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—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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 2,000 mink, similar to this one shown in a photo from the Ohio Division of Wildlife, were released last week from Tonn's ...

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 ...

ASSOCIATED PRESS - One or more intruders broke into an Iowa mink farm and released 2,000 of the furbearing animals in what a trade group called a “terrorist act” under federal law. Sometime overnight ...

In early August 2023, Finland’s food authority ordered three of the nation’s fur farms to slaughter 50,000 of their animals. The purpose was not to create new fur coats, but to stop a virus: the H5N1 ...

SUNBURY — ”Pure and simple, it was a terroristic attack” is how the executive director of the Fur Commission USA describes the release of 700 mink from their cages at a Northumberland County farm.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Intruders broke into an Iowa mink farm and released 2,000 animals, an act a trade group called “terrorism” under ...