mink
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Batford Springs was chosen after the trust installed a raft at the site to monitor mink numbers.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Jacobs fished out the long mink her grandmother left her years ago and took it to a Manhattan furrier to give it a second act.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
In 2020, it ordered the culling of all roughly 17 million farm-raised mink in Denmark to stop the spread of a coronavirus mutation, a directive it later admitted had no legal grounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
It has led to the deaths of more than 400 million poultry worldwide and has infected dairy cows, mink, foxes, bears, otters, and many other mammals and wild birds.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2026
“Hong Kong ladies,” she said, eyeing two finely dressed women in long, dark mink coats and perfect black hairdos.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
Amid a worrying Covid variant outbreak among minks -- when Denmark was the largest exporter of their furs -- she ordered the culling of some 17 million minks, an order which was later ruled illegal.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
It’s also been extremely deadly in seals, sea lions and minks.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2024
"It's a super rare mutation," says Stankowich, who has studied mustelids, a group that includes badgers, minks, and weasels.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 12, 2024
However, there are documented cases of H5N1 spreading in mammalian populations, ranging from minks to sea lions and dolphins, raising concern about human-to-human spread.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2023
“I have to help my brother skin the minks at his mink farm this afternoon and I may fall behind a bit.”
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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