Hundreds of mink have been reported dead since being maliciously released from a Northumberland County fur farm on Sunday, Sept. 17. Mark Stahl, a Northumberland County farmer who raises mink for ...

In early August 2023, Finland’s food authority ordered three of the nation’s fur farms to slaughter 50,000 of their animals. The purpose was not to create new fur coats, but to stop a virus: the H5N1 ...

Thousands of mink were released from their cages at a mink farm in northwest Ohio overnight Monday, police say. The property owner first said 25,000 to 40,000 mink were released from their cages after ...

Washington, DC—US Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) has introduced legislation to phase out US mink farms within one year and establish a grant program to reimburse farmers for the full value of their ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends today’s filing of the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act, which would end mink farming in Illinois to protect human health. Sponsored by ...

Trespassers targeted a mink farm in the Massillon area late July 2 or early July 3, cut through a fence and released about 2,000 mink, the Fur Commission USA said. The Stark County Sheriff's Office ...

The number of mink on the loose in Northumberland County is likely far fewer than initially reported, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, after the animals were set free from a fur farm on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mink farmer and fur trader Erik Vammen, 62, works in a shed that formerly housed mink at the Semper Avanti mink farm during the ...

SPRINGFIELD — For over 65 years, Bernice and Frank Monteleone have been raising minks on their farm in Elgin. The couple bought their first mink in 1959 — a red female who was pregnant at the time.

When people picture a mink, they often jump straight to fur — big, elaborate coats like Cruella de Vil’s in Disney’s animated 101 Dalmatians. They’re not wrong: the fur trade helped shape early Oregon ...

Authorities are scrambling to recover thousands of mink that were released from a Pennsylvania farm. On Sunday morning, one or more suspects broke into a mink farm in Rockefeller Township, about 85 ...

WISCONSIN (WKOW) -- The man who raided a Wisconsin mink farm in 1997 is sharing his story after the same farm was raided again. Trempealeau County investigators are looking to track down the person(s) ...