European minks have returned to Korkeasaari Zoo

European mink used to me common in Finland until 1930s. Ten years later the species was already regionally almost extinct, and it was protected but did not recover. The European mink is part of the EAZA ex-situ conservation programme (EEP), which aims to keep a healhy population of the animals in zoos. The programme is managed in Tallin Zoo, and the zoo has been returning European minks to the nature in Estonia's Hiidemaa island since 2000.
🇫🇮 Vesikko - 🇬🇧 European mink - 🌍 Mustela lutreola
Production: Annika Sorjonen / Korkeasaari Zoo (2021)
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European Mink Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Grandorder: Ferae
Mirorder: Pancarnivora
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Infraorder: Galopsia
Parvorder: Parapalmata
Superfamily: Musteloidea
Family: Mustelidae
Subfamily: Mustelinae
Tribe: Mustelini
Genus: Palaeovison
Species: P. lutreolus