The mink belongs to the family Mustelidae in the animal kingdom, which includes other animals such as weasels and ferrets. There are two living species of mink which is the American Mink, as pictured below and the European mink.
The fur of the American mink has been prized for clothing, with it often being the fur choice for women over the years. More recently, there has been a distinct decline in fur clothing which is a direct result of the animal activism that occurred in the 1990s.
American minks can often be found throughout Europe due to the actions of animal rights activists who released many minks from the farms where they were being reared for their fur. The American mink is more hardy than the European mink and it has contributed to the decline of the numbers of European mink and has been classed as invasive.
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