The Blueprint
Georgia
Branson W. Ritchie
Department o Small Animal Medicine
College o Veterinary Medicine
University o Georgia
Athens, GA
Notes: New ur industry researcher,
according to the Fur Farm Intelligence
Unit: “Richie has volunteered his re-
search skills to the mink industry as part
o the proposed Mink Genome Project.
Tis project aims to alleviate the indus-
try o one o its biggest threats: aleutian
disease. He has oered cell mediated
research to isolate mink genes that
are resistant to AD. Tis research will
be done in partnership with Dr. John
Easley o Plymouth, Wisconsin, who
is also a leading expert in mink disease.
Ritchie is awaiting unding rom the Fur
Commission USA’s research commit-
tee beore the Mink Genome Project is
launched.”
Idaho
Rat River Mink Ranch
1174 S Highway 81
Declo, ID 83323
Phone: (208) 645-3201
Contact: Nate S. Carson
Notes: New ur arm (incorporated
January 2010). Tis arm was ound
newly constructed yet empty during
research or Te Blueprint, 2009. Con-
frmed open, 2010.
ur arm
2200 S & 1600 E
Franklin, ID
Notes: Mink arm. Status inconclusive.
Appears to be operational.
ur arm
22 Main St.
Franklin, ID
Notes: Mink arm. Across the street
rom a gas station. Small arm. Status
inconclusive. Appears to be operational.
New Fur Farm Addresses
Plus researchers, feed suppliers, + more
Fur Farm Intelligence Projecct Report #1.5
The Fur Farm Intelligence Project:
An Update
This supplement brings together every
piece of new fur industry data collected
since the release of the original Blueprint
in December, 2009.
In spring of 2009, the Fur Farm Itell-
ligence Project was launched to map the
entire fur industry. The Project included
a 10- state road trip, where over 200 fur
farms were visited and notes collected.
In December, 2009, all information
collected during the FF IP was released
in a document titled The Blueprint. The
64-page collection organized the address
of every known fur farm, feed supplier,
and other fur industry components.
In the media, fur farmers were quick to
call The Blueprinta “terrorist handbook”,
while they continued their killing of over 2
million animals annually.
In the 10 months since The Blueprint’s
release, volunteers with the Fur Farm
Intelligence Project, FinalNail.com, the
Fur Farm Intelligence Unit, and others
have continued to uncover new informa-
tion on the fur industry, all of which is
compiled here.
New information provided in this
supplement includes:
*18 new fur farms
*Three new feed suppliers
*One new mink researcher
*Eight confirmed farm closures
If you have any new information on the
fur industry, please submit to nail@
finalnail.com.
The Fur Farm Intelligence Project
November, 2010
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Illinois
Avery Brabender
27383 W Wilmot Road
Antioch, IL 60002
Notes: Sells ox, mink and pigeons.
Uninvestigated.
Kaatz Bros. Lures
9986 Wacker Road
Savanna, IL 61074
Notes: Produces urine-based trapping
lures. Company states that the urine is
collected rom “wild, captive” bobcats,
coyotes, oxes. Unconfrmed i animals
are held at this address.
ur arm
17135 & 17141 Rosalind Street
Joliet, IL 60432
Robert L. & Joan C. Kern, and / or
Richard Ross.
Notes: Fox arm. Confrmed open,
2010. Ross is a Catholic priest. Holds
approximately 100 oxes. Cages at ar
south end o property, hidden in the
woods.
Minnesota
Smokey Red’s Snare Supply
11415 Salonen Road
Chisholm, MN.
Notes: Advertising “ox pups or sale”,
with contact number linked to the
above address. Uninvestigated.
Montana
Cole L Mcpherson
16350 US Highway 12 W (Lolo
Creek Road)
Lolo, M 59847
(406) 273-2387
Notes: Reported as “raising 60 to 80
bobcats”, as o early 1990s. McPherson
still holds a wildlie holder’s permit as
o 2010. One shed with the general
structure o a ur-bearing animal shed
reported at this address, 2010
Frazier Fur Farm
Shelli Frazier
661 HWY 200 West
Plains, M 59859
(406) 826-3151 or (406) 544-1487
Notes: Bobcat arm. Opened 2006.
“When ully operational, operators
have indicated that they may have up
to 50 bobcats on the premises”.
David Tompson
Little Wol Creek Road (Coordinates:
15N R5W NW1/4 S4)
Wol Creek, Mt. 59648
Notes: Bobcat and lynx arm. Un-
known i animals are raised or ur or
to be sold as pets.
Lee Buller
959 Riverside Road
Kalispell, M 59901
Notes: Bobcat and lynx arm. Un-
known i animals are raised or ur or
to be sold as pets. Opened 2002. Farm
raises “bobcat and lynx or personal
and commercial purposes”.
