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Department of Zoology

 
Mink will feast on any wildfowl they can catch - including chicks. Credit Terje Kolaas

A new generation of trappers is ending a catastrophic UK invasion

The Zoology Department's Professor Bill Amos has made strong strides with a new approach to eradicating the invasive species; "Mink are powerful animals for their size - they'll even go for birds as big as herons. They're savaging a lot of our native species" 

Read the full University of Cambridge article here - The mink must go

Read The Times' article here - Mink could be eradicated after decades of killing native wildlife