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German environmentalists say freed minks will die (11,000 of 17,000 released still on the loose)
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| 10/29/07
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Posted on 10/29/2007 9:18:44 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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animal rights activists,, doing the job even illegals won't.
One of thousands of minks set loose in Germany, 26 October. German conservationists have condemned the release of some 17,000 minks from a fur farm, apparently by animal rights activists, saying they are likely to starve in the wild and could disturb the ecological balance in the region.(AFP/File/Jens Schlueter)
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posted on
10/29/2007 9:19:29 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
speaking of starving, I wonder what minks taste like?
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posted on
10/29/2007 9:20:35 PM PDT
by
isom35
To: NormsRevenge
I don’t have tons of sympathy for the minks, they’re among the nastiest, most vicious animals in existence. Like furry Komodo dragons. Their coats are their only redeeming feature.
I hate enviro-Nazis.
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posted on
10/29/2007 9:22:26 PM PDT
by
Fairview
( Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.)
To: isom35
not sure, I used to have a trapper as a neighbor, he used to trap ‘em, not sure what he did with the rest of the mink after he harvested the skins.
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posted on
10/29/2007 9:23:44 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
To: NormsRevenge
"More than 50 soldiers, firemen and volunteers have been combing the woods around Grabow and have managed to catch about a third of the furry mammals..." Hopefully Carl is their leader...
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posted on
10/29/2007 9:29:40 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Fairview
Just what/where is the mink’s natural environment?
To: NormsRevenge
German conservationists on Monday condemned the freeing of some 17,000 minks from a fur farm, apparently by animal rights activists, saying they would starve in the wild
Um hello? Minks are wild animals, they're SUPPOSED to live in the wild! They survived thousands of years out in the elements, they'll be fine. It's what they naturally do, you know? Sheesh, you could at least get a degree in biology before you go mouthing off about animal welfare.
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posted on
10/29/2007 9:42:40 PM PDT
by
G8 Diplomat
(Pelosi--pissed off Turkey, supported SCHIP, really jerky, and full of sh|t)
To: Fairview
theyre among the nastiest, most vicious animals in existence.
Very true...even grizzly bears are afraid of them.
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posted on
10/29/2007 9:44:23 PM PDT
by
G8 Diplomat
(Pelosi--pissed off Turkey, supported SCHIP, really jerky, and full of sh|t)
To: NormsRevenge
"These animals are going to die of hunger." Small price to pay as long as a bunch of activists get to feel self-righteous, which is the important thing.
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posted on
10/29/2007 9:47:02 PM PDT
by
denydenydeny
(Expel the priest and you don't inaugurate the age of reason, you get the witch doctor--Paul Johnson)
To: NormsRevenge
He just proved what we call the stupid non thinking part of society. Obviously, these people don’t care about them either or they would have thought(if they had any brains)about this through.
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posted on
10/29/2007 10:02:32 PM PDT
by
freekitty
((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
To: isom35
I don’t think they would be vary good to eat, like most vermin. But you can always try. I would imagine it would be similar to muskrat, weasels, martin etc. They eat grubs, mice, rats, birds and what ever else they can catch, or find decaying on the ground.
Muskrat isn’t very tasty, I know that from experience. It’s tough and stringy, with strong ‘woody’ taste.
Blah.
To: freekitty
Also, these idiots aren’t in the save the animals mode anymore. They are nothing but laundering machines for the politicos and corporations. Someone should ask Hillary if she gets money from them too.
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posted on
10/29/2007 10:07:18 PM PDT
by
freekitty
((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
To: NormsRevenge
Enviro-wacktovism is as messed up as TROPism.
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posted on
10/29/2007 10:09:34 PM PDT
by
Duke Nukum
(He burns at the center of time and he sees the turn of the Universe.)
To: G8 Diplomat
"Um hello? Minks are wild animals, they're SUPPOSED to live in the wild! They survived thousands of years out in the elements, they'll be fine." But these are "tame" mink, raised in captivity. it's not like they were captured from the wild and put on mink farms. They haven't developed any hunting and gathering skills that a wild mink would have learned from it's mother mink. I don't even think mink are indigenous to Germany, their normal wild food sources may not be available.
To: G8 Diplomat
"theyre among the nastiest, most vicious animals in existence.Very true...even grizzly bears are afraid of them.
Ahh, No. Your thinking of a Badger. Mink can hold their own against simular sized rodents, but they don't go looking for trouble in general.
To: Nathan Zachary
But these are "tame" mink, raised in captivity.
If you released a house cat into the wild it could fend for itself. I'm pretty sure mink can too. As for their food source, they're carnivores, they eat stuff like mice, birds, even deer, all of which can be found in Germany.
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posted on
10/29/2007 10:15:11 PM PDT
by
G8 Diplomat
(Pelosi--pissed off Turkey, supported SCHIP, really jerky, and full of sh|t)
To: NormsRevenge
"...These American minks are going to upset the balance of the eco system. They will not be able to survive because they have not learnt to hunt..."Brilliant. I wonder how getting squashed by cars is "going to upset the balance of the eco system."
To: Nathan Zachary
I heard on a trip to Yellowstone that bears were afraid of them...maybe I’m misremembering. As for badgers, I hadn’t heard that they encounter grizzlies, but wolverines will take on grizzlies and cougars to defend their carcasses.
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posted on
10/29/2007 10:16:20 PM PDT
by
G8 Diplomat
(Pelosi--pissed off Turkey, supported SCHIP, really jerky, and full of sh|t)
To: isom35
Ask the other mink. I believe after a little while with no food that they turn on each other.
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posted on
10/29/2007 10:17:06 PM PDT
by
geopyg
(Don't wish for peace, pray for Victory.)
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