Thousands of mink were released from their cages at a Pennsylvania mink farm this week and hundreds got out of a fenced area, escaping into the surrounding land in Northumberland County, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. An animal rights organization is promoting the action.
Pennsylvania state police were called to the Richard H. Stahl Sons farm around noon on Sunday after the farm reported that an unknown person, or possibly several people, cut holes in the fence surrounding the farm, and released between 6,000 and 8,000 mink from their pens, according to a public information release.
