Millions of foxes, rabbits, chinchillas, raccoons, minks, coyotes and, yes, dogs are cruelly raised and viciously slaughtered for fur.

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Coming through the lobby again, I looked out through the doors and saw a pair of minks creep over the harbor wall.

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When military planes flew past at low altitudes, the adult minks apparently became so frightened that they turned on their young and bit them to death.

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The British Vole Club blames the imported American minks - many of which have escaped into the wild from farms - for the decline in voles.

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