Editing Mink (section)

==Diet==
[[File:Mink with crayfish at Wascana Lake in Regina Saskatchewan.jpg|thumb|Mink eating a [[crayfish]]]]

Mink prey on fish and other aquatic life, small mammals, birds, and eggs; adults may eat young mink.<ref>Burns, John (2008). "[http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/furbear/mink.php Mink]," Alaska Department of Fish & Game.</ref> Mink raised on farms primarily eat expired cheese, eggs, fish, meat and poultry slaughterhouse byproducts, dog food, and turkey livers, as well as prepared commercial foods.<ref>{{cite web |website=British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries |url=http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/resmgmt/fppa/refguide/commodity/870218-11_Fur_Farms.pdf |title=Commodity, Mink |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611072205/http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/resmgmt/fppa/refguide/commodity/870218-11_Fur_Farms.pdf |archive-date=11 June 2011 |date=January 2004}}</ref> A farm with 3,000 mink may use as much as two tons of food per day.<ref>{{cite web |first=Baird |last=Helgeson |title =Despite Controversy, Fur Farming Rather Mundane |website=Fur Commission USA |url=http://www.furcommission.com/resource/perspect999bb.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020618191914/http://www.furcommission.com/resource/perspect999bb.htm |archive-date=2002-06-18 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fur farming in the United States |website=Fur Commission USA |url=http://www.furcommission.com/resource/Resources/MFIUS.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030314232319/http://www.furcommission.com/resource/Resources/MFIUS.pdf |archive-date=2003-03-14}}</ref>