For over 65 years, Bernice and Frank Monteleone have been raising minks on their farm in Elgin. The couple bought their first mink in 1959 — a red female who was pregnant at the time. She ...

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Mink can usually weigh between 1.5 and 2 pounds; males are larger than females. Mink, despite historically being trapped and used for fur, ...

Mink are semi-aquatic carnivores that eat muskrat, fish, reptiles, amphibians, waterfowl, ... Mink can usually weigh between 1.5 and 2 pounds; males are larger than females. ...

The late Abner Mikva, JD’51, who graduated in Mink’s class and served in Congress with her, recalled that years later Mink spoke “quite strongly” about the experience. “As she put it, she didn’t even ...

Each female mink should produce two to ten kits a year. By the fourth year it is claimed that a successful breeder on this scale should begin making a yearly profit of $2,500 to $3.500.

The female must have been exhausted (imagine running a 5K with a baby in your mouth for half of the time) and I imagine that she was taking a well-deserved rest.

For over 65 years, Bernice and Frank Monteleone have been raising minks on their farm in Elgin. The couple bought their first mink in 1959 — a red female who was pregnant at the time.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — For over 65 years, Bernice and Frank Monteleone have been raising minks on their farm in Elgin. The couple bought their first mink in 1959 — a red female who was pregnant ...

SPRINGFIELD — For over 65 years, Bernice and Frank Monteleone have been raising minks on their farm in Elgin. The couple bought their first mink in 1959 — a red female who was pregnant at the ...

SPRINGFIELD — For over 65 years, Bernice and Frank Monteleone have been raising minks on their farm in Elgin. The couple bought their first mink in 1959 — a red female who was pregnant at the ...