3,000 Mink Escape From a Wisconsin Farm

You try, OP

Skin the enviro terrorist and make a coat out of its skin.

I suppose it's not going to hurt anything in Wisconsin but they're still vermin-adjacent as far as I'm concerned.

Ferrets with better fur coats.

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Team Mink!

Run, my babies. Run!

I always found Mink Stole hot in the early Waters movies.

Someone should release the foxes kept in small cages for fur and breeding. I love foxes 🦊!

HERO, Now he/she/they/them needs to release the Owls, coyotes and black bears so he/she/they/them doesn't cause a Natural disaster!

Oh wow. That's so weird. Who would do such a thing?

[quote] Someone should release the foxes kept in small cages for fur and breeding.

Ok, I’ll get right on that.

What becomes a mink most?

Minks are native to Wisconsin (and most of North America except for the desert areas). They are not endangered in any way. Those escapees will do just fine.

These animals were born and raised in captivity for generations.

Released into the "wild" only dooms them to starvation, predation and likely road kill.

Well intended but not well thought out.

I used to see wild mink in an office park I used to work. They smell bad, they are afraid of NOTHING, and are compelling to watch. I spent a lunch break once watching a mama mink swim away from her den, grab an animal (crayfish, frog, baby turtle) and bring it back to the den for her babies, and repeat. It was impressive. Then she saw me and chased me the fuck out of there.

Is there still a market for fur?

Even if minks are native to Wisconsin, releasing 3000 of them that were born in captivity is a stupid idea.

As r15 notes, they are NOT cuddly and cute animals.

The next Pixar movie?

[quote] Released into the "wild" only dooms them to starvation, predation and likely road kill.

That’s nonsense. Weasels, ferrets etc are so active and aggressive, even the ones raised in captivity will immediately pounce on prey. While it might be more challenging for them than a wild born minx, they’ll be fine.

There are actually feral populations of mink along the waters of Europe. They’re not native to Europe. So these are releases or escapees. If they’re helpless if human raised, how did they establish themselves in Europe?

Would 3000 extra mink and their offspring (and theirs, etc.) hurt the ecosystem?

[QUOTE]Is there still a market for fur?

Good question. Over the years,, there's definitely been a noticeable drop in the number of people wearing fur. Maybe for overseas markets?

Wow. I had no idea they were so aggressive. This guy uses the as pest control.

Releasing 3000 in a concentrated area is going to fuck up the ecosystem for a while.

Don’t they carry covid?

What does one do with 240 disease-ridden rat corpses? Bury or burn?

Perverted, to keep animals like this in the first place.

First time I ever felt sorry for rats.

I wonder if the releaser was attacked

Saucy minks!

R21 That guy is cute

Dollface thread.

Shit.

Take back your mink to from whence it came!

Good for whoever did it.

These minks were doomed. Either they stayed put and were skinned (often alive) for their pelts, or they escape into the wilderness and fend for themselves, which is probably a lot better than the former.

I thought they didn't make mink stoles anymore?