Government shuts down mink farming for good
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The government has announced a permanent end to mink farming, delivering a final blow to an industry that has spent years in a state of terminal uncertainty. While the Mink Association expressed surprise at the sudden finality, farmers say they were misled by a government that promised a future it had no intention of delivering.
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