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 ...

SALEM, Ore.— 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 ...