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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

‘Do not approach’: up to 8,000 minks escape from farm in Pennsylvania

minks in cages
The motive for the break-in is unknown, but animal rights activists have previously targeted mink farms. Photograph: Mads Claus Rasmussen/AP

It was a jailbreak for the ages: thousands of dangerous captives on the run in Pennsylvania, an all-hands alert for law enforcement, and anxious officials warning the public to report sightings to an emergency hotline.

The escapees are animals from a mink farm in Rockefeller Township, 60 miles north of Harrisburg, and were liberated by an “unknown actor” who cut a hole in a fence in the early hours of Sunday, according to a report from Pennsylvania state police.

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