tonya
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I've seen several posts about Otters but do Mink affect the fishing in rivers and lakes much?
I know that Otters kill Mink.
I know that Otters kill Mink.
Another species that should not be here! Uttery brainless animal liberation morons let them lose to the detriment of our indigenous wildlife birds, water voles etc. They are killed by otters.
Mink will kill anything, i have witnessed a full grown Mallard being taken under water and drowned by a Mink, a small stream i fish locally is almost devoid of Kingfishers because of mink, they are the I S of the natural world, if you see one kill it!
Don't know how true it is but I have been told that if there are mink about there wont be any rats as the mink kill them? I would rather have none of the bloody things, mink released by idiots rats kept at fisheries through rubbish left by people.
Don't know how true it is but I have been told that if there are mink about there wont be any rats as the mink kill them? I would rather have none of the bloody things, mink released by idiots rats kept at fisheries through rubbish left by people.
A few years ago, on the R.Lark in Norfolk (Cambridge?) I saw a weasel kill a rabbit 5-6 times its size and push, pull, cajole its victim down the embankment, across the road and into a hedgerow. 'Determined' wasn't the word!
Don't confuse rats with water voles.
I'm not confusing the two....blaming mink for the demise of voles is bullshine.
The reason voles have declined so rapidly is because of pollution and habitat destruction etc etc. I know of pools and streams that used to be full of voles (I used to shoot a few for me ferrets now and then when I was fishing) and the pools where filled in and the streams became thick with pollution...voles exterminated.
Mink are an invasive species we all know that but using them as an excuse for the demise of a species as some people are when there are other far greater issues that are having a much more serious impact is just daft.