Study to examine mink question

AT one time, mink coats were fashionable among stylish folk, but the animal that provided them has now become a pest in parts of Ireland.

First brought here when fur-producing mink farms were being set up in the 1950s, American mink have been found in the wild in many areas of the country for many years and are now part of rural folklore.

Some of the mink escaped from the farms, or were deliberately set free, and quickly became established in the wild.