On Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 8:08:11 AM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 6:46:36 PM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
> > > In article >,
> > > says...
> > > >
> > > > On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 3:33:32 PM UTC-4, Brice wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:51:54 -0400, Jack Granade >
> > > >
> > > > > All this hatred for an organisation that defends animals is an
> > > > > interesting psychological phenomenon. I think y'all can't handle that
> > > > > there are people with higher moral standards than you.
> > > >
> > > > Would that be the same organization whose members let lab animals and mink
> > > > outdoors to fend for themselves, when they are manifestly incapable
> > > > of doing so, to die of hunger and cold?
> > >
> > > The mink could and did fend for themselves by killing lots of fluffy
> > > bunnies and ickle groundnesting birds and every hen in my henhouse in
> > > just one night and all the peaceful white doves in my dovecot. St PETA
> > > is the patron saint of killer mink.
> > >
> > > Janet UK
> >
> > Were those wild mink?
>
> They are now :-(
>
> > Those from a mink farm have limited abilities to
> > do anything but eat Purina Mink Chow.
>
> Mink are not native to Britain, they are an invasive introduction.
>
> Only a century ago American mink were introduced for commercial fur
> farming (now banned). Escapes and intentional releases resulted in the
> feral American mink population that now breeds and thrives over much of
> rural UK.
> They are common along waterways. A right pain to rural poultry keepers
> and fish ponds, and a threat to several native species.
>
> https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy...nal-and-river-
> wildlife/the-rogues-gallery/american-mink
>
> https://www.nature.scot/plants-anima.../mammals/land-
> mammals/american-mink

Those comprise excellent reasons not to loose animals into the wild.
Well-meaning but essentially clueless animal rights activists should
just leave the animals where they are and use political/legal means
to achieve their goals.

Cindy Hamilton