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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 ...
Center for Biological Diversity4y
Oregon Officials Petitioned to Add Farmed Mink to State Prohibited Species List
“We’re asking state wildlife regulators to do their job and take the action necessary to ensure that infected mink don’t spread this deadly virus to wild animals.” Mink are members of the mustelid ...
25 News Now5d
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 ...
The Roanoke Times12d
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 ...
Center for Biological Diversity1y
Gov. Kotek Called on to Address Growing Disease Risks on Mink Farms
Farmed mink in Europe are understood to have contracted HPAI from wild birds and then rapidly infected each other with the virus. “Fur factory farms pose a clear biosecurity risk to Oregonians and the ...
Northern Times16d
Steps taken to keep invasive mink out of Caithness and Sutherland
A Caithness-based countryside ranger has outlined issues faced by wildlife from the invasive American mink and steps taken to ...
Business Insider3y
The rise and fall of the real fur industry in the US
There was a time when a mink coat was the ultimate status item. It was seen as an investment piece passed down through generations. But grandma's mink coat may not be fought over anymore.
Animal Welfare Institute10d
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 ...