A shipment of 300 live minks, valued at $50,000, left New York tonight aboard an El Al jetliner for Israel to spur the country’s new mink ranching industry. The animals, representing the finest specimens of American-bred ranch mink, are the second shipment of breeders to be sent to Israel. The first shipment went last April.
Government of Israel Investment Authority officials said here today that Israel hopes to develop a sizeable fur industry within four or five years. Farms are being planned to accommodate 200,000 minks. The minks shipped tonight were raised on The Dupler Ranch in Sandy, Utah and the George Heinen Ranch in Warroad, Minnesota. They are destined for the Talpiot Farm in Jerusalem, maintained by the Israel Mink Ranch Association.
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