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Attack of the Emancipated Mustelids
Emancipated Mustelids would make a great name for a rock band.An animal rights groupâs plan to free 10,000 mink from a farm turned deadly after many of the emancipated mustelids became cannibals while others went on a carnivorous feeding frenzy. About 9,000 of the freed mink have been returned to Roesler Brothers Fur Farm since the Aug. 25 break-in, but keeping them alive has been a challenge. Normally, only siblings are caged together, but workers cannot readily determine which of the recaptured mink are related, said Kate Roesler. Days after the break-in, starving mink attacked a menagerie of exotic birds, a flock of chickens and even a Labrador retriever. No word on the fate of the missing baby ducks A few mink have been seen recently eating fish along local rivers and one turned up last week at a fruit stand on the edge of this town about 40 miles northeast of Seattle. Only in Seattle would you find a fruit eating mink. Ok, stop with the jokes, this is a family site. The Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility and the FBI is investigating. I wonât hold my breath. No arrests have been reported. See: investigating, FBI Fur Commission USA is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrests and convictions of those responsible. My money is on the bounty hunters Posted by: Steve 2003-10-03 |
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