Mink are only a problem in 4 Counties.

marlin vs

Donegal, Kerry, Mayo, and Galway have a problem and the rest of the country hasn't

http://www.newstalk.ie/2012/news/bounty-scheme-introduced-for-those-who-kill-wild-mink/

Birdnuts

Goalposts on this seem to be changing the whole time - probably due to lack of funding to cover the whole country:(

bernard0368

Dont know about those counties, I fish the liffey and they are everywhere, despite trapping.

rsole1

bernard0368 wrote: »

Dont know about those counties, I fish the liffey and they are everywhere, despite trapping.

Plenty in Roscommon.

tricky D

Birdnuts wrote: »

Goalposts on this seem to be changing the whole time - probably due to lack of funding to cover the whole country:(

Limited funding is what I heard on the radio a few days ago.

Traonach

marlin vs wrote: »

Donegal, Kerry, Mayo, and Galway have a problem and the rest of the country hasn't

He didn't say that. They want to target mink control in areas of greatest concern. These include eg: the lakes in Donegal where the few Red throated divers breed, corncrakes in Donegal and West Connaught and Storm petrel colonies on offshore Islands in kerry.

good logs...

all over longford, i shot one in a farm yard cross the road it killed 3 big turkeys in a night...