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Break-in at Ohio farm releases as many as 40,000 carnivorous mink into the wild, police say

England my lionheart

Rockerjahili Rebel
Premium Member
Really! Wow! Those are some bad-donkeyed predators. I am not messing with them.

In a place called Cornwall UK the same thing happened,animal rights group let hundreds loose and caused devastation to fish stocks birds rabbits even crayfish,you think they’re bad,non native species are devastating,Cane Toads Australia Lewis Miller,Stoats weasels and Cats New Zealand,it never ends well but non are as bad as us.
 

Wildswanderer

Veteran Member

Wildswanderer

Veteran Member
BTW, wild mink and ranch mink are totally different.
Sure, they are both the same species, but the ranch mink that I have handled are much bigger on average and the fur is not as fine.
I used to catch one once in a while because we had a small mink ranch in the area and some escaped apparently. The fur would bring about half what a wild mink brought.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
In a place called Cornwall UK the same thing happened,animal rights group let hundreds loose and caused devastation to fish stocks birds rabbits even crayfish,you think they’re bad,non native species are devastating,Cane Toads Australia Lewis Miller,Stoats weasels and Cats New Zealand,it never ends well but non are as bad as us.

And American mink are an invasive species in Europe. Did they release American mink? I am not sure from your post, but not only would the vast majority quickly die, those that survived would continue to play havoc with the local ecosystems for generations.
 

Twilight Hue

Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
And they will almost all quickly starve to death. Though they could be a hazard to small pets and any small mammals in the area. So rats and mice may temporarily disappear. But there will not be enough of them to sustain the minks. And a cat wandering outside could be a target.
I'm sure the dogs will get a few extra snacks.
 

Wildswanderer

Veteran Member
And American mink are an invasive species in Europe. Did they release American mink? I am not sure from your post, but not only would the vast majority quickly die, those that survived would continue to play havoc with the local ecosystems for generations.
I think the problem in England was partly that the mink have no predators, well maybe red fox, but I doubt they kill many. They eradicated a lot of the predators over there. They pay people to trap mink, I believe.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
I think the problem in England was partly that the mink have no predators, well maybe red fox, but I doubt they kill many. They eradicated a lot of the predators over there. They pay people to trap mink, I believe.

Yes, they fit into a niche not well filled by other competitors. Larger than a stoat and smaller than a fox.
 

England my lionheart

Rockerjahili Rebel
Premium Member
And American mink are an invasive species in Europe. Did they release American mink? I am not sure from your post, but not only would the vast majority quickly die, those that survived would continue to play havoc with the local ecosystems for generations.

Yes animal rights activists released them from a fur farm,at the moment we have another invader,the American signal crayfish,they’re like a plague now but they taste ok.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
Yes animal rights activists released them from a fur farm,at the moment we have another invader,the American signal crayfish,they’re like a plague now but they taste ok.
That's nothing. In Florida some of the invasive species are Burmese pythons and iguanas. Both can be hunted any time of the year and businesses regularly pay for people to come and take care of their iguana problems. The Burmese python can get over 20 feet long in Florida. Yikes!
 

England my lionheart

Rockerjahili Rebel
Premium Member
That's nothing. In Florida some of the invasive species are Burmese pythons and iguanas. Both can be hunted any time of the year and businesses regularly pay for people to come and take care of their iguana problems. The Burmese python can get over 20 feet long in Florida. Yikes!

I’ve seen the snake problem on YouTube,I guess it’s a perfect environment for them in Florida,I’m glad they’re not here lol.
 
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