Mink run free after vandals hit Ohio farm

A sheriff says vandalism freed thousands of mink at a rural northwest Ohio farm, leaving an estimated 10,000 of the small carnivorous mammals unaccounted for as of Tuesday evening.

The property owner initially estimated 25,000 to 40,000 mink were released from cages at Lion Farms near Van Wert. Enough mink was killed crossing a road that the sheriff says a plow was brought in to clear them away. He wouldn't discuss any potential motive or suspects.