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#mink

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j.savila
This is an American mink, a harmful invasive species in Finland. It preys on the eggs of many water birds, which haven’t naturally evolved defenses against such a predator in the Finnish archipelago. To control its population, mink hunting is actively encouraged.
I took this photo in the Turku archipelago a couple of years ago. The mink was playing on the ice, rolling in the snow, climbing on the rocks, and diving into a hole it had made in the ice. Despite being an invasive species, it’s undeniably an adorable animal.

#Photography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #AmericanMink #Mink #Wildlife #Finland #BalticSea #ArchipelagoSea #TurkuArchipelago #Suomi #Itämeri #Saaristomeri #TurunSaaristo #Luontokuvaus #Valokuvaus
A mink running on the rocks. There is snow in the background.
#valokuvaus
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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖

Smaller industries were also shut down in Canada's #BritishColumbia, #Ireland, #Hungary and #France, while bans will come into effect in #Romania, #Latvia and #Lithuania in 2027 and 2028. The three latter countries are minor producers of #mink. A ban on #MinkFarming has come into effect in #Bulgaria.

An EU-wide ban could be decided on next year, which has the potential to change the industry profoundly once more.

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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖

Both of this has shrunk global production majorly. While it still surpassed 81 million #mink and #fox pelts in 2012 (and stood at almost 66 million in 2019),this had decreased to fewer than 15 million in 2023. Even outside of Europe, fur farmers have complained about falling demand amid broader awareness of animal mistreatment and farming practices. The world's largest producer, China, has seen production volumes fall on this background, another factor majorly influencing global production.

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Tim ☑️ 🔭🌃📷🚴🌳

If it weren't for the fact that american mink are a non-native invasive species destroying the local wildlife, I'd find them rather elegant and fuzzy...

First time of seeing one in the wild myself. Impressed at just how close we got (about 15' across a water channel).

#mink#americanmink#perthshire
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Charles Should

#Birdflu
the altered ecology of H5N1 has opened the door to new evolutionary pathways. #Dairy #cattle, farmed #mink or South American sea lions may have the potential to serve as new mammalian gateways for transmission of avian #influenza viruses to humans. In this Perspective, we explore the molecular and ecological factors driving the sudden expansion in H5N1 host range and assess the likelihood of different #zoonotic pathways leading to an #H5N1 #pandemic .
nature.com/articles/s41586-024

NatureThe global H5N1 influenza panzootic in mammals - NatureThis Perspective reviews the molecular and ecological factors that have driven the expansion in geographical distribution and host species range of H5N1 avian influenza viruses, leading to the current panzootic.
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Johan Pelck Olsen

Så, 350mio i løn til 110 mennesker er ca. 3mio pr person.

Og 205 medabejdere til godt 1500 sager er 7,5 sager pr medarbejder.

Lad os så sige at der ikke er blevet behandlet en eneste sag de sidste 4-5 år så vi starter i dag og hver medarbejder får det samme i årsløn som statsministeren, så har de stadig lige omkring 100 dage til at behandle hver sag. Mon ikke vi kan blive enige om at det så også er nok?

#dkpol #mink
dr.dk/nyheder/politik/mink-reg

DR · Mink-regningen vokser igen igen, men partier rynker brynene: Der er noget, som ikke stemmerForklaringen på, at det bliver en halv milliard dyrere end forventet at behandle minkavlernes erstatningssager, giver ikke mening, lyder det fra flere partier.
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