Christine Animal Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 2500 to 3000 mink escaped last night from a mink farm at Saint-Cybranet near Domme.Trois mille visons en fuite en Dordogne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 I hear that there are pompiers from all over the Dordogne running round St Cybranet with nets !What a disaster for the local wildlife.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 But if these places didn't exist, it couldn't happen, 5000 of them there apparently.http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/dordogne-3000-visons-s-enfuient-de-leur-elevage-16-10-2009-677059.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 [quote user="Christine Animal"]But if these places didn't exist, it couldn't happen, 5000 of them there apparently.http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/dordogne-3000-visons-s-enfuient-de-leur-elevage-16-10-2009-677059.php [/quote]Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doris day Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Does anyone know how successful they've been in recapturing these animals? I was astonished to read that this fur farm existed. Dunno why, I just thought there wouldn't be the demand anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Did they escape or were they released?I only ask because many years ago animal rights activists famously 'liberated' many mink from a farm on the Romney Marsh in Kent. I'm not sure the wildlife has recovered yet as mink are very efficient and vicious predators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 [quote user="Pierre ZFP"]Did they escape or were they released?[/quote]They were released. It was described as a "malicious act" in the press story.RegardsPickles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiffanyS<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><U>hometown.aol.co.uktiffanystacpooleanimalmatters.html<U><FONT><P> Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 According to the son of the farm owner who is, oddly enough, at school with my daughter, 5000 were released and 4500 have been recaptured. I did see one the other day. They are quite brave, but look a little lost. There seem to be quite a lot being killed on the roads around here and our local shop owner found one in her garden two days ago. We are over eight miles from St Cybranet. Anyone coming onto contact with these mink should immediately contact the Mairie, Pompiers or Gendarmerie. Mink can be nasty. Especially hungry ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miquette Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I live nearby too...Our cat went missing last night and we have seen 5 of these Mink's close to the house. I phoned the owner and told her of our predicament and could they come now as my husband was holding them 'Captive' her reply - No we are eating our lunch - I have no sympathy at the moment with the thought of my cat that may have been taken or eaten by one and she could'nt be bothered to put down her knife and fork to come and retrive some of her/their livelyhood, our Mayor was alot more sympathetic and came immediately. I told the person (the owner of the mink farm) concerned I would get a local farmer to shoot them - I was told you have no right...Did the Mink have a right to take my cat??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 [quote user="Pierre ZFP"]Did they escape or were they released?I only ask because many years ago animal rights activists famously 'liberated' many mink from a farm on the Romney Marsh in Kent. I'm not sure the wildlife has recovered yet as mink are very efficient and vicious predators[/quote]I lived there for 10 years, didn't even know there was a mink farm there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Araucaria Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I lived nearby - I think the mink farm was in Sellindge, and not down on the marsh, and shortly afterwards we had a couple of mink in our garden. I saw them - attractive looking animals, but they still killed our ducks. It was certainly convenient to blame animal rights activists - I am not sure that any group actually claimed to be responsible. But it may just have been poor security. If they are hard to keep out of your garden, they are presumably equally (more?) difficult to keep penned in (and in cramped conditions too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 The earliest release in UK was the owners that couldn't make it pay.It's easy nowdays to blame AR activists when it's an insurance job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doris day Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I think we should keep this thread going. I am so sorry for folk who have lost animals to these things. It is yet another lesson in why we shouldn't keep none native species - under any conditions. These poor animals shouldn't have been there in the first place. Does anyone know how many have been recaptured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Never mind 'recapture' It's hunting season. I'm not normally in favour of hunting but in this case, blow their heads off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I understand what you are trying to say DD but I wish it were that simple.A few non-english species and sub-species you might like to consider:1. Rabbits - supposed imported by the Romans2. Pheasants - Romans or Normans3. Hens - originally from SE Asia4. Collar doves - Indianand if we then get into breeds......................Texel sheepLimousin CattleFresians the list goes on and on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I read in yesterday's Sudouest that they are now employing specialist trappers to try to get the last ones. Apparently there are about 300 wild European mink in the Dordogne and they are anxious for their continued survival.I'm sure I heard somewhere that there are over 100 introduced species in the UK.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Mink shouldn't be farmed.Everything points to an insurance job as in a very poor economic climate mink coats are not going to sell too well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I cant remember when I last saw a woman in a mink coat.....I thought they were in the past like the dead foxes smelling of moth balls old ladies draped round their necks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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