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Oregon Officials Petitioned to Add Farmed Mink to State Prohibited Species List
PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a rulemaking petition today asking the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to add mink to the state’s prohibited species list. The petition ...
Center for Biological Diversity4y
Oregon Officials Urged to Stop Withholding Information Critical to Protecting Public Health After COVID-19 Outbreak at Oregon Mink Operation
Kate Brown, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Health Authority urging the release of information on a November outbreak of COVID-19 at a 12,000-animal mink-fur farming operation in ...
Animal Welfare Institute3y
A Call to Phase Out Mink Farms
But mink farms continue to operate in a number of states, including (as of 2017) Wisconsin (with 67 such farms), Utah (55), Idaho (23), Oregon (17), and Minnesota (13). Mink in the wild are remarkable ...
Mink pelts decline 10 percent in state
Minnesota, one of the nation’s leading mink producing states, placed fifth in 2007 pelt production behind Wisconsin, Utah, Oregon, and Idaho, according to the Minnesota Field Office of the ...
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As Industry Struggles, Who Are The World’s Biggest Fur Producers?
While fur coats and other fur clothing items remain status symbols in many cultures, fur producers have come under pressure for raising animals like mink in cruel conditions, for example in small ...