they will die ugly via starvation and freezing to death, and by local diseases to which they have no developed immunities. Release is NOT an answer: it’s a misguided shortcut that also inflicts terrible cruelty. An appropriate action would be to confiscate the mink and either humanely euthanize them, or rehab them, and then find multiple suitable release areas–but that’s too much trouble, isn’t it? And of course, too expensive. So, yet another terribly warped effort unfolds in which already blighted animals are further sold out by a supposedly intelligent species that always seems to operate with faulty agendas. Especially when doing what is right takes time, and real effort, and bears a financial burden. People and organizations who orchestrate these releases are themselves terrible abusers. They, and others, rather blindly choose to pretend otherwise, but believe me, released end of summer in ill, degraded condition with thousands, or even hundreds, of others, these mink will agonizingly suffer every moment until they die, bewildered, abandoned, terrified, hungry, cold. Free? Hardly matters to the mink, I suspect. As their so-called saviors march about, as thoughtlessly enslaved to their own self-aggrandizement as the fur farm ranchers are to profit. Bottom line for the animals? A lose-lose situation. The common denominator? The forever blind, forever hungering, human species.
Here bloody here!
Well said!
The human being in all their arrogance and ignorance is shown here. Seemingly the actual well-being of the ànimal is irrelevant in their rush to be the rescuing hero.
I wonder who gets to clean up their mess? Possibly men with dogs, guns and traps? What an achievement!