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Intruders broke into an Iowa mink farm and released 2,000 animals, an act a trade group called “terrorism” under federal law.

Animal rights advocates defend releases as compassionate, but industry officials argue the practice causes more harm than farm confinement.

BISMARCK, N.D. — One or more intruders broke into an Iowa mink farm and released 2,000 of the fur-bearing animals in what a trade group called a “terrorist act” under federal law.

Earlier this month, fencing was cut and pens and nest boxes were destroyed to release the mink, which are raised for their pelts, Fur Commission USA said. The farm is near Woodbine, Iowa, about 100 miles west of Des Moines.

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