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  2. Domestic mink - Wikipedia

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    Domestic mink differ from their wild ancestors, the American mink, in fur colour, size, thicker pelts, and higher tranquility. [1] Domesticated mink come from fur farms, and are the most common animal raised for their fur, with over 50 million farmed annually. [2] Debate has occurred whether the domestic mink is domesticated or not.

  3. Mink - Wikipedia

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    A wild male mink weighs about 1 kg (2 lb 3 oz) and is about 60 cm (23 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in length. Farm-bred males can reach 3.2 kg (7 lb 1 oz). The female weighs about 600 g (1 lb 5 oz) and reaches a length of about 50 cm (19 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). The sizes above do not include the tail, which can be from 12.8 to 22.8 cm (5 + 1 ⁄ 16 to 9 in). Mink fur ...

  4. Fur farming - Wikipedia

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    Today, 85 percent of the fur clothing industry's pelts come from animals raised on farms. The rest is from animals caught in the wild. The most farmed fur-bearing animal is the mink (50 million annually), followed by the fox (about 4 million annually). Asiatic and Finnish raccoon and chinchilla are also farmed for their fur.

  5. Steve VanderVeen: The fur trade in West Michigan - AOL

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  6. Animal welfare in the United States - Wikipedia

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    There are very few federal or state regulations on fur farming aside from labeling laws and bans on dog and cat fur trade. [47] Americans trap and kill more wild animals for fur than any other country (up to 7 million annually), and the number of animals killed has increased substantially in recent years due to international demand. The steel ...

  7. North American fur trade - Wikipedia

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    Modern fur trapping and trading in North America is part of a wider $15 billion global fur industry where wild animal pelts make up only 15 percent of total fur output. In 2008, the global recession hit the fur industry and trappers especially hard with greatly depressed fur prices thanks to a drop in the sale of expensive fur coats and hats.

  8. Thousands of mink on the loose in Pennsylvania. ‘Everywhere ...

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    Up to 8,000 mink are on the loose in Pennsylvania, and residents are being encouraged to stay away from them. Pennsylvania State Police troopers say someone cut holes in the fence of the Richard ...

  9. American Legend Cooperative - Wikipedia

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    It was acquired by North American Fur Auctions in 2018. The Great Lakes Mink Association (GLMA) was formed in 1941 by mink breeders in the Great Lakes region of the United States who bred a black-furred mink which they characterize as "the richest, deepest, most lustrous dark mink with the lightest, most flexible leather", and trademarked it as ...