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That tamed mink is absolutely relaxed. Such an animal would likely serve as an excellent pet, but the regulatory and cultural obstacles are almost certainly in
by _Adam 10y ago
That tamed mink is absolutely relaxed. Such an animal would likely serve as an excellent pet, but the regulatory and cultural obstacles are almost certainly insurmountable.
Even genetic evolution moves faster than our regulatory system!
- jahnu 10y agoMight be other problems though with a tame but undomesticated animal. Do they smell bad? Can they control their bladders etc? Carry pests or other undesirable bacteria etc?
- pjc50 10y agoFeral mink are a serious threat to other, more endangered species of small animal: http://www.scotsman.com/news/invasive-mink-killing-native-wildlife-in-highlands-1-3482305 http://www.scotsman.com/news/invasive-mink-killing-native-wi...
- wtbob 10y agoAre feral dogs and cats not, though? I.e., we accept the risk of pet cats and dogs escaping into the wild and reproducing, and they are quite savage hunters when they need to be (cats, IIRC, even kill just for sport).
- pjc50 10y agoNot to the same extent, it seems - although probably that's because people have been drilled into neutering their pets for decades. Some places do have feral dog problems. The Scottish Wildcat is also threatened by interbreeding with domestic cats - an unusual form of extinction where it simply becomes indistinguishable as a species.