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Wildlife experts thrilled to discover rare species thriving in unexpected location: 'We've been looking for them for decades'
"We didn't know they were up there." Wildlife experts thrilled to discover rare species thriving in unexpected location: ...
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Mink Legislation Reintroduced to Protect Public Health and Compensate Farmers
Vectors for Infection Risk in the United States Act (Mink VIRUS Act), bipartisan legislation endorsed by the Animal Welfare ...
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WATCH: Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center caring for rare mink
ROANOKE, Va – The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center is caring for a very rare and special critter. This American Mink came ...
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The rise and fall of the real fur industry in the US
But grandma's mink coat may not be fought over anymore. Animal rights campaigns, government regulations, and changing trends have pushed the fur industry into decline. Back in the day, working in ...
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Why Fur Is Back in Fashion
At the auction I asked a broker who has a mink farm in China if that country has made much progress on animal welfare. He bristled, then tersely answered, “Not much.” A worker, not visible ...
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American mink being cared for at Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center
The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center received its first American Mink in more than 5 years. The last time the center had a ...
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Illinois Bill Requiring Disease Monitoring on Mink Farms Passes House Committee
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) celebrates today’s passage of the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act (H.B. 2627) in the ...
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Gov. Kotek Called on to Address Growing Disease Risks on Mink Farms
SALEM, Ore.— Wildlife-advocacy and animal-protection groups sent an urgent letter today calling on Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and state officials to address mink fur farms’ escalating threats to public ...
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What killed four parrots at Jackson Zoo? Here's how officials think it happened
Closely spaced pairs of canine tooth marks are sign of a mink kill. Mink will attack animals up to the size of a chicken, duck, rabbit, or muskrat." Muhammad said the zoo reported the deaths of ...