> > From: Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/12/09 Fri PM 02:31:22 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Re: No fur, No photos > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Some of them (whether real activists or otherwise) have done > > considerable harm to the ecology of the UK. In my surveys > > of freshwater bodies here, I find considerably more Mink > > ("freed" en masse from UK fur farms) than Water Voles. > > As Mink predate Water Voles, this is not suprising. > > Mink also eat chicks and eggs. I am waiting for the link to > > dramatic drops in songbird numbers to be made. > > The first recognition of wild mink in Norway was 1927, following a > mass-escape from a pelt farm on the west coast. By now, they are well > established in the whole country. In the sixties, up to 17000 mink > were shot yearly. In the same period, the wild ferret or polecat, has > declined and almost disappeared from the fauna. A connection is > suspected, but not proven. > > I'm not sure if songbirds are particularly affected, as the mink finds > almost all its food close to water. Crayfish and waterfowl seems to be > most affected over here, rather than songbirds. >
You've got more water than us. 8-) Seriously, predators will turn their hand to other things once their main (spelled "easy") prey is gone or reduced to negligence. I suspect, without a shred of real evidence, that this is the case here. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
