When the mink kick up a stink

DR MIKE SWAN IS HEAD OF EDUCATION AND THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL ADVISER FOR THE GAME & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST

With all the news about new rules for trapping stoats, and changes to general licences for corvid control, it’s easy to forget that there are other predators out there that we need to address, and now is a good time to be on the case. With most of our game nesting, and lots of other wildlife that stands to benefit from our activities, spring is a key time to control common generalists, including the American mink.

In the late 1960s, my father spent several