Shut down fur farms to control wild mink

DESPITE an earlier admission that it would be doomed to failure, the Department of the Environment’s National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is incredibly proceeding with a €1 million mink massacre.

In the NPWS-commissioned Review of Mink Predation and Control report, it is clear that as long as Ireland’s shameful fur farms remain, attempting to control mink is a waste of time and money.

“Escapes from fur farms continue to threaten the wildlife of Ireland by adding to the feral mink population, even if the feral population is managed,” it states. “Escapes from fur farms would invalidate any attempts to eradicate feral populations.”