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Mink may thrive in captivity but they miss having water to romp about in.

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Figure 1: A caged American mink (Mustela vison).

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  1. Zoology Department, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK

    Georgia J. Mason & Catherine Clarebrough

  2. School of Agriculture and Horticulture, De Montfort University, Caythorpe Court, Caythorpe, NG32 3EP, Lincolnshire, UK

    Jonathan Cooper

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Mason, G., Cooper, J. & Clarebrough, C. Frustrations of fur-farmed mink. Nature 410, 35–36 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35065157

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