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Two arrested after allegedly releasing hundreds of mink
Officials state hundreds of Mink were released from a Mink Farm in Northumberland County. According to the Pennsylvania State Police on October 19 around 12:53 a.m. PSP Stonington responded to the ...
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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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Life and death in fur farming
Jo-Anne McArthur (Canada) shows American mink kits fighting for space in a nest box on a fur farm. Conducting investigations into animal cruelty is dangerous, but for Jo-Anne it is important to ...
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Over fear of bird flu outbreak, IL lawmakers want to regulate the mink trade
A key worry with unregulated mink farms is the spread of disease. According to advocates, mink’s have a similar lung system ...
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Denmark to Cull 17 Million Mink Amid SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Concerns
According to government officials in Denmark, mink raised on Danish farms carry a mutated version of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is less sensitive to antibodies, which they say might thwart vaccine ...
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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 Public Health Committee of the Illinois House of Representatives. The bill ...
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Over fear of bird flu outbreak, IL lawmakers want to regulate the mink trade
"Nothing in the state and nothing at the federal level. We know literally nothing of what goes on inside a mink farm." A spokesperson for the U.S. fur commission travelled from Idaho to speak at ...