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Mink

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<p>One of the most pernicious predators of birds eggs and young chicks, especially waterbirds, is the invasive American mink</p>

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Anja Murray: Vital invasive mink control for wildlife conservation
Because they are native to north America, mink have no natural predators here and can wreak havoc on ground-nesting birds 
<p>A member of the weasel family, Mink is not natural to Ireland but was imported in the 1950s as part of a commercial fur production operation. Picture: Fran Veale</p>

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Government preparing plan to control mink
Mink farming is to resume in Denmark (Chris Ison/PA)

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Denmark to allow mink breeding to resume next year
Mink grown in fur farming.

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Fur farming industry dealt a killer blow with passing of new bill 
Denmark Minks

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Hundreds of culled mink resurface after burial in Denmark
Mink with Wet Fur

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Irish Examiner view: Mink no more
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Irish GPs warned of mutated Covid strain arriving from Denmark
 GPs told to maintain increased awareness of the possibility of Covid-19 in persons who have travelled from Denmark in the previous 14 days 

Tue, 10 Nov, 2020

Virus Outbreak Denmark Mink
Denmark wants to cull 15 million mink over Covid fears
The Danish government wants to cull all 15 million mink in the country’s farms, to minimise the risk of them retransmitting coronavirus to humans.

Wed, 04 Nov, 2020

Calls for bounty on mink to reduce population
Calls for bounty on mink to reduce population

ANYBODY trying to keep hens, or ducks, will know how difficult it is to protect them from predators. Foxes have always been a threat to poultry but, in some areas, mink are now regarded with equal dread in the coop.

Mon, 11 May, 2015

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