Activists accused by FBI of releasing 5,740 farm mink

July 25, 2015 at 12:00a.m.

Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif.

Two animal-rights activists have been charged with terrorizing the fur industry during cross-country road trips in which they released about 5,740 mink from farms and vandalized the homes and businesses of industry members.

The FBI says 31-year-old Joseph Brian Buddenberg and 28-year-old Nicole Juanita Kissane, of Oakland, Calif., were arrested there Friday by its Joint Terrorism Task Force.