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  • COVID outbreak reported on Oregon mink farm

    11/29/2020 5:22:26 PM PST · by blueplum · 28 replies
    Seattle Times ^ | 28 Nov 2020 | AP sourced
    SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon mink farm has reported an outbreak of COVID-19 among animals and staff. ...The state has not said where the farm is located, how many animals the farm has, when the farmer reported the illnesses, or when the animals were tested.
  • WI: Charges dropped against animal activist

    07/22/2005 7:31:15 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 14 replies · 525+ views
    AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 7/22/05 | Todd Richmond - AP
    MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Federal prosecutors have dropped four extortion charges against an animal rights activist who was accused of freeing thousands of mink from farms around the Midwest. Prosecutors said they were forced to act because a Supreme Court decision changed the legal definition of extortion while Peter Daniel Young was on the run. The ruling found someone must actually take something from another person, authorities said. The surprise move shocked the owner of a farm where authorities said Young helped free 300 mink in 1997. "You've got to be kidding. Unbelievable. Unbelievable," said Alex Ott, owner of Ott's...