Burglars release 30,000 to 40,000 domesticated mink from Minnesota farm

[Disir]

EDEN VALLEY, Minn.—Anywhere from 30,000 to 40,000 mink are on the loose in Stearns County in central Minnesota after burglars entered a mink farm, cut a fence and opened cages to let them free.

The incident happened sometime between 10:30 p.m. Sunday, July 16, and 5:30 a.m. Monday, July 17, on Lang Farms LLC about 2.5 miles northwest of Eden Valley. That's about 30 miles southwest of St. Cloud.

The Stearns County Sheriff's Office responded to the burglary and vandalism just after 5:30 a.m. and reported that an unknown person or persons entered the property, dismantled areas of the exterior fence that surrounds the barns and released all of the mink from their cages.

Because the mink were domesticated they are not expected to survive in the wild, though some mink may survive initially and may be loose in the area, said the sheriff's report. The release took place adjacent to a wildlife management area and a wilderness preservation area.
Burglars release 30,000 to 40,000 domesticated mink from Minnesota...

I'd lay money it is some nitwit that thought they were sending a message and doin' all the good.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Bet they were deluded animal rights' activists "liberating" the poor terrified animals.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Bad day for chicken farmers.

Anyone ever eat mink?

 

[fncceo]

Thanksgiving for the local cougar population

 

[JGalt]

Minnesota is full of radical left animal-rights activists and Somalian terrorist cells.My guess is that wasn't the Somalians.

Anyone check and see what Al Franken was doing that morning?

 

[Syriusly]

EDEN VALLEY, Minn.—Anywhere from 30,000 to 40,000 mink are on the loose in Stearns County in central Minnesota after burglars entered a mink farm, cut a fence and opened cages to let them free.

The incident happened sometime between 10:30 p.m. Sunday, July 16, and 5:30 a.m. Monday, July 17, on Lang Farms LLC about 2.5 miles northwest of Eden Valley. That's about 30 miles southwest of St. Cloud.

The Stearns County Sheriff's Office responded to the burglary and vandalism just after 5:30 a.m. and reported that an unknown person or persons entered the property, dismantled areas of the exterior fence that surrounds the barns and released all of the mink from their cages.

Because the mink were domesticated they are not expected to survive in the wild, though some mink may survive initially and may be loose in the area, said the sheriff's report. The release took place adjacent to a wildlife management area and a wilderness preservation area.
Burglars release 30,000 to 40,000 domesticated mink from Minnesota...

I'd lay money it is some nitwit that thought they were sending a message and doin' all the good.

Idiots.

The minks themselves will suffer, the ones that don't die immediately will be a threat to chickens and native fauna.

Stupid thing to do- even if you oppose mink farming.

 

[tinydancer]

Oh those minks are soooooooooo freaking toast. Bloody idiots.

 

[WillowTree]

One way or another those minks were going to die!

 

[initforme]

non story nobody cares....I feel zero for the monk farmer not the mink...

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Minnesota is full of radical left animal-rights activists and Somalian terrorist cells.

Where is your evidence that Minnesota is full of Somalian terrorist cells?

 

[IsaacNewton]

Good thing they didn't liberate tea and toss it in a harbor. Nothing good could come from that, damn vandals.

 

[aris2chat]

the minks are not wild, most won't live long