George Lentz
1920 Whitefsh Stage Road
Kalispell, M 59901
Notes: Bobcat and lynx arm. Un-
known i animals are raised or ur or
to be sold as pets. Opened 2002. “Te
applicant owns 5 acres and wishes
to house, raise, and sell bobcats and
lynx on his property. Te animals
will be housed in wire cages and then
enclosed with a chain link perimeter
ence. Te applicant will be buying
out an existing ur arm. Te applicant
will start with 2 – 4 animals on the
premises and see how it goes.”
Ohio
Buschur Feeds
14417 Johnson Road
New Weston, OH 45348
Phone: (419) 925-5050
Fax: (419) 925-5026
Edward Buschur
Notes: Owns National Fur Foods.
These photos were submitted anonymously to
various groups, showing the appalling condi-
tions of this previously unknown Joliet, Illinois
fox farm. Here, Richard Ross (a Catholic
priest) packs as many as six foxes in a cage.
Inside the
Richard Ross
fox farm
Oregon
Cascade Farm o Oregon
7582 Hunsaker Rd NE
urner, OR 97392
Notes: Confrmed open, December
2009 by the Fur Farm Intelligence Unit.
Previously published only in a revised
edition o Te Blueprint, January 2010.
Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania Fur Farmers Co-op
1401 Lemon Drop Road
Ebensburg, PA 15931
Jim Bogus, President/General Manager
814-886-8948
Notes: Fur arm eed supplier. Uninves-
tigated.
Utah
LS Carson Mink Ranch
1553 No 950 East
Richfeld, Utah 84701
Notes: Mink arm
LS Carson Mink Ranch (#2)
6199 South 2800 West
Spanish Fork, Utah 84660
Notes: Mink arm.
Shoreline Feeds
6245 So 2800 West
Spanish Fork, Utah 84660
801-756-0106
Notes: Mink eed supplier.
Red Rock Farms (Choice Farms)
7528 S 5600 W
Payson, U 84651
Notes: Farm entrance may be located o
o W 7300 S.
Wisconsin
ur arm
2947 N County Road FF
Butternut, WI 54514
Notes: Small mink arm. Located at
corner o County Road FF and Miller
Road, west side o road. Breeding stock
consists o 500 emale and 125 male
mink. For sale as o summer, 2010.
Miscellaneous Updates
Aeschleman Fur Company (Roa-
noke, IL): New phone number o
(877) 266-6331
Marak Fur Farm (Swisher, IA):
Confrmed to house mink, in ad-
dition to ox (as was previously
reported).
Ruby Fur Farm (New Sharon, IA):
onfrmed to house ox, in addition
to skunks, raccoons, and erretts (as
was previously reported).
Behling Fox Farm (Darby, M):
Animal pens confrmed to be
present at this address. Previously
uninvestigated.
Reader Fur Farm (East Bloomfeld,
NY): Updated address o 7850
Route 5 and 20, East Bloomfeld
NY 14469
Perrin & Sons Fur Farm (Chero-
kee, IA): Fox and mink arm now
operated by Kelly Perrin. Relative
John Perrin is a consultant or Na-
tional Fur Foods.
Schultz Fur Farm (Arnegard, ND):
Confrmed to house lynx, in ad-
dition to ox (as was previously
reported). One o only three arms
in the U.S. confrmed to imprison
lynx.
Weisdorer Fur Farm
(Boring, OR): Confrmed
open, summer 2010.
Lyle Allen Groves (previously o
South Jordan, U): Farm ound
empty February, 2009. Te arm
has relocated to an unknown ad-
dress, believed to be in Benjamin,
Utah.
American Mink Council (previ-
ously o Enumclaw, WA): Address
has moved to PO Box 548, Morgan
U 84050
Mildbrand Mink Ranch (Medord,
WI): has 10,000 mink.
Brecke Mink Ranch (Stetsonville,
WI): has 100,000 mink.
rimberger Mink Ranch (Sheboy-
gan Falls, WI): is owned byGe rard
rimberger, not Gerald rimberger
as previously published.
(Former) David Dittrich Mink
Ranch (Medord, WI): now owned
by werjo B.V.
Hugh Hildebrandt, DVM (Med-
ord, WI): Correct spelling o this
mink veterinarian and recipient o
FCUSA research grants (mispelled
in Te Blueprint).
Blasel Fur Farm (Medord, WI):
New contact number o (715)
678-2501, and owned by Dennis &
Amy Blasel
More Fur Farm Updates
The Blueprint: Fall Supplement 2010, Fur Farm Intelligence Project Report
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