Over 1,000 mink were released from an Iowa farm in what Fur Commission USA called a terrorist act.

The family-run mink farm located near Woodbine, Iowa, was invaded on Oct. 20 between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. The intruder cut through fencing, destroyed animal housing and released more than 1,000 mink, according to a news release by Fur Commission USA.

The intruder has not yet been found and the act could have been done by more than one person.

“This was not activism — it was terrorism,” said Challis Hobbs, executive director of Fur Commission USA, in a news release. “Breaking into a lawful business, destroying property, and releasing animals to suffer and die is a violent crime. These extremist attacks put families, animals, and rural communities in danger.”

The U.S. Department of Agricultu

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