mink farms

Someone cut through the fence at a mink farm in Turner, Oregon overnight and released about 1,500 animals while families slept on the property. Around 80 have been found. Authorities are investigating it as a criminal act.

The Oregon Department of Agriculture has filed a temporary emergency rule requiring all mink ranchers to vaccinate their animals against COVID-19. Officials are looking to stop the virus from mutating in mink and being passed back to humans ...

The Oregon Department of Agriculture has filed an Emergency Temporary Rule (603-011-0680) requiring Oregon mink operators to vaccinate all captive mink on their premises against SARS-CoV-2 and participate in surveillance testing. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans ...

Legislation under debate in the Oregon Senate would phase out mink farming in the state by the end of 2021. State Senator Floyd Prozanski said his legislation, Senate Bill 832, follows similar actions taken by Ireland and the Netherlands to permanently close all mink farms and discontinue mink-breeding programs in order to protect public health against the spread of COVID-19 and other diseases.