Mink do survive and thrive in the wild in the UK, and have become a serious pest. Of course, the mink-hound packs that hunt them will have to stop now.
I've always been under the impression that many extreme animal rights activists latch onto the issue because it's an easy, uncomplicated bandwagon to follow. Child poverty, the arms trade and other ethical areas are fraught with pitfalls, and quick and spectacular results aren't possible. Yet smash up a few cars, post some shit through a few letterboxes or burn down a building or two and you have instant catharsis, coupled with a feeling that you've really done your bit for cuddly creatures.
It's a lazy, simplistic and ultimately selfish form of terrorism, IMN-SHO. Yet a lot of people in the UK will have sympathy for them, not knowing what violent, sociopathic sods the hard-core activists can be. You can see old ladies in shopping centres every weekend signing petitions and donating money to the apparently unarguable cause of animal welfare.
Maybe they should take a look at what happens at the sharp end of that cause. These are just the activities that the activists are prepared to brag about.
They are terrorists - stupid, woolly-minded and naive terrorists. They have already seriously injured a 13-month old child and a six-year-old girl, and before long they will kill someone. Maybe then (Guest) Smiler will feel that something worhwhile has been achieved.