> ----- 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.
And how did this mass escape come about? Was it because they were released
by animal rights activists, or because the farm didn't take proper care of
his fences, or did the mink dig tunnels under vaulting horses?
Bob
