Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends today’s filing of the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act in Illinois, which would protect public health and human safety by requiring ...

As Finland continues to grapple with a record-setting avian flu outbreak on at least five mink farms, resulting in the slaughter of tens of thousands of animals, scientists again warn that the H5N1 ...

Washington, DC—US Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) has introduced legislation to phase out US mink farms within one year and establish a grant program to reimburse farmers for the full value of their ...

The owner of Tonn's Mink Farm said about 600 of nearly 2,000 released animals remain missing. Dennis Tonn said a trespasser came on his business property and cut fencing to release the animals. Tonn ...

Hundreds of mink have been reported dead since being maliciously released from a Northumberland County fur farm on Sunday, Sept. 17. Mark Stahl, a Northumberland County farmer who raises mink for ...

Authorities are scrambling to recover thousands of mink that were released from a Pennsylvania farm. On Sunday morning, one or more suspects broke into a mink farm in Rockefeller Township, about 85 ...

The number of mink on the loose in Northumberland County is likely far fewer than initially reported, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, after the animals were set free from a fur farm on ...

Thousands of mink were released from their cages at a northwestern Ohio farm in an overnight breaking and entering episode, authorities said Tuesday. Between 25,000 and 40,000 mink were let loose ...

Workers at a fur farm in western Wisconsin are trying to recapture thousands of mink that were released last week, apparently during a raid by animal activists, authorities said. The Trempealeau ...

As many as 8,000 mink are on the loose after escaping from a Pennsylvania farm — posing a serious threat to wildlife and pets in the community. An unknown vandal crept onto the Rockefeller Township ...

The comments by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen came after a report called the government’s decision in 2020 to kill some 17 million mink over coronavirus fears illegal. By Emma Bubola Isabella Kwai ...