An Ontario fur auction house says they have no connection to an American fur and urine farm where hundreds of animals, such as coyotes and foxes, were kept in “disturbing” conditions.

The Humane Society said in a news release on Tuesday that it rescued 250 animals from the Grand River Fur Exchange, a farm in the township of Hartsgrove, Ohio, roughly a one-hour drive from Cleveland. The animals were kept for their fur as well as their urine. (Coyote urine can be “used, or marketed, for dubious purposes, including to deter deer from gardens,” the Humane Society said.)