Not that I'm aware of. In this case it seems to have been an escapee.BjornP wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2020 12:01 amJust an educated guess, but I'd wager that mink farm had a visit by anti-fur activists at one or several times. Those guys are the main cause of the introduction of american mink into european habitats.Montegriffo wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:32 pm Talking of unpopular practices, there is a mink farm a couple of miles away from the farm and recently one has turned up here. We know it is here because it has been seen on one of the wildlife cameras.
American mink are not indigenous to the UK and can do serious damage to the local wildlife.
To be honest I was surprised to hear that we still have mink farms. It is very rare to see anyone in a fur coat these days. I'm guessing that the mink is mostly exported.