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ALERT AFTER MINK RELEASED FROM FUR FARM
Police have issued an urgent alert
after more than 7,000 mink were
released from their cages on a farm.
The animals were freed early this
morning from the farm in Onneley, near
Madeley in Staffordshire.
Police said most were contained on
the farm but that some 2,000 were on
the loose.
Farmer Len Kelsall blamed animal
activists and said he had been targeted
by demonstrators in the past.
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