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Mink reign supreme

I just read your article “The Usual Suspects” (Mar/Apr ’22). I noticed mink were not mentioned.

Are we the only cottagers who have mink? Our place is in the Thousand Islands. The mink poop everywhere in our dock shed. They’ll eat fish and leave the fish heads under the dock

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