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Treacle123 t1_iwhuq08 wrote

What were the dumb shits who run this facility doing while this was happening?

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TedwardCz t1_iwigw70 wrote

According to the article, likely in bed, asleep, as people tend to be at night.

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Treacle123 t1_iwitdqf wrote

Large scale animal facilities generally have high tech security systems throughout and often have staff onsite 24/7 for emergencies as one this size should have had.

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Personmanwomantv t1_iwlblbr wrote

This was at least the second time this facility was attacked. In 2013 several hundred were released.

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calliatom t1_iwitzz2 wrote

Okay, but did they not have any night watchmen or what? Like... mink fur as a product is both valuable and very controversial, they had to know that it's a bad idea to not have anyone watching them overnight.

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Pygmyponymontana t1_iwipk5x wrote

By all means, let’s blame the owner rather than the criminal.

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Spazmer t1_iwiupyu wrote

I'm not a big fan of the mink family as one ripped my chickens apart for funsies, but the owner was likely a godawful person too. That many minks on a farm would have kept them in tiny cages. When you cage minks like that then go crazy, spend their lives spinning in circles and bashing their heads on the sides of the cages. Then they just leave them with open head wounds since taking care of them would cut from profits. We had one not far from us and an employee snuck out videos. So horrible. The animal welfare people knew what was happening and barely took action, I wouldn't be surprised if someone got desperate and thought they were helping. Without actually thinking it through.

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Pygmyponymontana t1_iwiw2pv wrote

While I agree with you that doesn’t justify breaking and enter, vandalism, and theft. There are many things I despise that are legal, but I do believe in the rule of law.

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Treacle123 t1_iwixvao wrote

By all means, let’s not criticize the bank manager who leaves the vault door open every night.

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calliatom t1_iwkrrii wrote

Seriously...did these people not have any alarms or guards or anything like that? Or have them, but in a way that they were easily circumvented? It really shouldn't be this easy to let that many of any animal out, let alone something as dangerous as minks.

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