How the American mink - described as an aggressive predator and threat to native wildlife - came to flourish in the wild in Northern Ireland.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts.A mink attack is different to that of other predators, she said.Annie and her colleagues have worked hard to mink proof the farm's coop since the attacks two years ago and are, naturally enough, on their guard.Her view is that, in the interests of wider conservation, the time may have come for authorities to consider controlling the mink population.
The Duke of Abercorn, the paper reported, had lost 32 pheasant chicks and two broody hens to mink attacks at his Barons Court estate that year. A threat to fish as well as to ducks and other birds, mink are prolific breeders. And, with no natural predators, their numbers have flourished.
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