The Animal Liberation Front is active in South Dakota:
WATERTOWN, S.D. - A man convicted in federal court in Wisconsin for releasing mink from farms in three states now faces state charges in Watertown.
Peter Daniel Young is charged in the release of hundreds of mink from the Turbak Mink Ranch near Kranzburg in 1997, said Codington County State's Attorney Vince Foley.
Young was indicted in 1998 on federal charges for releasing mink at farms in South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin. After being a fugitive for several years, he pleaded guilty in a plea bargain to federal charges of animal enterprise terrorism and was sentenced to two years in prison.
Federal investigators said they believe Young is connected with the Animal Liberation Front, a radical group that has attempted to destroy animal-related industries it considers inhumane.
Foley said the state charges of third degree burglary, intentional damage to property and animal enterprise trespass were filed against Young after discussions with the state attorney general's office and the owners of the now-defunct mink ranch.
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