Royal Oak Mink Ranch discovered empty

Royal Oak Mink Ranch discovered empty

Another of Minnesota’s largest fur farms, the Royal Oak Mink Ranch (Sauk Centre), was also discovered to be largely (completely?) empty this fall. The only activity on the farm was a tractor busy cleaning out the sheds. This video was taken inside one of the...
Are Minnesota’s largest fur farms closed?

Are Minnesota’s largest fur farms closed?

This past summer and fall, activists visited two of what were believed to be the largest mink farms in the state. The first was Mueller Bros. Mink Ranch, in the city of Kimball. Of the dozens of sheds on the farm, many were found to be empty. If not closed, this...
“We found only ruins”

“We found only ruins”

Report from activists: “Earlier this fall, on the lakeside grounds of what we thought would be the Sieverding Fox Farm (36414 130th St, Dundee, Minnesota), we found only ruins. Despite being well before pelting season, the area was in complete disuse. The two...