This bill is a response to the urgent public health threat posed by mink farms, where mink incubate diseases such as COVID-19 and avian influenza. The Mink VIRUS Act (H.R. 2185) would phase out US ...

Officials state hundreds of Mink were released from a Mink Farm in Northumberland County. According to the Pennsylvania State Police on October 19 around 12:53 a.m. PSP Stonington responded to the ...

Wildlife-advocacy and animal-protection groups sent an urgent letter today calling on Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and state officials to address mink fur farms’ escalating threats to public health and ...

This legislation, sponsored by state Rep. Joyce Mason (D-61), would protect public health and human safety by requiring disease prevention and surveillance measures at farms that raise and slaughter ...