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ALF Activist Pleads Guilty in Utah to Damaging Mink Farm

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The raid to which Viehl pleaded guilty took place at the McMullin mink farm in South Jordan in August 2008. Rydalch said the raid consisted of releasing minks and spray-painting parts of the farm, including a barn. She said the plea agreement "stated the damage and loss to real and personal property at the farm exceeded $10,000."

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ALF Activist Receives 21-Month Sentence

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Alex Hall released 650 mink from McMullin Fur farm in South Jordan, Utah in 2008. He received a sentence of 21 months under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA.) Hall is expected to serve the rest of his sentence in Davis County Jail, rather than be shipped to a federal prison.

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Golden Swamp Warbler

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This is not a bird for cubicle farms! But it certainly appeared that this tree stump just off the trail on a far arm of Jordan Lake would do. That arguably the most beautiful of the North American wood-warblers is essentially named for Catholic pencil-pushers seems a misnomer. Appropriate! may not be accurate. Proud cavity-owners!