LETTER: Mink menace
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Your support makes all the difference.I WAS interested to read the public response to nest robbers ("The osprey is back in the skies, and the thieves are in its nest", 21 May).
I wonder if many people realise that there is a far more menacing nest robber at large causing widespread havoc among the colonies of seabirds on offshore islands: mink.
Mink are not indigenous and are here purely as a result of escapees from mink farms. They have spread throughout the country and found a niche in which they have no natural predators. They tend to prey on waterside habitats and are causing a lot of damage.
There should be a concerted effort led by national organisations such as the RSPB to reduce if not eradicate these vermin.
Michael Murray
Crinan, Argyll
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