Washington, DC—US Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) has reintroduced the Mink: Vectors for Infection Risk in the United States Act (Mink VIRUS Act), bipartisan legislation endorsed by the Animal Welfare ...

First, two alligators surprised kayakers on a western Pennsylvania river in summer 2023. Then there were two instances of fences cut and mink set free — first by the thousands, then by the hundreds.