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| European
mink with radiocollar. |
European
mink |
European
mink |
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| European mink is a semiaquatic
carnivore. |
Alien American mink
- main cause for extinction |
Hybrid between European
mink and polecat caught from eastern Estonia. |
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| European
mink breeding center at Tallinn Zoo: start of the construction
in 1998. |
European
mink breeding center at Tallinn Zoo in 2001. |
View to
the enclosure of the European mink in breeding center at Tallinn
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| Service
corridor in the mink breeding facility in Tallinn Zoo. |
In side
of the mink enclosure (tube for providing live food during
pre-training of the mink). |
Captive
European mink behave strangely. |
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| Month-old
mink European mink pups in the Tallinn Zoo's breeding facilty. |
Month-old
pups of the European mink |
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| Frogs are
the most usual prey for mink in Hiiumaa. |
Live fish
for training of the mink before release. |
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| Injection
of microchip to the European mink. |
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Fixing
the collar to European mink. |
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| Fixing
the radiocollar to the European mink. |
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| Last seconds before
release. |
Prof. Hans Kruuk (June
2000) releasing the European mink in Hiiumaa Island. |
Prof. Hans Kruuk (UK)
ja Tiit Maran(Estonia) durignt he first releases in 2000.
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| Release
of the European mink (September 2000). |
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Release
of the European mink (September 2000). |
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Not all
the European manage to cope with natural conditions. |
Madis Põdra
radiotracking the released mink. |
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| European
mink caught during the retrapping of mink in March 2001. |
Madis
Põdra with re-trapped European mink in March 2001 |
Team
radiotracking European mink in Hiiumaa in 2001 (from upper
left): Tiit Maran (Estonia), Madis Põdra (Estonia),Simon
Hirst (UK), Thomas Churcher (UK), Riina Vaht (Estonia),Deborah
Randall(Canada), Polly Phillpot(UK), Tarique Samad(UK). |
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