I will not give way on the subject of mink.
Perhaps the terrain in America where they were released was unsuitable, but in the UK and in my area in particular, mink thrive in the wild...Whether this is for the long term good of the indigenous species is another question.

On the subject of protesters, "economic terrorism" as practiced by the Animal rights movement will soon become a model for disenfrachised grouping both here and in the USA.
Given the direction being taken by the Bush regime, I think we are going to see rather a lot of it.

Maybe the left in America who have been cheated of power twice in the last decade will at last decide on direct action...Ake