Comments on: A Year on a Mink Farm. Part 4: Fur Time

By: Truth About Fur, voice of the North American fur trade

Truth About Fur, voice of the North American fur trade — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 09:37:42 +0000

We’d probably get on just fine if we actually met 🙂 In the real world, people who wear fur often form meaningful relationships with opponents of fur. I can’t help but wonder why you think the “luxury” of wearing mink is indefensible, and yet it’s acceptable for you to wear leather shoes just so your feet don’t blister when playing tennis. Everyone else manages to play tennis without leather shoes, and if it’s really that hard on your feet, you could just quit tennis.

By: Marcia Harris

Marcia Harris — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 00:04:55 +0000

I am one of those people you don’t like. ha I would never in my life wear a mink, unless my life depended on it. If I lived in the Yukon in a tepee, I would wear mink. I believe that I am the dominate species and if I need that animal to survive, I will not hesitate. However, I live in a home and synthetics have come a long, long way, though I am concerned about the petroleum used in them. I love the outdoors and spend as much time as I can there. I play tennis and wear leather tennis shoes because my feet would blister if I wore something else. Like I said, I use an animal if I need to. Wearing a mink is a luxury, and though I can afford it, that will never happen. I will NEVER have an animal spend it’s life deprived of the enjoyments it encounters in the wild for me to wear a coat to prove my prestige. I do appreciate that you euthanize them with CO2 rather than electrocuting them, but that isn’t enough for me.

By: Bill Dimzas

Bill Dimzas — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 21:28:16 +0000

Great explanation I am so happy to be a mink farmer even with this prices we love to work with the minks .

By: Peter Pemberton

Peter Pemberton — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 17:58:49 +0000

Great article,i helped do some vaccinating on a mink farm in Nova Scotia some years ago,my birth place and it was quite fascinating,cheers Peter Pemberton/Wild Land Trapping

By: ForeverGulls Photography

ForeverGulls Photography — Sat, 13 Feb 2016 23:34:58 +0000

We also use deceased mink from mink farms to educate young students about animal anatomy and physiology. Their bodies help aspiring doctors, nurses, and veterinarians learn organ systems and circulatory pathways better than any simulated model ever could! Afterwards the specimens are incinerated as bio waste or if they are very clean or well intact we preserve them in karosafe for future education.

By: Ross Hinter

Ross Hinter — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 03:44:13 +0000

Thank you for this four part article. It is interesting to learn how the whole process works. Good to see these kinds of things out there for those willing to learn.