Hundreds of the mink – that are not equipped to live in the wild – have been found dead near the farm they were released from.
Mark Stahl, a Northumberland County farmer who raises mink for their pelts, says the fence keeping the mink secured was cut in two places, allowing the mink to escape, according to aAbout 400 mink have died due to bacterial infections from unclean water and stress since then, Stahl says. He estimates another 50 mink were killed on nearby roads or killed by dogs.
“Whoever did this didn’t do these animals any favors. These mink are semi-domesticated, they don’t know how to protect themselves and they were released into an unknown environment where they can’t survive,” Stahl said. “They did more harm than good for these animals.” Residents have been live-trapping mink and dropping them off at The Sunbury Animal Hospital to return them to the farm, thePolice were called to the Richard Stahl Fur Farm early on Sept. 17 and found that someone cut the fence overnight, but state police have not made any arrests as of Thursday.the initially reported 6,000 to 8,000 escaped mink was incorrect and actually refers to the number of mink that were released from their pens into the farm’s fenced area.
Aaron Morrow of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s northeast region, says the number of escaped mink near the farm was estimated to be in the hundreds and the public should not make direct contact with any mink due to rabies concerns. Stahl suspects the fence was cut because harvesting season for farm-raised mink was approaching, according to
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